“More than 150 UC Berkeley students in Ruth Tringham’s Anthropology 2 course last fall engaged in rich and lively classroom discussions, thanks to the presence of a new participant: wireless technology.
The course, an introduction to archaeology, was redesigned to take advantage of the communication possibilities that the web and wireless technology afford. Instead of lecturing, […]
Campus wireless technology leading to innovations in the classroom and beyond
Using asynchronous learning in redesign: Reaching and retaining the at-risk student
“Many students who begin postsecondary education drop out before completing a degree. According to the Lumina Foundation, an estimated 60 percent of students at public institutions fail to complete degrees within five years, and half of these students leave during the freshman year. As shown by research by the Policy Center on the First Year […]
University’s revamped Web site a hit
“Thanks to some recent work, Sam Houston State University’s Web site now features a newer, fresher look, according to officials. The university hopes to redesign the site at least twice a year to keep things from becoming ’stagnant.’ Photo from www.shsu.edu. Sam Houston State University began the new year fresh by creating a more […]
Return on Investment (ROI), A Brief Look
We are all faced with a very difficult time in terms of
staff development. With the State of California eliminating community college
staff development dollars from the budget, the issue is timely. Following is
information gleaned from a presentation on Return on Investment (ROI) presented
by Dr. Jack Phillips, world-renowned evaluation expert and developer of the ROI
process.
There is a […]
Technology key to redesigning higher education
“A call to action issued June 12 by the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) urges educators and policy makers to create a presidential commission to redesign post-secondary education in efforts to better prepare students for 21st-century careers—and technology must be a key component of this new design, the forum said.
Besides establishing a high-level commission, the forum […]
Electronic grading: When the tablet is mightier than the pen
by Nira Herrmann & Jeffrey L. Popyack
“Technological advances often seem to introduce as many obstacles as improvements. For instance, people seem to spend more time reading and writing electronic mail than they ever did with regular mail. Likewise, VCR use is sufficiently formidable to have inspired folk humor about how to program one.
And so […]
The importance for college websites of usability testing
“For variety of reasons, it was decided that the Ohio University Admissions web site needed an overhaul. One of the functions my office performs is client web design and redesign. It fell to us to take on this task….
There seemed to be ambiguity in what Admissions means and what information they may find on that […]