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Tech Tuesday Celebrates an Incredible Inaugural Semester!

"Tuesday's presentation was one of the most stimulating I've ever attended ... and I've been in academia for over 30 years. WOW!"   Trish Macvaugh

We, at the Faculty Support Center, are convinced that OSU faculty and staff are unique.  And we resonate with President Schmidly in acknowledging them as our greatest resource.  It is their willingness to share from invaluable research and real world experience that cause reactions such as the quote above.  We hope that you too enjoy, and glean great benefit from these remarkable and insightful first Tech Tuesday presentations.  They are archived here in the Real Player format.

 
Presenter
  
Presentation Topic and Synopsis
 
 

Bill Elliott
Head, Faculty Support
Oklahoma State University

A Comparative Look into the Future of Course Management Systems
Bill addresses developments we see on the horizon in the course management system arena, e.g. open source and the Sakai Project.

 
 

Dr. Phil Moss
Associate Vice Chancellor
Oklahoma State Board of Regents

Academic Efficiencies and MERLOT
An introduction to the State Regents Academic Efficiencies initiative and the myriad of free resources available to OSU faculty from the MERLOT project.
 
 

Andy Maxey
Manager, Audio Visual Services
John Wilson
Manager, IT Student Labs
Oklahoma State University

Accessing OSU's Audio Visual and Computer Resources
An overview of the services available through Audio Visual and IT Lab Services, including multimedia classroom and conference room design, equipment loan program, student labs, and much more.

 
 

Dr. Kay S. Bull
Professor of Educational Psychology
Oklahoma State University

Alternatives and Outcomes in Instructional Design and Course Development
Dr. Bull speaks from over 40 years of empirical research and real world experience in teaching people how to teach.
  
 

Tracy Farley
Academic Solutions Engineer
Blackboard Inc.

  Blackboard Course Management System
A preview of the latest enhancements to the Blackboard Academic Suite – the Community System and the Content System.  Also includes a Q&A session on the Learning System (which is what OSU is using now.)		  
 

Dr. Ron Payne
Blackboard and WebCT System Administrator
Oklahoma State University

  Blackboard vs. WebCT
Dr. Payne presents his unique perspective as a side by side comparison of the two supported and most commonly used course management systems at OSU. 		 
  Dr. Susan Stansberry
Assistant Professor, School of Teaching and Curriculum Leadership
Oklahoma State University 		  Faculty Use for Web Sites
A discussion of the whys (including teaching, research, and service endeavors) and hows (from an educational technologist and self-avowed geek girl) as well as tips and tricks for faculty members using web sites.		  
  Dr. Laura Barnes
Associate Professor of Quantitative Research Methods
Oklahoma State University - Tulsa 		  Making the Most out of Blackboard
Dr. Barnes shares some of the creative features of her online introductory Statistics course which she has taught via Blackboard for about 3 years.  This includes online testing and facilitating peer interaction. 		 
  Dr. Blayne Mayfield
Associate Professor, Computer Science Department
Oklahoma State University 		  Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
Dr. Mayfield gives an overview and demonstration of this product, freely-available to OSU faculty. Visual Studio provides a suite of software development tools and languages, including Visual C++, Visual Basic, and Visual C#.  Also included in this presentation is a discussion of some of the many commercial and free component libraries that enhance the usefulness of Visual Studio.		  
  Dr. Lynna Ausburn
Assistant Professor, Occupational Education Studies
Oklahoma State University 		 

Online Instruction Design and Delivery
Dr. Ausburn shares from her experience and research in adult learning support principles as well as basic principles of online instructional design, including a checklist of things to keep in mind to assure your course is designed for effective learning.

  
  Dr. Alan Cheville
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering
Oklahoma State University 		  Team-based Learning, Project-based Learning, and Turnitin.com
This presentation covers an incredibly effective unique blend of teaching techniques and technologies that Dr. Cheville uses in a series of laboratory classes designed to help students go from novice to expert over the course of a semester.		  
  Marc Krein
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Broadcasting
Oklahoma State University 		  Tips for de Facto Tech Managers
If you're a faculty member who also provides technical support you will enjoy hearing this teacher, adviser, and researcher talk about providing tech support and video editing expertise.  Dr. Krein also shares with us about his extensive background in multimedia production (including work for ESPN, Fox, and ABC), and non-linear video production.		  
 

Warren Lewis
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Oklahoma State University

 

Using Cutting Edge Technology
Two of the technologies specifically covered include Camtasia Studio (used to record, edit and publish rich training demos and presentations in a variety of video formats) and Respondus (used to create and manage exams and quizzes that can be printed to paper or published directly to Blackboard or WebCT.)

  

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