Innovation in Teaching and Technology» lrieber

Louisiana Tech U. Settles With U.S. Over Claims That It Violated Disabilities Act

lrieber — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 14:19:42 +0000

“Louisiana Tech University will pay a student a total of $23,543 in damages and make its Web sites and course materials more accessible in order to resolve allegations that it violated the Americans With Disabilities Act, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Tuesday.”

Lloyd says: This is a good reminder that designing courses to be accessible from the get go isn’t just the smart and right thing to do, it’s also the law.

How to Create Kahn Academy-Like Videos with a Graphics Tablet + Camtasia – Thursday (July 11, 2013), 1 pm, Room 626 Aderhold

lrieber — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 22:31:08 +0000

Lloyd will present “How to Create Kahn Academy-Like Videos with a Graphics Tablet + Camtasia” on Thursday (July 11, 2013) at 1 pm in room 626 Aderhold. This is the last of the ITT summer seminar series that mirrors the … Continue reading →

MOOCs and Economic Reality

lrieber — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:55:39 +0000

In “We’re All to Blame for MOOCs,” Patrick J. Deneen proposes a transformation away from global universities and toward identity-driven colleges as a defense against the coming shakeup from novel forms of online education.

Note from Lloyd: I thought this was an important quote:

“As has been widely discussed, most MOOCs reiterate the ancient form of the lecture, and do not signal much of a leap in pedagogy. (As McLuhan noted, the contents of the new medium are the old media, at least at first.) The effect of MOOCs on the academy, though, is no more likely to be about pedagogy than the effect of MP3s on the music industry was about audio quality. The adoption of nontraditional forms of education hinges on accessibility, flexibility, and cost—not quality.”

How to Create Narrated PowerPoints with Camtasia + Creating Captions for Videos – today (July 2, 2013), 1 pm, Room 626 Aderhold

lrieber — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:19:28 +0000

Lloyd will present “How to Create Narrated PowerPoints with Camtasia + Creating Captions for Videos” today (July 2, 2013) at 1 pm in room 626 Aderhold. This is part of the ITT summer seminar series that mirrors the design and … Continue reading →

Online Teaching: How to Create a Welcome Video (June 27, 2013, 1 pm, Room 626 Aderhold)

lrieber — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:00:20 +0000

Lloyd Rieber and Ron Braxley will demonstrate how to create a personalized “Welcome Video” as a way to have your online students get to know you better. This is a very good technique to begin to establish “instructor presence” in … Continue reading →

Anatomy of a MOOC

lrieber — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:35:05 +0000

Lloyd will present “Anatomy of a MOOC” today (June 20, 2013) at 1 pm in room 626 Aderhold. (Pizza will be provided!)

ITT Summer Seminars and Workshops

lrieber — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:21:05 +0000

The Innovation in Teaching and Technology initiative will be offering a series of seminars and workshops this summer, all on the topic of online teaching. Based on faculty time preferences, these will be held on various Thursdays at 1:00 pm throughout the summer.

The first seminar – “Anatomy of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)” – will be held on Thursday, June 20, at 1:00 pm. (The room location is still pending, so that will be announced soon.)

Here is the tentative list of the remaining topics to be included in this summer series:

Online Teaching: How to Create a Welcome Video
Online Teaching: Creating Kahn Academy-Like Videos with Camtasia
Online Teaching: Creating Narrated PowerPoints with Camtasia
Meeting Basic Accessibility Standards: Creating Captions for Videos

These topics were chosen to mirror the design and development work that Lloyd is doing right now as he prepares to offer his first MOOC. It’ll be a short one, about 4 weeks in length, with the title “Statistics in Education for Mere Mortals.” It will be offered by a company called Instructure using their learning management system called Canvas. The starting date of the MOOC is August 5, 2013. Lloyd will share and talk about his many design decisions and development tasks as they unfold this summer.

If you have not yet completed the two minute survey to indicate your interest in this series, please go ahead and do so:

http://tinyurl.com/ittsummer2013survey

A benefit of completing the survey is that up-to-date information will be emailed directly to you.

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In Deals With 10 Public Universities, Coursera Bids for Role in Credit Courses

lrieber — Thu, 30 May 2013 15:15:25 +0000

Coursera, the Silicon Valley-based provider of massive open online courses, announced on Thursday a series of deals with state universities that would place the young company squarely in the middle of the current upheaval in public higher education. [The University … Continue reading →

MOOC Professors Claim No Responsibility for How Courses Are Used

lrieber — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:12:40 +0000

Robert Ghrist, a professor of mathematics and electrical and systems engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, knows that wielding vast networks on behalf of nonuniversity benefactors can be tricky business.

Faculty Backlash Grows Against Online Partnerships

lrieber — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:38:06 +0000

Many professors recognize that online education is changing the landscape of academe. But faculty members at several colleges are making it clear that they will not be steamrolled.