Synopsis of “How to Session” for Accessibility. Hardware, software, and techniques to use in creating an online course were discussed. The technologies presented were: Screen Readers: Kurzweil 3000 JAWS-PC Voice Over-Mac Speech to Text Dragon Naturally Speaking-PC Dragon Dictate-Mac Screen Magnification and Color Contrast Zoom Text-PC Mac Screen Magnification Braille Reader/Writer Accessibility Techniques: 1. Alt …
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Mar 14
The Newest iPad
Apple announced at a press conference last week that the newest version of it’s iPad will be coming out this Friday. Some of the highlights of the new version include an even better display, increased processing power, full HD recording capability via a new camera, and fast 4G LTE network connectivity. If you’re interested in the …
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Jan 26
Apple’s Next Big Move: Textbooks
The push for digital textbooks is only going to get bigger now that Apple has announced their next big idea is to disrupt the textbook industry. In New York last week they announced an unprecedented partnership with three major textbook publishers: Pearson, McGraw-Hill, and Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt. According to McGraw-Hill’s CEO, Steve Jobs wanted to revolutionize the …
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Jan 05
Using Blogs in the Classroom
Blogs have a great potential for use in the learning environment. An interesting article from Campus Technology gives several ways that blogs can be used to improve student learning. Below is a quick summary of some of the benefits of using blogs as a part of instruction: Blogs can highlight individual contributions more than wikis …
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Dec 01
Faculty Spotlight – Wade Fish
Dr. Wade Fish, Educational Leadership Using Weekly Agenda Videos to Enhance Online Course Delivery Teaching online courses over the years has provided me the opportunity to enhance my teaching as I have seen my skills improve each semester with the incorporation of new technology and best practices. Thanks to online teaching, I am ensured that …
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