Author Archives: Justin Henry

Building an academic, and social, web browser

Paul Stamatiou points us to the imminent release of Firefox Campus Edition – a “back to school” version of the web browser that comes with a few add-ons geared for students. While only one of the add-ons, Zotero (which we’ve … Continue reading

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Migration, Migration, Migration

On August 22 your WebCT course may disappear. Where is it? Have you recently requested a new course for Fall or Spring 2007/2008 (i.e. have you filled out the “Request a WebCT Course Space” form at https://www.uvm.edu/webct/?cat=6)? If yes,  your … Continue reading

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BlackBoard and plagiarism

According to David Nagle of Camus Technology “Blackboard this week debuted a new tool called SafeAssign, which is designed to eliminate plagiarism in student assignments. The service detects plagiarized works in student papers and delivers reports on such incidents through … Continue reading

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“Live” from ED-MEDIA

A few of our colleagues are in Vancouver this week for ED-MEDIA, the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications. Holly Parker and Paul Martin are presenting today. You can follow Holly, Paul, and Steve Cavrak on Twitter.

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Got Slides?

There are several ways to make Powerpoint slides available online. Some methods are better than others, but how you do it often depends on your audience. Will they be printing the presentation? Where are they likely to be viewing it … Continue reading

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Case Study: Hybrid Learning

In a new case study, “Hybrid Learning: Maximizing Student Engagement,” Ruth Reynard explores hybrid or “blended” courses (a face-to-face course that contains online elements). She concludes that these courses “provide more flexibility for on ground students and increase the overall … Continue reading

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Office 2007 is Coming!

Office 2007 has arrived and with it the main questions: what are the big differences between this version and other Office versions? when should we make the jump? ETS has put together a Task Force led by Doug Varney, Carol … Continue reading

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Connectivism Online Conference : February 2 – February 9

Connectivism Online Conference is an open online forum exploring how learning has been impacted by ongoing changes. The conference, hosted online by the University of Manitoba, runs from February 2 – 9, 2006. The daily conference schedule is. Friday, Feb … Continue reading

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Wrapping up workshop week with “Blogging Your Course”

Thanks to those who packed the house at the CTL Commons over the past couple of days, making this last workshop of the 2007 winter series another fun and exciting experience for us. Don’t forget to come back and visit … Continue reading

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Connectivism Online Conference (February 2 – 9)

The evolution of teaching and learning is accelerated with technology. After several decades of duplicating classroom functionality with technology, new opportunities now exist to alter the spaces and structures of knowledge to align with both needs of learners today, and … Continue reading

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