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You’re a few weeks into the semester and unable to view the online videos for your class. Does this sound familiar? Hopefully your answer is no, but if you are having trouble, Information Technology Services (ITS) is here to help. Continue reading “Students: Are you having trouble viewing online course videos?”
By Information Technology Services
The fall semester is underway and most students have settled into their courses, but some students may be struggling with viewing online course videos. Continue reading “Faculty: Are students having trouble viewing your online course videos?”
For all who missed the EDUCAUSE Online conference that was hosted at Kansas State University on Oct. 13-15:
You can now access some of the conference resources including PowerPoint presentations, podcasts, streamed sessions, and a social media summary.
The full collection of the online conference streamed sessions is available on the Private Session Recordings webpage. (Note it says “private sessions resources are available exclusively to registered participants for three months or until January 6, 2011.”)
Although not all sessions are available, it is hoped you will be able to benefit from this resource.
Videos are now available online from two recent presentations at K-State by world-famous authors.
Temple Grandin’s “Animals and Autism” presentation Tuesday evening, Nov. 9, was delivered to an estimated 1,400 people who overflowed both Forum Hall and the Union Ballroom, not to mention reportedly thousands of online attendees. The presentation is posted in two videos on the blog site of Food for Thought, the student group that sponsored the talk.
Continue reading “Spotlight: Temple Grandin, Ken Robinson videos available online”
The last IDT Roundtable presentation of the fall series will be 11 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, in Room 212 of the K-State Student Union by Brent Anders, electronic media coordinator in the Office of Mediated Education.
The use of drama within a course video can go a long way toward explaining or simply motivating. Content, subjects, and topics can be that much more understandable and real through the use of drama. Do you use dramatized videos in your class? Bring your ideas and examples to the presentation and share with your peers.
Continue reading “IDT Roundtable Nov. 18: Dramatized Videos for Higher Education”
Neal Wollenberg and Vernon Turner will present “Presentation Tools” at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, in 401B Hale Library. This session will cover designing effective presentations using Prezi and PowerPoint 2010.
This is the last TechBytes presentation of the fall semester.
TechBytes seminars are free and open to the K-State community. The series is also video-streamed live for off-campus viewers and others who wish to view it from their desktop. Use the View live video link on the TechBytes homepage to watch the next live video as it’s being recorded.
Six million iPads have been sold in the past six months, said Dennis Devenney at the Oct. 7 iPad presentation at TechBytes. K-Staters interested in learning more about Apple’s popular iPad can now view the iPad video presentation (76 minutes), where Devenney covers:
Continue reading “iPad video online; iPad User Group meets Nov. 9”
Gerry Snyder and Russ Feldhausen will present “Digital Cameras” at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in 401B Hale Library. This session will give an overview on the types of digital cameras that are available and tips on how to get the best use out of the cameras.
TechBytes seminars are free and open to the K-State community. The series is also video-streamed live for off-campus viewers and others who wish to view it from their desktop. Use the View live video link on the TechBytes homepage to watch the next live video as it’s being recorded.
Michael Wesch will present “Crowd Sourcing, Collaboration, and Collaboratition” at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, in Forum Hall, K-State Student Union. From the massive success of Wikipedia to the virtual volunteer efforts in crises around the world, “crowdsourcing” and online collaboration have proven to be an effective means of working together. Join this session to learn a wide variety of free crowdsourcing tools that are available to empower your students to collaborate and solve real problems.
Continue reading “TechBytes Oct. 28: Crowdsourcing, Collaboration, and Collaboratition”
Thomas Kuhn will present “Mobile Devices” at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in 401B Hale Library. This session will give an overview of the best features of various mobile devices such as BlackBerry, Droid, and the iPhone.
TechBytes seminars are free and open to the K-State community. The series is also video-streamed live for off-campus viewers and others who wish to view it from their desktop. Use the View live video link on the TechBytes homepage to watch the next live video as it’s being recorded.
