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MSU Seminars in Research and Instructional Technology to be held May 6-7

MSU IT Services coordinates MSU Seminars in Research and Instructional Technology in the spring and fall.

The spring 2014 seminars offer two days of no-cost workshops on May 6-7.

These seminars are open to faculty, academic staff, and graduate assistants (teaching and research).

Download the brochure PDF.

The schedule

Participants may choose from a variety of sessions over two days designed to support teaching and research at MSU. Read Full Article →

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Screen capture of the 2014 AT&T Faculty-Staff Instructional Technology Awards entry page at http://attawards.msu.edu/how-to-enter/.

MSU Faculty-Staff Instructional Tech Award entries due February 10

To enhance teaching and learning at Michigan State University, IT Services holds an annual awards program funded by AT&T to both recognize and encourage best practices in the use of instructional technology.

The AT&T Faculty-Staff Instructional Technology Awards program recognizes outstanding contributions to the use and development of information technology for teaching and learning in credit-bearing courses at MSU. Read Full Article →

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MSU Seminars in Research and Instructional Technology to be held December 17-18

IT Services will offer two days of no-cost workshops on research and instructional technology on December 17 and 18. These seminars are also open to graduate assistants (teaching and research).

The workshops are designed to support faculty, academic staff, and graduate assistants in their teaching and research roles by providing seminars led by experts in online learning, and instruction in the use of a variety of software tools. Read Full Article →

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Website screen capture of the 2013 MSU Instructional Technology Awards

MSU faculty & staff recognized for use of instructional technology

Five outstanding online and blended courses and technology enhancements in a course from Michigan State University were selected as recipients of this year’s AT&T Faculty-Staff Awards in Instructional Technology.

In the coming academic year, these winners will present their innovations to the public in venues such as the Instructional Technology Brown Bag Seminar Series and the Breakfast Series: Conversations in Online and Blended Pedagogy, hosted by MSU IT Services. Read Full Article →

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Students studying in Biomedical and Physical Sciences at MSU.

New version of Desire2Learn to launch May 9 along with new features

On May 9, MSU IT Services will upgrade Desire2Learn (D2L) from version 10.0 of to version 10.1, making new features available to instructors.

In addition to the new version, D2L will incorporate integrations with ePortfolio and a Learning Object Repository (LOR).

D2L updates

The D2L system at https://d2l.msu.edu will be down during the upgrade on May 9 beginning at 8:00 am. Read Full Article →

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Seminars in Research and Instructional Technology brochure

MSU Seminars in Research and Instructional Technology to be held May 7-8

IT Services will offer two days of no-cost workshops on research and instructional technology on May 7 and 8, 2013. These seminars are also open to graduate assistants.

The workshops are designed to support faculty, academic staff, and graduate assistants in their teaching and research roles by providing seminars led by experts in online learning, and instruction in the use of a variety of software tools. Read Full Article →