Today, I am attending MSU’s inaugural Accessible Learning Institute. Under the cut, I will be live-blogging the event until Noon. I’m excited to be here, as this is a great opportunity to learn more about the broad issues surrounding accessibility and the implications of the accessibility movement on education, especially in regard to online and [...]
This week’s presenter at the “Explorations in Instructional Technology” brown bag seminar series is David Gift, Vice Provost for Libraries, Computing, and Technology. His topic is “Electronic Texts: Faculty, Student, and Institutional Issues.”
TIME: Friday, October 30, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
PLACE: 105 Natural Science Building.
The MSU Libraries will be hosting the following Webinar:
“Music, Movies & Online Media: Fair Use Do’s & Don’ts for Higher Ed”
How to avoid copyright violations when using DVD’s & CD’s
Guidelines for applying fair use law to music & movies
Keys to handling personal & institutional liability issues
What your rights are for copying DVD’s, CD’s, Movies & [...]
November 4, 5 and 6, Libraries Computing and Technology and the College of Art and Letters will be hosting a live EDUCAUSE 2009 Virtual Conference in 120 Linton Hall. We have registered for this one location and have selected the presentations that will be shown, primarily focusing on topics for those of you interested in [...]
As announced by Byron Brown, the first in a series of presentations examining MSU’s LMS future.
Gerd Kortemeyer, Lyman Briggs College. Course management system demonstration/discussion: LON-CAPA.
TIME: THURSDAY, October 15, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
PLACE: The Koo Room of Marshall-Adams Hall
MSU Virtual University Design and Technology (vuDAT) invites you to attend the next session in our ongoing Breakfast Series: Conversations on Online Pedagogy and Best Practices.
DATE: Wednesday, October 14, 2009
PLACE: MSU Main Library, North Conference Room, 4th floor, west wing
TIME: 8:45am – 10:00am (8:30am for refreshments)
TOPIC: Using Technology to Facilitate Communication, Connections and Content in [...]
“Assessment in Online Courses – Part 2.” This sequel to last week’s session will include a discussion of faculty needs for better assessment infrastructure support.
TIME: Friday, October 9, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Room 105 Natural Science Building.
Last week’s session on sharing assessment experiences in online classes drew a crowd of 39 people. It [...]
“Including Quality in Your Online Courses: The ‘Quality Matters’ Program.”
TIME: Friday, September 25, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
PLACE: 105 Natural Science Building.
The Quality Matters program was created a few years ago at the University of Maryland with support from the U.S. Department of Education, and it got tremendous play at conferences on online [...]
The ANGEL administrators replaced the old database server with a new one, which has twice the capacity for load and use. This should improve ANGEL’s performance and reliability. The administrators continue to monitor the system. If you encounter issues, please notify Distance Learning Services at 5-2345 or 1-800-500-1554, so the problem can be diagnosed ASAP.
The following memo was sent to the Deans, Directors and Chairs this afternoon by ATS director Tom Davis, in response to the issues seen on the ANGEL system September 8 and 9, 2009:
The ANGEL service is currently experiencing severe performance issues, to
the point of being unusable during peak periods. These issues appear to be
directly related [...]
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