Office of Academic Technology :: Spring Arbor University

Using AudioBoo for Podcasting

AudioBoo is a great free online podcasting service. They provide a simple, organized method of storing your podcasts. With your free account you will able to record up to a 3 minute podcast and store in within your AudioBoo account. You can organize your “Boos” into groups by class or topic. AudioBoo has plenty of [...]

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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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Podcasting Cookbooks

OAT cookbooks are small, consumable task-based PDF downloads

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OAT Podcasts

The Office of Academic Technology releases regular podcasts to profile new technologies as well as interview faculty to see how they are using technology in their teaching. The podcasts can be played below in iTunes. You can subscribe to the podcasts by clicking on the “subscribe via iTunes” link below. ETC: The Educational Technology Coffee [...]

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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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Instructional Design Podcast Series

The term “instructional technology” is often mistaken as a reference to technology used in a teaching or training context. The definition of instructional technology described by Seels and Richey (1994) best describes OAT’s vision of the discipline: “Instructional Technology is the theory and practice of design, development, utilization, management and evaluation of processes and resources [...]

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The House is Open

Welcome to December. For some, it’s a time to finish strong for an extended time off. For others, it’s looking forward to Christmas with family and friends. Students aren’t the only ones looking forward to Christmas! In the Office of Academic Technology, we’re planning and testing tools that offer new and exciting possibilities for faculty. [...]

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Podcasts Become a Regular Feature of OAT

The Office of Academic Technology is headed to iTunes. Specifically iTunes University. Beginning immdiately, OAT will be releasing a weekly episode featuring emerging technologies and the potential effect they have on teaching. Randy Meredith, director of Academic Technology is excited about this initiative. “In order to begin to not only model but provide another resource [...]

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