When Mark Van Dyke, Ph.D., signed on with Marist College five years ago, he knew that online education would play an integral role in his new position. Conversant in basic computer applications, Van Dyke had used technology as a management tool, but never for teaching or learning.
[Source: Campus Technology]
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While students and faculty seem to agree on the importance of technology in education, the two groups do not agree on how well it’s being implemented. According to new research released Monday, only 38 percent of students indicated that their instructors “understand technology and fully integrate it into their classes.” Students also rated that lack of understanding as “the biggest obstacle to classroom technology integration.”
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A long-running newsletter that covers higher-education technology will no longer be published because its author, an employee at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been laid off.
Carolyn Kotlas, who has written the monthly TL Infobits newsletter since 1993, will publish the last issue in November. About 27 positions in her department have been eliminated in the past year, said her direct supervisor, Charles Green, the assistant vice chancellor for the teaching and learning division at Information Technology Services at the university. Budget pressures have forced the division to focus on “mission critical” services, Mr. Green said.
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For his new book, The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs, communications coach Carmine Gallo watched hours of Jobs’ keynotes. He identifies the five elements of every presentation by the Apple CEO
[Source: BusinessWeek]
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Stephen Ehrmann, author of “Ten Things…,” is one of the founders of The Teaching Learning and Technology Group.
Curious? Read the 10 Things…
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Once again, the pundits have fallen in love with a new technology, proclaiming that it will lead the way in a new technological –– no, make that educational –– revolution.
[Source: Converge]
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Not all faculty are actively engaged in using technology in their classrooms. For some, technical support or basic technology resources on their campuses may be lacking. But still others may be clinging to the idea that nothing has changed.
[Source: Campus Technology]
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Today’s college classrooms are high-tech marvels, with overhead projectors and grease pencils replaced by document cameras, handheld clickers and interactive white boards.
[Source: USA Today]
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Two tech-happy English professors have started a group blog that provides tips for making the most of Internet tools for teaching and research. With 10 regular contributors, the blog is getting 10,000 page views a week.
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More universities are using technology to put undergraduates at the center of content creation. Here are a number of current examples from different institutions.
[Source: Campus Technology]
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