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Michigan State University modified operations and suspended classes until 12 noon on Monday, February 2, 2015, due to severe winter weather.

• Electronic services and critical university functions will be maintained with other business operations supported remotely to the fullest extent possible.
• University buildings will be closed to the public including the computer labs within those buildings.

Are you committed to the advancement of learning through the innovative application of technology?

Join us at Wills House for a Live Streaming Educause Learning Initiative (ELI) premiere event!  

ELI Annual Meeting 2015

February  9–11 Hosted at Wills House

• Monday, 2:00pm – 9:00pm ET
• Tuesday, 10:00am–9:00 p.m. ET
• Wednesday, 11:00am – 3pm ET

Designing our Thinking: Crafting New Directions for Digital Engagement

This year, ELI will feature TED-Style presentations that cover topics such as:  

• Digital Badge Credentialing

• Flipped Classrooms

• Faculty Development Models

• And Understanding the Impacts of Active Learning Spaces

There will be Learnshops surrounding the Practice of Quality Matters, which is a new service at MSU. Read Full Article →

The MSU IT Council met on January 7.  Below are the high-level topic summaries from the meeting.

Heather Swain, Vice President of Communications and Brand Strategy (CABS), explained the value of advancing the MSU brand as a Tier 1 research institution and what it means for attracting talent and funding. Read Full Article →

MSU IT Services doubled the number of staplers by adding three more high-volume printing locations:

• Holmes Cafe
• 42 MSU Union
• Hubbard Engagement Center

Staplers are installed on chains and include a box of staples for refills as needed.

MSU IT Services first piloted staplers near Netprint printers in 143 Brody, Owen Hall (pictured), and 337 S. Read Full Article →

MSU purchased a subscription to the Quality Matters (QM) rubric and online resources to assist faculty and instructors in creating quality courses that will improve online education and support student learning.

This pilot is a partnership between the Center for Integrative Studies in General Science, College of Arts & Letters, and IT Services. Read Full Article →

MSU purchased a subscription to the Quality Matters (QM) rubric and online resources to assist faculty and instructors in creating quality courses that will improve online education and support student learning.

This pilot is a partnership between the Center for Integrative Studies in General Science, College of Arts & Letters, and IT Services. Read Full Article →

MSU IT has moved up the planned final shutdown of ANGEL to Friday, January 29, to ensure data security on this legacy system. ANGEL course and group administrators have been contacted regarding this change. The system will be permanently decommissioned at that time.

Course graded activities and grading data will still be able to be retrieved in the case of grade disputes by making a request to the MSU IT Service Desk. Read Full Article →

I work with an amazing team of instructional designers, faculty and educational media designers. These people are good. If you have worked with them before, you will know what I mean.

They know what they are doing mostly because they are constantly learning and collaboratively growing in their craft. Read Full Article →

Michigan State University is committed to accessibility on all levels. As we move toward a higher degree of dependence on the web to access programs, services, businesses, and activities, it becomes increasingly important to ensure that content is accessible to the broadest possible audience.

MSU departments, employees, faculty, and instructors are being asked to update web pages, online course materials, e-texts, PDFs, and any online content that is used for business and academic activities to meet the current MSU Web Accessibility Policy which includes Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, Conformance Level AA. Read Full Article →

The MSU IT Council met on November 14. Below are the high-level topic summaries from the meeting.

Mark Notman, Associate Dean and CTO for the College of Osteopathic Medicine, led the meeting by providing an overview of his college’s IT challenges and the work his team is doing to align their Health Information Technology unit to the university’s culture of high performance. Read Full Article →