Category: Online Courses

Upgrading VoiceThread’s Integration with LearningStudio (eCollege)

LearningStudio’s (eCollege)  integration with the 3rd party tool, VoiceThread, is currently being updated to reflect new LTI protocols. These changes may affect the VoiceThread Course Item that currently appears in your course shell. If you are unable to access VoiceThread we recommend that you delete the existing Course Item and create a new item labeled …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/upgrading-voicethreads-integration-with-learningstudio-ecollege/

NBC Learn Subscription Discontinued

The decision has been made not to renew NBC Learn beyond the end of 2015.  The decision was informed by the following factors:   A review of faculty responses to a recent CFEI survey regarding use level of NBC Learn, revealing low utilization   Faculty Center Advisory Committee input regarding the NBC Survey results   …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/nbc-learn-subscription-discontinued/

Are YOU a Mac or PC? Considerations for teaching online

The article, Managing Macs & PCs in online courses, gives good considerations for online educational technology support across the two computer operating systems. The article also provides an additional resource on useful cross-platform technology tools, http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/making-games-for-web-and-ios-with-stencyl/61204. Learn more about it!   Managing Macs & PCs in online courses http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/managing-macs-pcs-in-online-courses/61219?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en&elq=a8fd5eef33f64a20acd5b28e96fa48ea&elqCampaignId=1698&elqaid=6689&elqat=1&elqTrackId=2d8d77356240434c9a913e8f3e10e78c

Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/are-you-a-mac-or-pc-considerations-for-teaching-online/

Pearson LearningStudio Notifications

Until this release, users had to login to LearningStudio to check the status of their activities. Now students can be alerted to course activities via text or on their mobile phone or up to two email addresses. Based on their preferences, students can automatically receive a push notification with every new course announcement, threaded discussion …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/pearson-learningstudio-notifications/

7 Tips to Create Effective eLearning Games

People at computer

eLearning Industry, January 19, 2015: Games aren’t just for entertainment any longer, thanks to the surge in popularity of gamification in eLearning. In this article, I’ll (Christopher Pappas, author) highlight some tips on how to create entertaining and effective eLearning games. Read the full article here: http://elearningindustry.com/7-tips-create-effective-elearning-games

Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/7-tips-to-create-effective-elearning-games/