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Registration Open for USM Gamification Symposium

Explore how games boost engagement & enhance learning

Registration is now open for the New Designs for Learning: Games and Gamification Symposium! Join instructional designers, faculty, and academic leaders from across the University System of...

Posted: September 8, 2016, 9:45 AM

Why Quality Matters: Course Design & the Course Overview

Start students on the path to success with clear information

Do your students know what to do and where to start in your hybrid or online course? Imagine what it would be like to be a new student to the course, the major, the campus, or the LMS. Think about...

Posted: September 7, 2016, 2:42 PM

Skill Builder workshops scheduled for FA2016

Learn new skills or refresh your Blackboard knowledge

Looking for workshops on how to use Blackboard and other instructional technologies at UMBC? Seeking to refresh your knowledge and skills? The Skill Builder series is here to help! Skill...

Posted: August 26, 2016, 8:17 AM

New Active Learning Spaces Created for Teaching & Training

Engage & explore teaching & technology in new ENGR rooms

Over the summer, Engineering rooms 023, 025 and 102 were all renovated with brand new furniture and new technology to further enhance faculty & staff training, in addition to classroom...

Posted: August 25, 2016, 10:56 AM

Feedback Requested for Proposed Skill Builder Boot Camp

Two day comprehensive training for Blackboard & other tools

Introduced in early 2016, Skill Builder workshops are designed for faculty who need to learn how to use core components of Blackboard & other supporting instructional technologies at UMBC....

Posted: August 25, 2016, 9:17 AM