Posts Tagged ‘support’

NCDLA Presentation – Collaborating with Sakai

This is the second of two presentations at that I am making at The North Carolina Distance Learning Association’s 2011 Virtual Conference: Engaging Online Learners. This presentation will look at using Sakai to manage and collaborate with multi-sections or groups. It is a co-presentation with Dr. Anastacia Kohl from the Department of Romance Languages at UNC-Chapel Hill. Abstract This [...]

Finding the Early Adopters

Student and instructor interaction

Before you begin any initiative, it is important that you have the support of other faculty and the IT support group, if you have one. Any type of change will be initially met with some type of resistance. The best way to combat this resistance and increase chances for success is to identify and develop a group that I refer to as the “early adopters.”

Using Screen Recordings for Demos and Training

Image of the Camtasia Studio functionality

We learn both by seeing and doing and a great way to cater to this is to create screen capture videos for your demonstrations or training. These capture videos are easy to create, can serve multiple audiences at once, and allow users to watch, pause, and stop the video as needed. The creation of the video is in real time so the time constraints are minimal.

ROMLnet

ROMLnet

ROMLnet is an Oracle database that was created to help improve office administration and manage office hours, departmental listservs, and department communications. In a dynamic office, creating a centralized location to manage and coordinate business functions and procedures has resulted in more efficiency.

Creating Virtual Learning and Collaborative Spaces

welcomescreen

Web conferencing tools can be used as an additional resource for instructors trying to reach their students. Virtual office hours and online review sessions are two examples that can be very helpful in managing the classroom. In addition, these resources are easy to manage and, in many cases, are free to use.

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