Last Thursday Assistant Professor and Academic Advisor for the School of Education Joel Ottenbreit led an intriguing discussion on blended learning at SAU. Whether you teach online or face-to-face, you will be very interested in this discussion.
Continue reading...25. October 2010
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Last Wednesday, OAT hosted the first OATmeal of the semester.
Continue reading...25. September 2009
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Last week the Office of Academic Technology kicked off its third year with an overview of Blackboard 9. Held in the Ralph Carey Forum during lunch, the OAT team presented on a variety of changes in Blackboard 9. Instructional Designer David Goodrich kicked off the presentations by providing an overview of the Assignment Tool Link [...]
Continue reading...22. June 2009
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The Office of Academic Technology in partnership with the Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to present OATmeals: a faculty buck lunch. OATmeals are a one-hour interactive lunch in the Ralph Carey Forum in lower Kresge. Each month features presentations from fellow faculty as well as OAT staff. All faculty and faculty support staff are [...]
Continue reading...11. June 2009
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The final OATmeal faculty buck lunch of the 2008-09 academic year is finished. But not without a tease about what is to come. About twenty faculty joined OAT staff in the Ralph Carey Forum to celebrate the past year and look toward the future. Jason Archer reviewed key messaging conduits for faculty to interface for [...]
Continue reading...4. March 2009
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As a faculty member it’s hard to get all students on the same page with regard to best practices for research. It’s even harder to help students systematically arrive at a level playing field with regard to writing standards. Dr. Terri Pardee partnered with Karen Parsons to create an interactive tool to serve all students. [...]
Continue reading...4. March 2009
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Smarter, Not Harder Curt Ellis, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, loves to innovate. Many of his face to face courses are hybrids with interactive learning objects in Blackboard. He has integrates video, Flash, Keynote, as well as Photoshop and Illustrator files. Each section utilizes the same elements which have to be copied over to the [...]
Continue reading...4. December 2008
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Finishing The Office of Academic Technology is finishing 2008 strong. This month focused on the theme of community. Dr. Robert Moore-Jumonville shared his experiences of seeing community taking place by his students and his response to keep up with the need. He said it started online when he saw some students using YouTube as a [...]
Continue reading...1. December 2008
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With the advent of Blackboard Community, the Office of Academic Technology is pleased to continue to grow a Blackboard Community site created specifically for faculty at SAU. The site contains hundreds of PDFs, video tutorials, resources, help files, strategies, and contact information. Most all faculty should be enrolled. However, as new faculty are hired and [...]
Continue reading...24. November 2008
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Tuesday, December 2, from 12-1 in the Ralph Carey Forum, is the next OATmeal buck lunch, sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs. To participate, go to the Office of Academic Affairs in upper Kresge. Sign in for the OATmeal, get a ticket, bring it to the Dining Commons, pay your dollar for lunch, grab [...]
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19. December 2011
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