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Live blogging MSU Accessible Learning Institute

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 [...]

Explorations in Instructional Technology – Future of the LMS? – LON-CAPA

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

October Breakfast Series Announcement

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 [...]

Gaining perspective on the LMS market

Michael Feldstein published an article on his ‘e-literate’ blog today that lightly summarizes a webinar he attended hosted by the Delta Initiative, a consultancy group, in cooperation with the Cal State system. The post I’m referring to “The State of the LMS: An Institutional Perspective” provides a brief synopsis of the webinar as “an excellent, [...]

New ANGEL content type – MSU Scheduler

vuDAT is excited to announce MSU Scheduler, a new content type developed for ANGEL that allows faculty members to create, and students to schedule appointments from the lessons tab of an ANGEL course.

Setting Day One Expectations in the Syllabus

To continue with yesterday’s conversation regarding Day One and how to prepare yourself and your students, I share this link from Leigh Graves Wolf, coordinator of MSU’s Master of Arts in Educational Technology. Prof. Hacker is a blog centering around digital pedagogy, and provides valuable information and tutorials for instructors navigating the challenges posed by [...]

Preparing for Day One Online

As we near the end of August and the return of students, many faculty members find themselves in the “crunch” when it comes to getting their online and blended course offerings ready to go. One of the most frequent questions I hear as a producer at this time of year is: “What do I need [...]

Learning Mandarin Chinese With Rosetta Stone | 在四个月学习中文

On February 23, 2009, I began learning Mandarin Chinese. Using the Rosetta Stone software, I was able to become proficient in Chinese after only four months of practice.
Rosetta Stone is an incredible tool that I highly recommend to all language learners. Not only is it self-paced and interactive, but it takes an intriguing approach to [...]

Tips For Media Creation and Hosting

Some of you may already be familiar with Storemedia, which allows any faculty, staff or teaching assistant on campus to easily upload, share, distribute, and podcast lectures and other video files on the web. As of March 2009, Storemedia accepts packages (such as those created with Camtasia or Adobe Presenter) and allows for authorization of [...]

Photoshop Tutorial: Additional Masking Features

After receiving feedback on my previous Photoshop tutorial, I decided to create a second video to demonstrate a few additional features related to masking.
How to Create a Border for, Reposition, and Transform a Mask.
Click Here to view the narrated tutorial video.