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The digital revolution has ushered in a generation shaped by the integration of technology into everyday life. While research abounds on how this generation uses technology, research and reflection on the effective integration of technology into our learning environments is still sparse. Pioneers... -
Don’t fret. We guarantee you aren’t the last person on the planet to know what lecture capture is. Chances are, you’ve already heard of it by another name: elearning, online classes, distance education or even coursecasting. But now is the time to get a solid understanding of this educational... -
What should you expect when you start recording classes and putting them online? Duncan McBogg, Educational Technologist at University of Colorado at Boulder, doesn’t want you to be blind-sided. A year ago, CU-Boulder’s Academic Technology Support group kicked off its first lecture capture pilot... -
Are faculty adoption and high-quality online instruction mutually exclusive? Not at Central Michigan University’s Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions. Faculty, IT and AV staff came together to create a painless approach to lecture capture, resulting in more than 2,200... -
While university budgets globally wither, spending on educational technology is alive and well. From IT teams to instructional technologists, academic staff are disproportionately successful at garnering funds for lecture capture initiatives amidst an overall environment of financial cuts. ... -
With every investment you make in educational technology, you are buying two things: #1 the concept of change and #2 changing with a particular vendor. Having options is empowering but can also be overwhelming, particularly in this budget climate and as technologies evolve at a rapid pace.... -
The nursing crisis in the United States continues to intensify, with a projected shortage of 500,000 nurses by 2025. Compounding the problem? Recent major global disasters, humanitarian aid, pandemics and aging baby boomers, and the fact that nursing colleges across the country are finding it... -
Many colleges and universities contemplate and execute classroom streaming strategies at a departmental or college-wide level. But the University of Tennessee Engineering Services department was among the first to attack academic streaming at a university system-wide level from the start. The... -
How is one of the smallest community colleges in the state of Washington with one of the largest service districts - 4,000 students across 4,500 square miles - finding the money, time and political will to launch new programs at a time like this? Russell Beard of Big Bend Community College... -
In buildings old and new, education technology departments are opting to deploy integrated classroom-based technologies for streaming instruction online. Fueled by desire to remove all barriers for faculty - allowing them to teach as usual with no change to their presentation style - IT, AV and... -
Washington State University's main campus is currently experiencing what the New York Times called perhaps the largest college outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus. More than 2,000 students report symptoms of swine flu, which has led the entire Washington State system to take measures to avoid the spread... -
In the last 12 months, the number of Mediasite-equipped rooms, hours of operation and webcast viewership have exploded. Large and small universities, corporations and government agencies are capturing, distributing - and having to manage - more online presentation content than ever before, often... -
Skeptical about teaching undergraduate courses online? Unconvinced that some instruction, like math, can effectively be taught in an entirely online environment? Doctor of Mathematics Larissa Williamson might convince you otherwise. As a faculty member in the College of Liberal Arts and... -
Webcasting technology is obviously one important element for recording a multimedia presentation that looks and sounds great. But there are several key ingredients, tools and techniques you must consider that, when mixed properly, will make a big impact in the quality of the webcast you ultimately... -
With the explosion of online video and social networking, today's students expect immediate access to any information they want, when they want it. How do you make the traditional classroom experience compelling to today's digital natives? Where do you turn when your students start asking for class...