Tuesday, April 27, 2010

New HD videoconferencing room

Thanks to a grant from NSF Epscor, the Media Resources Center has a new High-Definition videoconferencing room.  The VC Meeting room is equipped with a Polycom HDX 9002, HD projector, and stereo sound.

To learn more about this room and other videoconference rooms available at the MRC, visit our videoconference page.

Monday, April 26, 2010

3rd Reboot Camp Starting Soon

Fourteen faculty members will take part in the 3rd Reboot camp starting May 24th.

Reboot Camp helps faculty members turn their traditional face-to-face courses into online courses.  They learn about Blackboard and other online tools they can incorporate into an online course.

Professors from Liberal Arts and Sciences, Fine Arts, Engineering, Business, Education, and Health Professions will be participating.

iLearn on an iPad

Come see a demonstration of using Apple's new iPad or the iTouch for elearning such as accessing Blackboard via the new Mobile Learning app, using the StudyMate app to view the interactive self-assessment activities, viewing library resources, and more.

This is open to faculty, staff and students and will be held in the Wireless Learning Space at the Media Resources Center on April 29th at 1pm.