Dartmouth’s Latest Accessibility Efforts
A quick read of the action steps from their Accessibility committee: – Hiring an IT Accessibility coordinator – Captioning Youtube and other video materials – Routinely running accessibility checks on […]
Technology
What is a MOOC?
A “MOOC” is a massively open online course, which is structured so that anyone can access and participate in the course from either inside or outside the institution offering it. […]
Uses for Twitter, Part 2
Following up on Part 1, let’s explore the hashtag (#). Hashtags are used before keywords in a tweet to allow that keyword to be more searchable. So, if you search […]
Summertime: A Visit to the Khan Academy
I have posted some KA videos before in this blogspace, but this resource bears pointing out again. Mr. Khan created some algebra videos to help out his cousins back in […]
Announcement: BCC Summer Institute on Universal Design & Online Accessibility
The Fourth Annual BCC Title III Summer Institute: Universal Design & Online Accessibility Led by Dr. Steve Fadden, Director, Landmark College Institute for Research and Training Berkshire Community College Campus […]
Resources shared on Twitter from the SUNY CIT conference
For your summer enjoyment: Zotero – a browser add-in tool for reference citations http://www.zotero.org/support/quick_start_guide Patterns for Online Discussions http://hillside.net/plop/2010/papers/osullivan.pdf Adventures in Open Source: Lessons Learned at Purchase College http://www.slideshare.net/keith.landa/cit-2011-adventures-in-open-source
Even More from the Delhi Moodle Moot: Course Design Tips in Moodle
Michelle Moore of Remote Learner gave an excellent presentation on good course design in Moodle, from the point of view of navigation and presentation of resources. I may indulge in […]
More on the Delhi Moodle Moot
Moodle Moot at Delhi sessions continued Tuesday (https://confluence.delhi.edu/display/CIS/SUNY+Delhi+MoodleMoot+2011). The author of this blog presented on the online pedagogy course she has developed to train new online instructors. Other sessions included […]
Clark Shah-Nelsons Ed Tech Tips » YouTube’s Closed Captioning: Rocks!
this blog post offers insight into how to make your Youtube clips accessible. Very useful! http://www.clarkshahnelson.com/blog/?p=102
Blog U.: Technology Enabled Learning and Instructor Choice – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed
In a few minutes, please avail yourself of Joshua Kim’s reasoned view of technology-enabled student-centered learning. You’ll be glad you did! http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology_and_learning/technology_enabled_learning_and_instructor_choice
