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OATmeal Recap: Blackboard 9 Basics & Bugs

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 [...]

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OATmeals

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 [...]

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Last OATmeal Reflects on Past, Looks Toward the Future

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 resourcing [...]

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March OATmeal Features Partnership and Resourcing for Research and Writing

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. The [...]

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Ellis Previews Blackboard Content

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 next [...]

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December 2008 OATmeal Recap

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 visual [...]

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Blackboard Community Takes Center Stage

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 [...]

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December OATmeal Features Mojo

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 lunch, [...]

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Speech Courses Go to the Next Level

For years top ten list of greatest fears of most people is public speaking. A place where the scales are being tipped in favor of fears lessening is with Becky Veydt. She is teaching speech at SAU in new and fresh ways. Traditional Speech Courses Speech courses have been taught similarly for years. Professors teach students how [...]

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March OATmeal Goes Virtual

Teach anywhere, from anywhere, anytime, as long as there is an Internet connection. Sound realistic? Probable? It’s already available. It’s called Elluminate Live. Elluminate Live Randy Meredith introduced faculty to Elluinate Live, a synchronous tool for online learning and collaboration, in the March OATmeal faculty buck lunch, sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs. Elluminate is a [...]

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