Sep 21
Faculty Focus, September 14, 2015: Advances in neuroscience and digital imaging give us an unprecedented understanding of how individuals access, process, and respond to information. Previously we may have had an intuitive understanding that our students learned differently. Now functional MRI scans demonstrate this in living color. However, simply recognizing learner diversity is one thing; …
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Sep 16
Texas A&M University-Commerce’s Pride Online just released the following news. CFEI to Celebrate Grand Opening of Gee Library Location http://sites.tamuc.edu/news/center-for-faculty-excellence-and-innovation-to-celebrate-grand-opening-of-gee-library-location/ For more information, go to http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/facultyDevelopment/cfeiGrandOpening.aspx. Please join us!
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Jul 14
Have you ever encountered a YouTube video that you’d love to use in a course but it does not have closed captions? As an instructor concerned with accessibility and search-ability, you may be reluctant to use it, even if it contains great information. Closed captions and transcripts potentially benefit all learners, so including those features …
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/amara-free-online-captioning-tool/
Mar 03
It’s a common refrain, and as such, often too easy to tune out: “We should be working to make our educational materials accessible.” From text to video, there are some common best practices to follow from the point of creation and design so that instructional content is universally accessible. A recent article in the …
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Sep 29
Greetings Instructors! The New VoiceThread is here! VoiceThread, an interactive presentation tool, has a sleek new look and some useful new features. On Wednesday, October 1st, the new VoiceThread will be enabled for A&M-Commerce. Accessing VoiceThread through your online course shell by clicking on the VoiceThread Course Item will remain the same. We’ve compiled several …
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