by Iber Poma Technologists have a predilection to use acronyms for everything in the Computer World and the acronym MOOC is not the exception. MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Course. It is an online course intended for extensive participation and open access via the Internet. Above all, these...
by Francisco Ordóñez One of the best features of the Hostos Social Network (HSN) is that it allows its members to create and update blogs. All they need is internet access and to navigate to the following address: https://commons.hostos.cuny.edu/ What is a blog on HSN? The word “blog” is...
by Kate Lyons The Hybrid Initiative, an annual incentive-based project which began in 2007 to encourage faculty to develop and teach hybrid courses, continued in the Fall 2012 with a new cohort of participants. The mentor/mentee model of support for developers continued, though mentors were paired with two mentees...
by George Rosa One of the best new features of Blackboard 9.1 is Collaborate, Blackboard’s web conferencing application specifically designed for an eLearning environment. With Collaborate you create virtual classrooms and meeting spaces, where you can share meetings, lectures, presentations, seminars and other events in real time. Anyone who...
by Carlos Guevara In the past two years, New York has been affected by a tropical storm and a hurricane, and according to weather experts it is highly probable to experience more disasters like Hurricane Sandy in the future. Given the severity of the last hurricane, and the impact...