Conference Summary: Instructional Technology Roundtable, Portland (NWACC)

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Kassia and Lindsey were in Portland last week for the NorthWest Academic Computing Consortium‘s annual Instructional Technology Roundtable. The downtown Portland setting was an energizing one–it gave Lindsey, InTRO’s NYC refugee, a little taste of home! The roundtable is a small regional conference geared towards instructional technology practitioners. While overall numbers are small–roughly fifty people… Continue reading

Webinar Summary: Reimagining Learning Spaces (EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative)

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InTRO hosted its first on-campus event as an office at the end of October: we coordinated the University of Oregon’s participate in the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI)’s Fall Focus webinar, which were all about active learning spaces and creative classroom technologies! “Reimagining Learning Spaces: Design, Technology, and Assessment” was a two-day webinar featuring speakers from… Continue reading

InTRO Happenings, October 2014

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The InTRO team had a number of “firsts” in October, including… Traveling to our first conference, Hosting our first on-campus event, and making an initial report of our office’s early findings to UO’s educational technology committee. We also doubled our referrals in October–going from six projects open to twelve! As of this date, half of… Continue reading

Digital Scholarship Center’s Fall Open House

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Our own UO Libraries Digital Scholarship Center will be hosting a Fall Faculty Open House next week! Tuesday, November 4 4:00-6:00 PM 142 Knight Library Here’s a handy map! Beer, wine, and light refreshments will be served. If you’re a member of the UO faculty, we hope you’ll take advantage of this opportunity to speak about energizing and… Continue reading

Faculty Participation and Retention in Online & Blended Learning

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In the October issue of eCampus News there’s a very nice summary of a study conducted by Dr. Kristen Betts of Drexel University on the faculty of Armstrong Atlantic State University. This study built upon a 1997 study conducted at George Washington University, updating the original GWU survey instruments in order to capture usefully comparable… Continue reading

Fall Technology Workshops for CAS Faculty

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Please note: These workshops are designed specifically for faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences. If you are not affiliated with a CAS department and are interested in learning more about some of these topics, let the InTRO office know. We can help you find training services. Join CASIT Training Specialist Mike Moresi for… Continue reading

REMINDER! RSVP Now for Re-Imagining Learning Spaces: an ELI Online Fall Focus Session

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There’s still time to register for one or both days of this EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative webinar. Join the Instructional Technology Referral Office (InTRO) at the Baker Downtown Center for two mornings of engaging presentations and discussion on this important topic! Some of the sessions we’re excited about will cover… Learning Space Design: University-Wide Design Coordination Active… Continue reading

Conference Summary: e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies, Forest Grove (Pacific U)

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The entire InTRO team headed up to Forest Grove last week for the Seventh International Conference on e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies, sponsored by Common Ground Publishing and hosted by Pacific University. Pacific’s beautiful tree-filled campus was a wonderful setting for a couple of days of listening, conversing and thinking. e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies was a… Continue reading

Photoblog and Monthly Report: InTRO Happenings, September 2014

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Here’s what the InTRO team got up to in September! In mid-September the InTRO team joined a number of UO technology service providers for a day trip to Corvallis. We toured the brand-new business school building, talked about LMS migration, and had a lovely McMenamin’s lunch. We were particularly impressed with the innovative learning spaces… Continue reading