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Technology Supplements, Does Not Supplant Education

Tue, 11 Jun, 2013    design,  higher learning,  instructor,  students,  technology

As much as we love technology here in the Distance Education Department, we do not believe that technology should replace the human element in the teaching and learning processes.  Each class has an instructor for a reason and those instructors reason and infer things about their class that only they can do.  Instead, we believe that technology should make teaching easier and more convenient in many aspects.

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I thought I was ready…

Thu, 23 May, 2013

For most faculty members, teaching online is not their first teaching assignment.  The norm it seems is that most faculty come from a traditional lecture style environment hoping to translate the same style to a blended or online environment.

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Blackboard Best Practices

Tue, 9 Apr, 2013    ada,  best practices,  blackboard,  copy and paste,  new course,  technology

Distance Education has compiled a list of best practices for traditional, blended, and online instructors using Blackboard

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Scanning Documents from your Smartphone

Wed, 6 Mar, 2013    android,  blackberry,  higher education,  iphone,  productivity,  scan,  scanner,  scanning,  smartphones

Part of what makes online learning great is that you can upload assignments from your Android, iPhone, or Blackberry smartphone.  All three of these devices have FREE scanning applications that you can download to your specific device and these applications will allow you to scan them and upload them to Blackboard or send through your email account.

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