In the world of higher-ed, one thing that never changes is that we do a lot of reading. These days, many of us are doing more and more of our reading online. Whether it’s a blog post on an iPad or a summary of a scholarly article on a laptop, we’re spending more and more of…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: How to Read the Internet
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The Future of Learning – Learning How to Learn is Key
Professional futurist Lee Shupp spends a lot of time thinking about what people will be doing ten or twenty years from now. While humans aren’t usually very good at long-term and abstract planning, Shupp’s background in systems thinking and his boundless curiosity provide a good platform to stand on while peeling back the curtain for a sneak…Continue Reading The Future of Learning – Learning How to Learn is Key
The excitement of academic learning
Last year 1,180 UP students worked together with peer assistants in the Learning Commons to support and improve their learning for a total of nearly 4,600 visits. Wouldn’t it be great if even more students came early and often to the Learning Commons to support their thinking, learning, and the application of new concepts in…Continue Reading The excitement of academic learning
Tech Conferences and Attitudes Towards Higher Education
This week, UPTechTalk co-hosts Ben Kahn and Maria Erb rehash the takeaways from the Northwest eLearn Conference in Eugene, OR. Lots of good ideas here about engaging more faculty around the use of technology and keys to successful Digital Fluency initiatives. We also spotlight a new report from Public Agenda on attitudes towards higher education…Continue Reading Tech Conferences and Attitudes Towards Higher Education
UP Tech Tip: Share MediaSpace to Social Media Sites
At UP, we’re fortunate to have MediaSpace, which is a great video streaming and sharing site. It’s the home for our academic and course videos and is easy to manage access to for students or embed into Moodle courses. But sometimes we have video assets we want to share far and wide, on social media…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Share MediaSpace to Social Media Sites