By Tony Bates, on February 9th, 2010
McCrea, B. (2010) Shifting campus IT priorities Campus Technology, February 4
This article looks at how Purdue University’s “renewed” strategic plan would focus on improving IT operations, including a reevaluation of the school’s IT governance structure and an expansion of its strategic sourcing efforts. This article is interesting because it focuses on how to move from [...]
By Tony Bates, on December 7th, 2009
Kolowich, S. (2009) Learning from online Inside Higher Education, December 7
Well, duh! I’m sure that anyone with instructional design experience who has worked with classroom teachers to develop online courses has heard that this also ends up in improving their classroom teaching as well. However, this is now being formally researched at Purdue University at [...]
By Tony Bates, on November 24th, 2009
Young, J. (2009) Teaching with Twitter: Not for the Faint of Heart Chronicle of Higher Education, November 22
Interesting article on use of Twitter and Hotseat for providing backchat during lecture classes at Purdue University. Also includes a digital video interview with one of the professors using Twitter.
Again, an excellent example of using new technology to [...]
By Tony Bates, on October 30th, 2009
Kolowich, S. (2009) The new diagnostics, Inside Higher Education, September 30
An article about three institutions, Rio Salado Community College, Purdue University, and Capella University, using data from their learning management systems to flag students ‘at risk’ of dropping out, as early as one or two weeks into a course.
See also: http://www.tonybates.ca/2009/10/28/lms-wars-e-learnings-third-phase/
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