A Faculty Learning Community (FLC) comprised of six professors representing different disciplines came together to study, develop, and teach blended learning courses. As an FLC, the researchers sought to evaluate student per- ceptions of the blended learning courses, measured using the Community of Inquiry (CoI) survey, and how these differed across the courses taught. In […]
Blended learning. BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). Flipped Classrooms.How are teachers keeping up with new trends in learning? To help educators and those who support them become leaders in the ever-changing world of educational technology, Seattle Pacific University is now offering a graduate program in digital education leadership. Students in the Digital Education Leadership MEd […]
Dear NWACC Instructional Technology Community: The NWACC has been sponsoring the NWACC Instructional Technology RoundTable these past 4 years as one of their programs. Our program has funding through the 2013 RoundTable. When the...
As a follow up to my post several weeks ago on managing Apple software, here’s some interesting news from Apple (completely overshadowed by everything else they’ve been doing yesterday): Configurator. Configurator is said to...
INTRODUCTION Whitman College Technology Services has problems with Apple IDs and the Apple App Store. In this post, I’ll describe those problems and explain the strategies we are employing to address them. DEFINING THE...
At the Roundtable in November, we tossed around the idea of using nwacco as a blog aggregator, an open online course like DS106.us, a resource site for how-tos and documentation, or a collaborative workspace. A...
Anyone have any thoughts about today’s Apple education event in New York? They announced iBooks 2 for iPad, iBooks Author for Lion, and an iTunes U app for iOS. http://www.apple.com/apple-events/education-january-2012/ http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/01/19Apple-Reinvents-Textbooks-with-iBooks-2-for-iPad.html http://www.apple.com/ibooks-author/ http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/01/19Apple-Unveils-All-New-iTunes-U-App-for-iPad-iPhone-iPod-touch.html