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Tegrity: Successes And Failures Of A Pilot Program Introducing Lecture Capture To Campus, Chad Sloan, Corey Ray Jul 2009

Tegrity: Successes And Failures Of A Pilot Program Introducing Lecture Capture To Campus, Chad Sloan, Corey Ray

SIDLIT Conference Proceedings

This presentation will detail the implementation and evaluation of Tegrity Campus 2.0 on the campus of Wichita State University. Presenters will discuss what did and did not work, including considerations for adoption, deploying hardware, training, and how lessons learned can be applied to other campuses evaluating new products or software.


Delivering High Stakes Assessments In A Computerized Testing Center, Philip Wilhauk, Tim Doughty, Ron Knight, Tony Paolo Jul 2009

Delivering High Stakes Assessments In A Computerized Testing Center, Philip Wilhauk, Tim Doughty, Ron Knight, Tony Paolo

SIDLIT Conference Proceedings

In August 2005, the University of Kansas Medical Center launched its new 135 seat Computerized Testing Center (CTC). Since that time, the facility has successfully hosted over 30,000 individual high-stakes test sessions using LXR. This presentation will discuss the challenges involved in planning and managing such a facility including pilot testing, security, reliability, scalability, scheduling and support. It will also address the impact the CTC has had on paper/pencil testing.


The Open Education Resource Phenomenon: Free Educational Resources For All, Gloria Creed-Dikeogu Jul 2009

The Open Education Resource Phenomenon: Free Educational Resources For All, Gloria Creed-Dikeogu

SIDLIT Conference Proceedings

The staggering cost of textbooks and educational resources has become a constant student concern. Student organizations are asking that college instructors consider new ways of making course textbooks and resources more accessible and affordable to them in future class-settings. Thus, it comes as no surprise that Worldwide Open Education Communities (OER) are being created on the Internet, so everyone can gain access to reputable, free online subject resources never made available before. These OER communities provide access to open textbooks, online courses, online journals and software through open licensing, thereby making these resources freely available to anyone to use, re-mix, …


Types Of Digital Visuals In E-Learning, Shalin Hai-Jew Jul 2009

Types Of Digital Visuals In E-Learning, Shalin Hai-Jew

SIDLIT Conference Proceedings

This session explores the various types of digital visuals used in e-learning, with examples covering one-dimensional to four-dimensional imagery. Examples will demonstrate how the addition of live data, time elements, image overlays, digital-enabled effects, and interactivity add value to electronic learning. Samples from live courses and sites will be shown. There will be a discussion of how the various types of images can be developed.


Strategies For Modular Builds In E-Learning, Shalin Hai-Jew Jul 2009

Strategies For Modular Builds In E-Learning, Shalin Hai-Jew

SIDLIT Conference Proceedings

Building in a modular way enables curriculum to be versioned for online short-courses and training. It also offers flexible e-learning for full-length university courses. This session will present strategies for designing and building curriculum in a modular way. The session will include examples from live courses that are currently offered. Participants may bring curriculum ideas and existing syllabi to discuss how a modular approach may work.


Podcasting Essentials: Self-Paced Instruction For Instructors, Tracy Newman Aug 2008

Podcasting Essentials: Self-Paced Instruction For Instructors, Tracy Newman

SIDLIT Conference Proceedings

The presenter's handout illustrates the different principles and technologies used to develop a self-paced course for use in distributing and creating podcasts in an educational environment.


Recording And Editing Audio For Podcasting, Bob Epp Aug 2008

Recording And Editing Audio For Podcasting, Bob Epp

SIDLIT Conference Proceedings

The presenter's handout illustrates different ways to edit audio, and provides helpful links to other relevant material.


The Amazon Kindle: Uses In Higher Education, Jeff Merritt, Linda Creason Aug 2008

The Amazon Kindle: Uses In Higher Education, Jeff Merritt, Linda Creason

SIDLIT Conference Proceedings

After receiving a grant, the presenters purchased multiple e-book readers, the Amazon Kindle, to test out their different uses in the classroom. They share some of their findings and assess the hardware.


Building Accessible E-Learning Collaboratively, Shalin Hai-Jew Jul 2008

Building Accessible E-Learning Collaboratively, Shalin Hai-Jew

SIDLIT Conference Proceedings

The presenter discusses issues online instructors must consider when creating an accessible Web-based learning environment for those with or without disabilities.


Podcasting In Angel, Meg Mcgranaghan, Linda Wapelhorst Jul 2008

Podcasting In Angel, Meg Mcgranaghan, Linda Wapelhorst

SIDLIT Conference Proceedings

The presenters discuss creating and distributing podcasts through the ANGEL learning management shell.


E-Portfolios, Social Networking, And A Lms All In One, Dennis King Jul 2008

E-Portfolios, Social Networking, And A Lms All In One, Dennis King

SIDLIT Conference Proceedings

The presenter discusses several Online tools which can be assembled for the containment of learning management, student electronic portfolios, and networking. Implementations discussed include Epsilen's Global Learning Project.


Free Web-Based Technology Solutions: Are They Really Free?, Corey Ray Jul 2008

Free Web-Based Technology Solutions: Are They Really Free?, Corey Ray

SIDLIT Conference Proceedings

The presenters examine the conditions and models institutions may have when developing attitudes towards software, be it open source or otherwise.


Dynamic Web Tools For Undergraduate Mathematics, Mike Martin, Steven J. Wilson Oct 2004

Dynamic Web Tools For Undergraduate Mathematics, Mike Martin, Steven J. Wilson

Innovations in Math Technology

The internet has become widely available, and tools for mathematical computation on the net have now appeared. The authors used webMathematica software to create interactive web pages which allow students and faculty to compute and visualize results directly from a web browser. The nature of the innovation, its significance for instruction, and some implications for student understanding are discussed.