Category: Featured

Dr. Shannon Carter presents to Commerce faculty

Dr. Shannon Carter Department of Literature & Languages Faculty Center Advisory Committee member presents Writers and Their Tools: How to Help College Writers Select the Best Technology for the Job Monday, September 29, 2014 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. CFEI Conference Room (AGIT 222)   Description:     From cave paintings to clay tablets and typewriters to new …

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Updated Math Equation Editor for LearningStudio

We are excited to announce an upgrade to the LearningStudio (eCollege) Math Equation Editor (MEE)*. The upgrades include: improved screen layout, addition of Accessibility for users with disabilities and an increased selection of equations. What can users do now, that they couldn’t before?  Students and instructors (particularly supporting STEM standards) will continue to have the same …

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New Faculty Fellows and Scholars Space

The Center for Faculty Excellence and Innovation, currently located in room 222 of the Charles J. Austin Agricultural and Industrial Engineering building, has a new dedicated work space complete with 2 computer stations equipped with Internet access and researching, data analyzing, writing, and presenting software. Faculty Open Lab sessions, to support faculty’s current instructional, research, …

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E-Text Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction Among Students

  Campus Technology reported on a recent survey of college students’ technology textbook preferences.  Nearly 60 percent of students buy their own books.  The survey also indicated that while 40 percent of students surveyed had experience with an eBook, there were disparate levels of satisfaction with the technology.  The percentages of students somewhat or very …

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Citation Agitation- Digital or Print

Printed sign with text "Citation Needed"

  Where do scholarly citations belong?  Incorporated into the work which they were used to support?  Or can an author safely (and ethically) compile and store those references, bibliographies, and footnotes on the web and still maintain high scholarly standards?  That debate is once again rippling throughout higher education as a history author recently chose the …

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