Category: Web 2.0

Android officially pulls Flash from Google Play Store in favor of HTML5

The bell tolled on August 15 for Android-based device owners using Adobe’s Flash Player multimedia plugin. As foretold in November 2011, Adobe will be offering no certified implementations of Adobe’s Flash Player beyond Android OS 4.1, and as of August 15, Flash has been removed from Google’s app store, Play, according to a PCWorld article, …

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Custom Pods in Adobe Connect

Adobe Connect is great at live meetings and we’ve recently discovered some awesome new resources that can help make it even better. If you’re looking to add some interactivity or  some multimedia spice to your meeting, you’ll want to read the rest of this post. Adobe’s developers have offered up some Custom Share pods that …

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Web 2.0 in the Classroom

If you’re interested in using Web 2.0 technologies in your classroom, the following article by Campus Technology may interest you. It lists 4 applications being used by an instructor to inspire students and talks briefly about each one. Here are the four apps, followed by a link to the full article: http://www.diigo.com/ – A collaborative …

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Faculty Spotlight – Alan Francis

Dr. Alan Francis, Applied Arts & Sciences Changing Content in Online Courses As an online instructor I have found that it is important to change the content in my courses frequently. I believe by making certain changes it will reduce plagiarism on research papers and possible cheating on online exams and quizzes. After a semester …

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Faculty Spotlight – Mutlu Mete

Dr. Mutlu Mete, Computer Science & Information Systems Collaborative Real-Time Codies Motivates Students Teaching programming and problem solving together requires great effort for us. At the Department of Computer Science, I teach C++ programming to help student implement their various algorithmic solutions in a computer language. Usually, introducing a new topic with coding involves in …

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