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Follow the Faculty Fellows at their blog: http://faculty-fellows.voices.wooster.edu – or – on Twitter with the hash tag #ITFFP09: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=itffp09 The Instructional Technology Faculty Fellows Program is a new program for any member of the campus community whose continuing contract has a teaching component. The dates for the program are May 18-22, 2009. The goals of…

What is it? Described by its founders as a ‘learning landscape’, Elgg provides each user with their own weblog, file repository (with podcasting capabilities), an online profile and an RSS reader. Additionally, all of a user’s content can be tagged with keywords – so they can connect with other users with similar interests and create…

As part of its ongoing work, the Assessing the Effective Use of Technology in a Liberal Arts Curriculum learning community has purchased a membership to the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Group (TLT). The TLT group has four main areas of focus: Assessment, Faculty Development, Planning, and Collaboration. The group’s website contains a number of white…

Determining whether a published work is protected by copyright can be very confusing. Was the work published before 1923, without the © symbol, was copyright renewed? These are just a few of the things a faculty member must determine before distributing copies of a work to their class. Luckily there is a Web tool that…

As the semster gets started we wanted to remind students and faculty that woodle access is not immediate for students that add a course. Students should have woodle access to a course no later than 24 hours after turning in their add/drop form to the Registrar. If you do not see a course in woodle…

On January 5th, all courses for the Spring 2009 semester were created in woodle so that instructors may begin designing their courses there. Instructional Technology welcomes any faculty and staff that would like tutorials on how to use certain woodle modules such as the grade book, forums, quizzes, etc. or that have any general questions…

For the very first time on Nov. 13, The College of Wooster Libraries and Instructional Technology hosted ‘eFest,’ an event open to faculty, staff, and students designed to showcase tools for instruction and learning. Over sixty attendees gathered to learn about SMART Sympodiums, MDID, Artstor, Illiad, Endnote, Blogs, and many other technologies. Door prizes included…

Instructional Technology and The College Libraries are excited to be hosting ‘eFest,’ an event showcasing new tools for faculty and students to enhance instruction and learning. The event will take place on November 12 in Lowry Center from 12 until 3 PM. Information and demonstrations will feature touch-screen monitors, woodle, RSS readers, Artstor, MDID, Endnote,…

In May of 2008, a group of faculty members from The College of Wooster embarked on a trip across India as part of the College’s emphasis on diversity and global engagement.  The twelve professors were part of a larger group of Wooster Faculty who formed a reading group to discuss Martha Nussbaum’s book The Clash Within:…