Educational Technology Blog » Turning Point http://sites.bu.edu/edtech Wed, 15 May 2013 17:42:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Webinars on audience response systems http://sites.bu.edu/edtech/2013/05/09/webinars-on-audience-response-systems/ http://sites.bu.edu/edtech/2013/05/09/webinars-on-audience-response-systems/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 20:21:19 +0000 Amod Lele http://sites.bu.edu/edtech/?p=215 Want to learn more about using audience response systems in your classes – whether with traditional clickers or via mobile devices? Turning Technologies invites BU faculty and staff to a series of webinars from May 21st to 23rd, demonstrating several different aspects of these technologies. They have provided a flyer providing details on the webinars.

]]> http://sites.bu.edu/edtech/2013/05/09/webinars-on-audience-response-systems/feed/ 0 Teaching Talks and Teaching Tech Talks scheduled for Spring 2013 http://sites.bu.edu/edtech/2012/12/21/teaching-talks-and-teaching-tech-talks-scheduled-for-spring-2013/ http://sites.bu.edu/edtech/2012/12/21/teaching-talks-and-teaching-tech-talks-scheduled-for-spring-2013/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:51:47 +0000 Amod Lele http://blogs.bu.edu/edtech/?p=144 CEIT has now posted its list of Teaching Talks and Teaching Tech Talks scheduled throughout the Spring 2013 semester. The talks are scheduled on various dates and times to make it possible for faculty to explore some talks whatever their schedule. Some scheduled talks with an emphasis on new technologies include:

Databases for non-majors (Jan. 10)
The top 5 things faculty need to know about Blackboard Learn (Jan. 10)
Read & Write Gold (Feb. 6)
Flipped classroom and Echo360 (Feb. 13)
Collaboration tools in Blackboard Learn (Feb. 20)
iPad applications in the classroom (Feb. 25)
Google Apps in your classroom (Feb. 25)
Increasing instructional interactivity with clickers (Mar. 19)
Virtual student exchanges (Apr. 3)
High-tech cheating (Apr. 3)
How to use ePortfolios (Apr. 5)
Making grading easier and more transparent with rubrics in Blackboard Learn (Apr. 11)
Dimensions of online courses and student perceptions (Apr. 17)

The CEIT site has a complete list of talks. If you’re interested, please sign up and reserve a space!

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