Distance Education: A Tool for Technology Preparedness

September 16, 2009
Written by Joanne Jennings

Have you thought about how you would reach your students if they did not or could not attend class on campus? In the face of a changing ecomony and the threat of the H1N1 epidemic, course continuity calls for technology preparedness. Consideration of alternative synchronous and asynchronous methods of instruction is necessary should you need to instruct your students remotely.

Online tools such as Sakai, Jing, VoiceThread, Yodio and Google Docs can help you instruct your students at a distance. To learn more about these and other tools, CEPP faculty and staff are invited to attend a distance-learning workshop in 206 ALW on Sept. 30, 8:30-11:00 a.m. Topics will include how to organize information on the web, how to collaborate, and how to create a central meeting point for your class. To register, send an e-mail to Alice Daugherty.

In addition, Academic Technology Services offers Technology Options for Course Continuity in Event of H1N1 Outbreak.

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Online Technology Training Available to Staff

January 28, 2009
Written by Joanne Jennings

Frequently, oet-help receives requests for sources of online technology training. The University of Delaware subscribes to two services, Virtual Training Company (VTC) and Lynda.com that provide convenient on-demand video training on a variety of technology topics including Office 2007, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, and Drupal (Lynda.com).

Although the total length of a course may span several hours, courses are broken into smaller, more manageable video segments that allow users to target information that interests them, and users can bookmark a section to return to later.

Information on how to access these services, which require a login and password, is available on IT’s web tutorials site. In addition, this site lists a variety of online Office 2007 tutorials from Microsoft.

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