Initiating new technologies into complex institutions can be a challenge, especially when hundreds of users with varying technical skills, disciplinary approaches, and time commitments are involved. Integrating new technologies into teaching and pedagogical practices within widely disparate experience groups only increases that challenge. Creativity, innovation – and skill – can grow organically with “passionate users”… Continue reading →
Comparator research was the focus of InTRO’s efforts during February. Initial findings indicate that peer institutions centralize the services that deliver instructional technology and digital learning to a much greater extent than UO. Organizational structures and objectives differ to some degree, but the majority of our peers have initiated innovative digital education programming through strategic… Continue reading →
UO faculty, instructors, and GTFs can join training sessions to gain an understanding of creating, developing, and implementing course sites in Canvas, the new Learning Management System going live in Spring 2015. There are multiple workshops for creating a course from scratch and for migrating a course from Blackboard to Canvas. Register today for this… Continue reading →
The EDUCAUSE Review (online, January 12, 2015) reflected on top ten technology issues facing higher education in 2015, considering these to have “reached an inflection point—the point at which the trends that have dominated thought leadership and have motivated early adopters are now cascading into the mainstream.” Each issue identified has value in relation to… Continue reading →
An intriguing option for developing video-based content at UO can be seen in a system recently and successfully deployed at Penn State University. The One Button Studio is a simplified video recording setup that can be used without any previous video production experience. The design of the studio allows the user to create high-quality and… Continue reading →
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 →
As per this post, the Center for Media and Educational Technologies will be offering four Blackboard workshops for faculty, beginning TODAY. All of these workshops will take place in 117 Knight Library. TODAY, Monday Sept 22, 1-2 PM: Introduction to Blackboard TOMORROW, Tuesday Sept 23, 11 AM-12 PM: Blackboard Refresher Monday Oct 6, 2-3 PM: Blackboard Refresher Tuesday Oct… Continue reading →
New to teaching at UO? Sharpen your skills before the school year begins! The Teaching Effectiveness Program will be hosting a series of training events for UO instructors from September 15-26, 2014. These free workshops are a great opportunity to refresh or fine-tune your teaching practice prior to launching headlong into fall term. There are… Continue reading →
