Facilitated by Ken Petri, Director of Ohio State’s Web Accessibility Center, this hands-on workshop focused on ensuring that your course’s HTML content in Carmen is accessible to all students, including those with disabilities. We looked at how to use the accessible HTML templates available in Carmen to organize your page content so that it is attractive and …Read more at the full article: Usability for All: Accessible Content in Carmen (10/2/2012)
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Usability for All: Accessible Content in Carmen (10/2/2012)
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Also tagged accessibility, D2L, learning technology, online teaching, templates, tips, Usability for All, WAC, Web Accessibility Center, web design
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Want to be a well-resourced Ohio State instructor? Read on!
To: All Ohio State instructors
From: The Digital Union
Re: Apps! Resources! Workshops! –and so much more!
Are you looking for some new ways to enhance your teaching or boost your productivity during Ohio State’s first autumn semester? What follows are highlights of some resources we recommend to help you. Below, I’ll also suggest several …Read more at the full article: Want to be a well-resourced Ohio State instructor? Read on!
Posted in Creativity, Digital Media, Games for Learning, Hey, Look!, How To, Learning Spaces, Mobile Devices and Apps, Teaching
Also tagged classroom technology, Digital Media, learning technology, mobile devices, Powerpoint, tips
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Resources for new (and returning!) Ohio State faculty and TAs
Whether you’re a new faculty member or TA at Ohio State or consider yourself a seasoned instructor, what follows are some resources we’d like you to know about that support teaching and learning with technology. We’ve also highlighted some related information that we think you should know about. To learn even more about technologies for …Read more at the full article: Resources for new (and returning!) Ohio State faculty and TAs
Posted in Carmen, Digital Media, eLearning Pedagogy and Tools, Hey, Look!, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Teaching, Technology (General), Workshops
Also tagged Carmen, classroom technology, learning technology, tips
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Mobile Education: Ohio State Leaders’ Perspectives
I’ve usually found that people seeking to leverage opportunities for higher productivity are those who drive the adoption and implementation of new technology and work styles in an organization. Given my experience, I was skeptical when I attended an Innovate! presentation given by unit leaders about their perspective on mobile education. Before they began, it …Read more at the full article: Mobile Education: Ohio State Leaders’ Perspectives
Posted in Conference, Digital Media, eLearning Pedagogy and Tools, Events, Mobile Devices and Apps, Teaching, Technology (General)
Also tagged course design, innovate, ipad, learning technology, mobile devices
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Did you know…that Ohio State has a URL shortening service?
The service is called “go.osu” – and it’s simple, quick, and easy to use. Here’s how:
1. Pull up the go.osu web site: http://go.osu.edu/. Then click on the “Login Now” button.
Before you can use the service, you’ll need to authenticate your login by typing in your Ohio State name.# information.
The first time you access the service, …Read more at the full article: Did you know…that Ohio State has a URL shortening service?
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Keepin’ It Real: Challenge-Based Learning
“When am I ever going to have to know this?”
“What does this have to do with real life, anyway?”
I’m sure all of you instructors out there hear these questions all the time. And if you’re like me, many times you may not be able to give a good answer. Why do students sense such …Read more at the full article: Keepin’ It Real: Challenge-Based Learning
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Also tagged classroom technology, conference, emerging technology, innovate, tips
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Digital Storytelling in Higher Education: From Personal Tales to Community Change
Joe Lambert from the Center for Digital Storytelling, Anne Fields from OSU Libraries, and Dickie Selfe from Ohio State’s Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing offered a very engaging session on digital storytelling at the recent Innovate 2012 conference. Lambert explained that the process of digital storytelling exists somewhere in the middle of …Read more at the full article: Digital Storytelling in Higher Education: From Personal Tales to Community Change
Posted in Conference, Creativity, Digital Media, eLearning Pedagogy and Tools, Teaching
Also tagged Digital Media, digital storytelling, digital video, innovate, learning technology, social media, Social Networking, tips
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No students? Try online office hours
Faculty: Ever sit in your office during your appointed office hours wondering where all the students are?
Students: Ever wonder why faculty members make their office hours at exactly the same time you have other classes?
If you see yourself in either of these questions, you are not alone.
One way to deal with the problem is …Read more at the full article: No students? Try online office hours
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Also tagged learning technology, office hours, online learning
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Happy Thanksgiving from Learning Technology
We thought we’d participate in the popular November meme and tell you what we’re thankful for (with a technology twist, of course).
Have a great long weekend!
Innovate is Tomorrow!
I have one watchword for tomorrow: pogo stick (ok, that’s two words). Keep it in mind!
Tomorrow’s line up for Innovate is exciting: our first keynote speaker is Jim Groom, who will be speaking about his university’s plan to give every student their own digital domain. I expect he’ll start the audience twittering and …Read more at the full article: Innovate is Tomorrow!