Bring on Fall semester 2010!

We've been busy in the ETDL department as the campus is gearing up for fall 2010!
Our fall workshop schedule has been listed ( IITT Course Cart ), we are preparing for both the Campus' Professional day training & the New Student Orientation training, we are offering webinars throughout the summer and fall for faculty and staff, and we are preparing for the technology conference in October.

Wow! It's been a busy summer and bound to be an even busier fall!

It's been exciting though: in the recent past we have been updating our new iTunes U page, learning about Prezi and Voicethreads, we are playing with new webcams and ipod touches, moved our offices and are developing new workshops.

It's going to be a great fall semester! Stay tuned! :)

iTunes U off to a great start!

Our MCC iTunes U page is off to a great start! We had contributions from the Biology program, the Music program, the Speech-Language Pathology program & the Photography program! Various instructors loaded audio, video and PDF files to iTunes U this last semester.

It's a great start to the academic content on the site. This summer, instructors and the ETDL department will continue to plug away and add additional content that will aid student in their classes.

The page is not yet public--stay tuned for additional posts when it is. Thanks!

Voicethread

The ETDL department recently acquired a Voicethread Higher Ed account! Voicethread is an exciting website where a group of users can have an online conversation utilizing photos, video and audio to create dynamic conversations.

If you have not tried Voicethread, set up a free account on their website: https://voicethread.com/#home

Trust me, you will have fun experimenting with it!

In the very near future, the ETDL department will be offering introductory workshops on Voicethread, so stay tuned!

Clickers game show a success!

The opening ceremony to celebrate Black History month at MCC started successfully with an interactive Black history game show Wednesday February 3, 2010. The game show used clickers and a PowerPoint presentation to deliver interesting questions about black history to a full audience in the SBM Charitable Foundation Auditorium.

If you are interested in using interactive clickers in your class or event, contact us in the Sandbox and we would be happy to help you:
MCC Sandbox, LRC B130
(860) 512-2857, sandbox@mcc.commnet.edu

Readiness for Education at a Distance Indicator (READI)

If you have never taken an online course or are encouraging your students to consider online learning, check out MCC's READI assessment! READI helps you discover your learning style and indicates if online learning is right for you now.

The assessment takes about 15-20 minutes to complete and you will recieve a score report which will help you understand your learning strengths and opportunities for improvement. The assessment will also direct you to resources that will help you succeed.

The self assessment is located here: http://mcc.readi.info (READI)
To log into READI, the username is 'Student 6', the password is 'wiki'

Good luck!