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“Driving Change–Steering into the Future of Ed Tech” SIDLIT Conference July 30 – 31

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

Colleague 2 Colleague, a non-profit regional professional organization, is hosting the 16th annual Summer Institute on Distance Learning and Instructional Technology (SIDLIT) Thurs. and Fri., July 30 – 31, 2015, at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas.

Keynote on Next-Gen LMSes

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Dr. Ali Jafari, Professor of Engineering and Technology and Director of CyberLab at Indiana University, will be the 2015 keynote speaker.  He will be speaking on “Next Generation of Learning Management Systems: Social, Global, and Engaging”.

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First-ever Game Jam event at K-State draws over 60 players

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

GameJam2015-participantsby Ben Ward

A marathon run of video-game development took place the weekend of Feb. 6-8 in K-State’s Fiedler Hall.  The Invitational Game Jam at K-State was one of the first such events in the state of Kansas.  More than 60 students participated in the team-based competition, with a total of 20 video games produced on a cybersecurity theme.  Continue reading “First-ever Game Jam event at K-State draws over 60 players” →

K-Staters invited to annual Big Data conference in KC

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

by William Hsu

The Kansas City area will host its second annual regional big data conference Nov. 12-14, 2014, at the Kansas City Convention Center. The conference organizers would like to invite and encourage increased participation from students, researchers, instructors, and practitioners in academia. General admission is open to all faculty, staff, and students at Kansas State University.  Continue reading “K-Staters invited to annual Big Data conference in KC” →

Training available on Scalar, a free, online publishing platform aligned with the Semantic Web

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

Interested in a new open-source and free, hosted publishing platform with a wide reach?  Scalar has been setting the humanities world on fire with its smartly designed capabilities.

Faculty/staff who are interested in learning how to use this tool should email shalin@k-state.edu to request training.

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Canvas: LMS overview training

Posted on by Christine Doucette

by Information Technology Services

Canvas is Kansas State University’s new Learning Management System (LMS). Information Technology Services is offering instructors the opportunity to learn more about the rich features of the new LMS with Canvas overview training. Continue reading “Canvas: LMS overview training” →

Educational technology conference SIDLIT slated July 31-Aug. 1

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

Colleague to Colleague, a regional professional organization, is set to host its annual Summer Institute on Distance Learning and Instructional Technology (SIDLIT, pronounced “sidelight”) July 31 – Aug. 1 (Thursday and Friday).  This two-day regional conference will be held at Johnson County Community College, in Overland Park, Kansas. The last day for registration is July 18.  Continue reading “Educational technology conference SIDLIT slated July 31-Aug. 1” →

Registration open for 2014 CHECK conference, May 21-22 at Emporia State

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

The annual Conference on Higher Education Computing in Kansas (CHECK) is scheduled May 21-22 at Emporia State University. Registration is free at www.check.gen.ks.us/register.html for this “gathering of all who are interested in the intersection of information technology and higher education in Kansas” says the CHECK website.  Continue reading “Registration open for 2014 CHECK conference, May 21-22 at Emporia State” →

Office 365 Update

Posted on by Cathy Rodriguez

By Ken Stafford, CIO

After seven months of planning and testing, we have the entire campus of 57,000 accounts moved to Office 365 for email and calendaring service. Over the weekend Information Technology Services, migrated the final 17,000 student accounts and more than 6,100 faculty and staff email and calendar accounts.

The majority of questions to the IT Help Desk and our Client Services teams have been about configuring mobile devices, downloading the Outlook Client, and assisting users with sharing calendars and folders. Search the knowledge base for articles on these topics and more. Continue reading “Office 365 Update” →

Spring 2014 courses needed for learning management system pilot

Posted on by Christine Doucette

By Information Technology Services

Information Technology Services (ITS) is happy to announce that an expanded spring 2014 Pilot will be conducted for Canvas by Instructure. Canvas is a state-of-the-art Learning Management System (LMS) used by many major institutions, and it offers a variety of powerful and intuitive tools. Continue reading “Spring 2014 courses needed for learning management system pilot” →

Office 365: Introductory videos now available

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

On Jan. 6, 2014, faculty/staff and student employees will be moved to Office 365, K-State’s new email and calendaring system. In addition to face-to-face and online training sessions, two videos have been created for those who cannot attend one of the sessions or need a refresher on using Office 365.  Continue reading “Office 365: Introductory videos now available” →