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"Keep Teaching" During the Flu Season

The flu epidemic has resulted in high absenteeism that is especially disruptive for classroom instruction. Structured around best practices of teaching, a new instructional resource has been designed to help instructors match preferred teaching techniques with IU-supported technologies, learn more about the technologies, and know where to turn for help from a consultant.

The guide offers assistance with such issues as how you might teach in an online environment effectively:

  • share content from your lectures
  • manage discussions, including those for case-study, project, and project-based learning
  • create collaborative learning opportunities and facilitate group work
  • distribute readings and other resource media
  • conduct demonstrations, including audio, video and screen captures
  • provide feedback and opportunities for self-assessment
  • accept students work products
  • establish virtual office hours

From a wide range of IU-supported technologies -- including email, phones, Oncourse CL, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Presenter, Adobe Connect, and Lynda.com -- instructors can recreate important aspects of an effective learning environment even with minimized face-to-face class time.

Check out the resources at:

  http://keepteaching.iu.edu/

 

Teaching Well With Technology Fall Workshop series

UCET is once again hosting a series of workshop events to assist faculty in "Teaching Well With Technology". Details are available on this downloadable schedule. (pdf format)

New Resources for Distance Learning Developers

A new listing of resources for faculty, including our instructors developing distance learning courses, is now available on the IU South Bend Distance Learning site. Even though these are directed toward online developers, the technology resources are available to all IU South Bend faculty!

 

Intellectual Property Policy Update

The Board of Trustees passed a new Intellectual Property Policy on May 2, 2008. It can be found at http://www.indiana.edu/~deanfac/acadhbk/IPPolicy_Adopted_050208.pdf .

Click here to read a humorous and informative explanation of many details related to copyright law from the Duke Center for Social Policy.