Office of Academic Technology :: Spring Arbor University

Managing & Searching for Educational Media

In their "Multimedia Principle" Clark and Mayer (2011) talk about the importance of including words and graphics in your course in to encourage active learning.

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Google Scholar & The White Library

Google Scholar is an excellent tool that can be used to search research databases and is now integrated with MySAU.

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Poll: What kind of Blackboard training would be most helpful to you?

In OAT, our mission is to support excellence in the teaching and learning by enabling faculty to effectively integrate technology into the teaching and learning processes. One way we do this is by providing training workshops throughout the semester.

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Illuminating minds through Elluminate

On Friday evening, Randy and Nate gave a workshop on SafeAssign to nearly fifteen faculty members from across the state.

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On-The-Fly Podcasting Using Google Voice?

How to use google voice for extremely easy on-the-fly podcasting: Make sure you have a google voice account if you don’t already have one and sign into your inbox area. Call your google voice number and leave yourself a message. When the message populates in your inbox, select the “more” option and then select “Embed”: [...]

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OAT Labs

Looking to leverage rich media or other technology in your courses?  Check out OAT Labs.

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How to upload media to YouTube

Uploading video to YouTube is a simple and easy task. Watch the tutorial below for step-by-step instructions. For more information on what kind of audiovisuals you can upload, see our YouTube FAQ page.

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The effect of the social environment on the online learner (Part 1)

In the Office of Academic Technology at Spring Arbor University, we are not so much in the business of teaching tools. We are very much in the business of helping faculty best use technological tools to teach.

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Top Five: July 2010

With the holiday weekend coming to a close we thought it would be nice to share the top five things we’re reading, watching and listening to in OAT right now. Enjoy.

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How to upload media into iTunes U

We've had a number of requests on how to upload audio or video files into iTunes U. In this tutorial I will walk you through each step of uploading your media to iTunes U as well as organizing your content in Blackboard 9.

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