Have you published an article that you would love to share with a wider audience? Are you an artist who would like to share images of your work with other artists and academics? Are you looking for archival materials? Are you wondering what scholarship your CUNY colleagues are producing?...
Wearable Devices- distractions or tomorrow’s fundamental learning tools? by Kate Lyons
Last Fall semester the EdTech office hosted a very well-attended Brown Bag discussion about allowing students to use devices, like cell phones and tablets, in the classroom. Some faculty members debated that they were mere distractions, adding nothing to learning and taking students’ attention away from the class. Others...
Advantages and Disadvantages of Smartphones in Higher Education by Wilfredo Rodríguez
In general, Technology has made its way into higher education with the purpose of enhancing the teaching and learning experience for students and faculty as well. Some technologies have been adopted faster than other and some other have failed and never made it to colleges and universities. Among those...
iPads in the Classroom: Survey Results by Iber Poma
Faculty have been using iPads in the classroom for the last three semesters. Only after they have gone through a pilot initiative in which Faculty from almost all departments had the opportunity to explore and select apps that will potentially help them integrate iPads into their curricula. Some faculty...
Leveraging Student Consumption of Media with Scribe Videos by Aaron Davis
Online scribe videos have become the standard for quick delivery of content in educational media
Determining Course Size by George Rosa
In the course’s Control Panel, go to Packages and Utilities > Export/Archive Course Click on either the Export Package or the Archive Course button on the top left Under File Attachments, next to Course Files Default Directory click the button for Copy links and include copies of the files...
Reducing your Blackboard Course Size by George Rosa
If you try to upload or insert content into a current, or future, course section that brings its size to greater than 750 MB, or if you do a course copy where the source course is greater than 750 MB, the process will be stopped and a message alerting...
Online Learning Initiative 2015-2016
Information regarding the Online Learning Initiative has been updated. Check out the Online Learning Initiative Page for more details.