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MD Open Source Textbook Initiative Mini-Grants Announced

Begin your OER Mini-Grant proposal today!

Today the University System of Maryland 's William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation announced the Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) 2018 High-impact OER Mini-Grant Program.  Learn...

Posted: December 12, 2017, 12:01 PM

SU2017 Courses Restored to Main Blackboard Site

Final step in cloud transition

All SU2017 courses, which operated in a separate environment during the full Blackboard transition to the cloud, were successfully restored to the UMBC's main Blackboard site in mid-FA2017, per...

Posted: November 21, 2017, 1:26 PM

Quality Matters Eastern Regional Conference Reminder

Call for Proposals Ends 11/22/17

The Quality Matters Regional Conference East is currently accepting proposals for its spring conference, which will be held at Towson University on March 22-23, 2018.  The conference theme is...

Posted: November 15, 2017, 10:58 AM

USM Statewide Summit on Open Educational Resources - 12/8/17

Registration Re-Opened Due to High Demand

Due to high demand, we have increased capacity for the Maryland OER Summit and have re-opened registration.  This day-long summit will bring together faculty, instructional designers, librarians,...

Posted: November 15, 2017, 10:28 AM

DoIT Benchmarks Faculty/Student IT Trends

Key Findings: Leveraging Online Learning & Smartphones

UMBC has participated in the Educause Center for Applied Research (ECAR) student survey for 11 of the past 12 years, and taken part in  the Faculty survey on its bi-annual deployments....

Posted: November 14, 2017, 4:52 PM

Bb Inline Grading Tool Upgrade Planned During Winter Term

Document & annotations to be migrated to New Box View

During the grading and evaluation process, Blackboard’s inline grading tool allows instructors, teaching assistants, and graders to embed feedback, such as comments, highlights, and even drawings,...

Posted: November 10, 2017, 3:58 PM

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Submit Your TechFest Proposal Today!

Share your favorite technologies with the UMBC Community

The Instructional Technology team is celebrating our 3rd Annual TechFest in 2018. TechFest is designed to bring together UMBC students, faculty, and staff to share their favorite technologies with...

Posted: November 8, 2017, 1:13 PM

Explore Hybrid/Online During National Distance Learning Week

Three days of lunchtime panels & conversations

One in four students take some of their courses online, and two-thirds do so at a public institution (Allen, Seaman, Pouline, & Straut, 2016). In early November, UMBC celebrates the 10th...

Posted: October 24, 2017, 2:56 PM

Save the Date for TechFest 2018!

3rd Annual TechFest on March 29, 2018

On March 29, 2018, the Instructional Technology team will hold our third annual TechFest. TechFest brings the campus community together and demonstrates ways that technology can both support and...

Posted: October 23, 2017, 11:13 AM