October 31, 2005
 

PRESENT
University of
Delaware
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302.831.0640
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@udel.edu

 

FEATURED ARTICLE
Faculty invited to enter PRESENT's games and sims contest

Special invitation for newsletter readers

You are invited to join us for a web seminar entitled "New Learning Technologies and Emergent Practices in Higher Education." The session will be held on Tuesday, November 8, from 1:00-2:00 p.m. in the PRESENT site, 010 Smith Hall. Advance registration is requested.

"Techniques such as blogging, podcasting, and video blogging once used by tight-knit groups of techies have emerged as key strategies of established media corporations. Social software practices like tagging and intelligent searching are changing how we process information and can potentially change what happens in our formal and informal learning spaces.

Join us as we explore a cross section of emerging technologies and practices including gaming, mobile applications, social and collaborative applications, chat, and clickers."

Learn more about this session or register online to join us for this session in Smith Hall.

SELECTED NEWS ITEMS

  1. Technology news
    • New hardware and software in PRESENT
      Ask us about the new video iPod, Dreamweaver version 8, blogs, wikis, classroom response systems (a.k.a., "clickers") or other new educational technology that interests you.
    • WebCT and Blackboard join forces (October 13)
      Two leading providers of enterprise software and services to the education community, Blackboard Inc. and WebCT, Inc., announced a definitive agreement to merge. As well as EDUCAUSE, both companies will continue to publish information about the merger.

  2. Mark your calendar for the UD Winter Faculty Institute
    "How Do You Know Your Students Are Learning?" is the theme for a month of teaching, learning, and technology events.

    January 4, 2006, 9:00 a.m.
    "How Technology Can Help" keynote presentation by Dr. Marilee Bresciani
    January 18-20, 2006
    ITUE Pedagogies of Engagement symposium
    January 23-27, 2006
    A week of intensive workshops
    Also in January...
    EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference


  3. Recommended Reading
    • Managing a hotel…online
      Our latest faculty profile is available online. George Conrade, of UD’s Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management, wants to help his managerial accounting students gain an in-depth understanding of duties faced by executives in the hospitality industry. To accomplish this, he and the staff of PRESENT are combining technologies such as Microsoft Excel with the functionality of MyCourses to develop Managerial Accounting Practice Sets (MAPS).

  4. Archived Newsletters are available.
FEATURED ARTICLE
Faculty invited to enter PRESENT's games and sims contest

ball bearing simulatorNot long ago, “Jeopardy” was the ultimate classroom learning game. No matter the course content or class size, an instructor could always count on a good quiz game to engage students in a fun and effective way. But technology has vastly broadened the scope of possibilities for instruction, and those in-class Jeopardy sessions have given way to countless new forms of games and simulations that can be played in or out of class, 24-hours-a-day.

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.

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