January 2007 News

Posted January 27, 2007 A record 150 participants attended UD's Winter Faculty Institute, which kicked off Jan. 8 in the Perkins Student Center. Robert Lue's keynote address, “Technology's Role in Curricular Transformation,” established the focus of the institute.

“The Winter Faculty Institute is a wonderful aspect of UD--the more often you bring faculty together, the more opportunity there is to bring about transformations,” Lue said.

Read the full story in UDaily, "Faculty institute focuses on transforming curricula."

Posted January 16, 2007 Are you thinking of giving a meaningful multimedia assignment? Does your course involve ethics, technology, business, or communications? If so, this might be just an appropriate assignment and one that could lead to national recognition. A University of Delaware student was a finalist in last year's contest.

EDUCAUSE is sponsoring the 2007 Computer Security Awareness Student Video Contest. Help build awareness of computer security problems and what to do about them--get your students involved in the second annual contest in search of short computer security awareness videos developed by college students for college students. The deadline for submission is March 15, 2007. Learn more at the Computer Security Awareness Video Contest 2007 web site.

Posted January 12, 2007 PRESENT is pleased to annouce two new software tools to help UD faculty and teaching staff exploit opportunities of video coupled with Adobe Flash.

The Annotation Tool can be used to create 'bookmarks' within your video file (once its converted to Adobe Flash video format). Students can jump to any section of your video by clicking on a link. They can also see which topic is currently playing simply by noting the pointer that appears beside the active bookmark. Comments or transcripts can be added to any bookmark location and these will appear beneath the video window.

The Virtual Reality Template tool creates video that the user can rotate in space by dragging his cursor across the video screen. Similar to QuickTime VR, this requires 36 still images of the object or panorama taken at 10° intervals. Source material can be an existing video file or still images.

Find out more about Adobe Flash video and both of these tools at the web page, "Enhancing Flash Video."

Posted January 3, 2007 PRESENT invites educators to take full advantage of the emerging demand for interactive technology by entering the Games and Simulations Contest. The winning applicant will have the opportunity to develop their idea in close cooperation with the skilled staff of PRESENT. Here is your chance to design highly interactive and engaging course content for your students. You supply the ideas, we supply the programming expertise. Find out more on the Games and Simulations Contest web page.

Revised January 3, 2006

A series of new workshops that build on the Winter Faculty Institute themes of multimedia and learning portfolios is being offered January 9-12. Check out these sessions to take your learning to the next level:

Multimedia Assignments: Faculty & Student Perspectives
Tuesday, Jan, 9, 9:30 a.m.

Options for Capturing Student Presentations Digitally
Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1:30 p.m.

Capturing & Editing Digital Video Demo for Windows Users
Wednesday, Jan. 10, 10:00 a.m.

Capturing & Editing Digital Video Demo for Macintosh Users
Wednesday, Jan. 10, 10:00 a.m.

Introduction to Instructional Media Collection Resources
Thursday, Jan. 11, 10:00 a.m.

Creating Assignments for Learning Portfolios
Thursday, Jan. 11, 1:00 p.m.

Including Video in Your Classroom Presentation
Friday, Jan. 12, 1:30 p.m.

Throughout the entire month of January, sessions in teaching, learning and technology are being offered. To view the entire month, go to the Professional Development Calendar.