EdTech on a Friday Morning
by Julie Trachman In AY 2016-2017, the Hostos CTL and EdTech areas combined forces to offer workshop series devoted to helping us faculty learn more about how Blackboard and other educational...
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The New CUNY Login for Blackboard Starting July 3, 2017, CUNY CIS began the long-awaited move towards the single sign-on to the CUNY Online environment by implementing the CUNY Login for Blackboard....
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EdTech Accepts Blackboard’s Catalyst Award at the BbWorld Conference, New...
Carlos Guevara, George Rosa and David Dos Santos accept the Blackboard Catalyst Award from William Ballhaus, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Blackboard, Inc.. All the winners of the...
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Celebration of Innovation! Thursday, May 11, 2017
Celebration of Innovation Trying out VR glasses The Spring 2017 Celebration of Innovation was one of the biggest and best ever. A large gathering of faculty and admnistrators came to see and hear...
View ArticleStrategies for Building Media Literacy in the Classroom
by Lisa Tappeiner Today, it is difficult for many readers of online information to distinguish scientific evidence, serious journalism, or informed opinion from publications with the sole purpose of...
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Bronx EdTech Showcase 2018
The Bronx CUNY EdTech Showcase, held annually in late April or May, promotes and highlights the innovative uses of technology that have the potential to reach new levels of student engagement leading...
View ArticleNew, Innovative Blackboard Features
by George Rosa Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 semesters have brought some innovative changes to Blackboard that faculty, as well as students will find useful. One change makes it easier to access tools that...
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Using Mobile Technology in the Anatomy and Physiology Lab
by Zvi Ostrin and Vyacheslav Dushenkov Mobile devices offer many pedagogical opportunities—especially easy access to textual information and visual resources, three-dimensional representation of...
View ArticleChecklist for Online Teaching
by David Dos Santos One of the most common misconceptions for first time students taking an online course is that it is easier and requires less time. The reality is that the only time saved is the...
View ArticleTWINE – using non-linear storytelling in your pedagogy
by Kate Lyons and Karin Lundberg Twine (http://twinery.org/) describes itself as “an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.” It is similar to the print-based, “Choose Your Own...
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