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Educause 2009

This post serves as a reminder of the Educause 2009 Online conference that will be taking place in 120 Linton Hall Wednesday, Thursday and Friday courtesy of Libraries, Computing and Technology and the College of Arts and Letters. We hope to see you there for all or part of this experience, including a presentation by [...]

Upcoming events in teaching and learning with technology

“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 [...]

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 [...]

A Vision of Students Today

This collaborative video, created by Michael Wesch and his students at Kansas State University, is an interesting look at the student demographic today (at least at Kansas State), presented in a very neat way.

Quality – What are the students looking for?

What makes a quality online course? This question guides us at vuDAT daily, and is the basis of every aspect of our work. As producers, artists, and programmers, we’re constantly searching for answers to this question, and finding them in a variety of places: the voices of faculty members, research papers, journal articles and best practices. However, one of the most valuable assets in this quest is often the most overlooked: the students themselves.