Just a couple weeks ago, the U.S. Library of Congress released the policy paper outlining the much awaited expansion of exemptions to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Bottom line, we can now legally* “rip” short clips from legally acquired, copyrighted DVDs for use in our classes, courses, presentations and digital publications. Needless...
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I’ve received a number of requests about how to add YouTube videos to PowerPoint presentations. TLS is happy to help you with this individually, but I’m shairng this YouTube video for those adventurous types who want to give this a shot on their own first. It’s not terribly complicated, but there are a few...
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WHAT: Join us for a discussion of Blackboard and Sakai Learning Management Systems (or group collaboration systems) and see how these central ITS-supported tools might help you communicate and work with your clients and/or committees more effectively. WHEN: Wednesday, July 7, noon in room 1300 DESCRIPTION: Both Sakai and Blackboard allow instructors and clients...
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A new book from Nicholas Carr makes the case that our Internet browsing, tweeting, IMing and texting is significantly changing us–the shape of our brains, how we think, our ability to concentrate and learn. I’ve heard the discussion before and read some of the interesting research on the topic. It seems to be true,...
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Many of us recently enjoyed listening to David Cupp, professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Cupp worked in TV and Radio for over 25 years and teaches voice and diction (among other classes) at UNC. He instructed us on how to more naturally converse with our audiences when they’re not present...
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I mentioned this nifty classroom question tool in an earlier post, but felt it needed it’s own post as it could be widely applied in our face-to-face and some online programs at the SOG. Live Question Tool is a web-based tool that lets clients at your presentation post questions for the speakers. As questions...
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The UNC Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) announced a new series of workshops on visual literacy. The series of sessions will expose you to a wide variety of image and media collections, and media tools available at UNC. It also covers the pedagogical, legal and technical issues that surround the use of copyrighted materials...
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Webinars are a major new way we’ve been frugal while providing real value to our clients where and when they need it. SOG’s use of the webinars as a means of reaching out to clients has increased in recent months. Here are some unofficial numbers as of October 1, 2009: 24 webinars conducted 5...
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Elsewhere in this blog, I’ve discussed webinars generally in the context of being one of the distance learning options we support at the SOG, but I’ve not adequately described them in terms of ice-cream flavors. We’ve now created a few of these interactive events with great success and positive feedback from delighted clients. More...
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Our new poster theme emphasizes the truth that teaching is more than telling or presenting. Alone, telling and showing do not automatically result in learning. Learning is most likely to occur when 1) the information presented meets a learner’s needs, 2) when learners adapt the knowledge to their context, and 3) when learners get...
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