Register now for eTeaching Day
May 14, 2008
This year's eTeaching Day includes faculty showcases from Crystal Tiala (Theater), Robin Fleming (History), and Mark O'Connor (A&S Honors Program); a keynote lecture "What Wikipedia Can Teach Us About the New Media Literacies" by Dr. Henry Jenkins from MIT; presentation of the fourth annual Teaching with New Media Awards; and workshops on Blackboard Vista, wikis, classroom response systems, iTunes U and more.

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Spring 2008 Initiatives
Instructional Design and eTeaching Services is working on a number of initiatives this fall. Click on this general link for information on all of the initiatives, or on a specific initiative link.

iClicker/Polling Devices: Tool for student engagement in the classroom.

iTunes U/Podcasting: Online syndicated audio and video files for your classes.

Wiki: Tool for collaborative work in and out of the classroom.

WebCT Vista: More information on the newest version of WebCT and Instructional Design and eTeaching Services plans to migrate WebCT course sites to the new application.


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The First-Year Writing Seminar (FWS)
Funded by a Faculty Summer Workshop Grant, Lad Tobin and Ricco Siasoco  collaborated with IDeS to create an online teaching resource  repository to support faculty who teach the First-Year Writing  Seminar. This site is designed to offer faculty a collaborative space  where they can share teaching resources such as syllabi, readings, and  assignments and where they can discuss the challenging teaching issues  they face.

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