Feb 05
Have you ever wanted to update your Cascade faculty website from your iPad or iPhone? This is a fairly common question, but the standard answer has always been that to access Cascade Server, you have to be on an Ethernet-connected campus computer, or connected via VPN.
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/tip-vpn-for-ios-lets-you-update-your-faculty-website-from-your-ipad/
Feb 03
The Faculty Center for Teaching with Technology wear a lot of hats. We often get requests from departments wanting to update their technology in classrooms and conference rooms. Once we get the request we analyze and discuss what technologies will work with certain rooms. If it is an interactive option the FCTT will always suggest …
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Feb 03
This article about researching styles of student note taking was a great read from Huffington Post. Personally, I think that it’s too early to call this definitive but the results are definitely interesting. My career as a student mostly entailed taking notes by hand versus on a laptop. It actually did help me retain information …
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/note-taking-typing-versus-writing/
Jan 29
I recommend faculty cut their lecture into 7 minute chucks. Each chunk should contain one specific topic. This is excellent for exam reviews. Students can select the topics to study and watch the lecture as many times as needed. You can read more about this topic at: Creating a Learner-Friendly Online Course @ facultyfocus.com
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Jan 28
Congratulations to Dr. Wilson and his Construction Engineering team (Italo Cruz, Coydean Harmon, and Tyler Lynch) who won the inaugural “University Challenge Award” for the 3rd Annual Synchro Exchange User Conference. Synchro is an international leading provider of scheduling and virtual reality simulation software for the construction industry in the field of Building Information Modeling (BIM.) …
Permanent link to this article: http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/tamuc-wins-university-challenge-award/
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