We launched our "blogging" service about 18 months ago after some real heated discussions about affordances of a system like this. Our argument to our primary IT group revolved around creating an environment that was an open publishing platform - not just a blog service. When we stopped talking about blogs they began to understand the power.
Texas State faculty that are TRACS users provide lessons learned and tips for you. They also share their innovative ways of using the system. Their ideas can save you time and effort, and offer new tools to strengthen your teaching.
CITT Tools & Techniques Toolbox. Here, you will find very brief introduction to various tools and techniques for use in face to face education and synchronous/asynchronous distance education.
Ball State's Emerging Media Initiative (EMI) is a planned $17.7 million investment in focusing the university's historic strengths in this area, accelerating benefits to the state of Indiana with media-savvy human capital. Our students will have access to innovative and entrepreneurial opportunities in emerging media across the curriculum. Our growing emphasis on new ideas, technology transfer, and commercialization will provide the support faculty need to bring their ideas to market.
One of the strategic initiatives approved last fall by the Strategic Planning Council, the Academy has goals that include enhancing professional development for faculty, assisting in the formation of graduate students as scholar-teachers and promoting the scholarship of teaching and learning through new areas of research.