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Faculty Survey Suggests Shift in Pre/Post-Pandemic Teaching

31% increase in those open to non-traditional approach, FA21

"I teach mostly grad students. I did not expect to find any positives about remote teaching - in 35 years of teaching I had NEVER done it and did not plan on doing it before retirement [...] It is...

Posted: February 24, 2021, 11:05 AM

Chromebooks Supported for Ultra Tests & Respondus LDB

Beta extension available for Original & Ultra tests

An updated release of a beta Chromebook extension for Respondus LockDown Browser is now available for assessments in both Original and Ultra Blackboard courses. This version of the Chromebook...

Posted: February 24, 2021, 10:58 AM

Submit a Proposal for the M.O.S.T. 2021 OER Grant Prost

Faculty and Institutional OER grants available

The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Initiative is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals for the 2021 OER Grant Program. For 2021, M.O.S.T. is seeking proposals for two grant...

Posted: February 12, 2021, 9:43 AM

Registration Open for 2021 M.O.S.T. State Summit

Open Educational Resources for Advancing Equity & Inclusion

Registration is now open for the 2021 M.O.S.T. State Summit, which will take place virtually April 8-9, 2021. The theme of the 2021 conference is Using OER to Advance Equity and Inclusion. The...

Posted: February 12, 2021, 9:39 AM

Students favored OERs and would enroll in OER course

OERs met most student needs despite concerns with relevancy

Post by Susan Biro, Acting Manager of Online Learning, DoIT In a survey of more than 900 students from fall 2020 who completed courses that utilized no-cost or low-cost Open Educational Resources...

Posted: February 12, 2021, 9:34 AM

Registration Open for 2021 M.O.S.T. State Summit

Open Educational Resources for Advancing Equity & Inclusion

Registration is now open for the 2021 M.O.S.T. State Summit, which will take place virtually April 8-9, 2021. The theme of the 2021 conference is Using OER to Advance Equity and Inclusion. The...

Posted: February 11, 2021, 12:08 PM

GO Chat Recap: The Year of Open Ed - UMBC Alum Leads the Way

Here's what you missed from our Go Online Chat!

Last month, we kicked off our GO Chat series for 2021 with a dive into all-things-open, as in Open Educational Resources (OER), Open Pedagogy, and Open Science.  We started with a brief...

Posted: February 10, 2021, 4:47 PM

Teaching with Blackboard: Basics & Advanced Webinars

Get the most out of teaching with Blackboard and Collaborate

Whether you are brand new to teaching online or looking to make some improvements to what you have started, Blackboard Instructor Webinar Series is a set of free webinars on basic and advanced...

Posted: February 10, 2021, 12:35 PM

Downtime Complete on taki-usr[1-2]

To All Taki Users, Just a final note on this short downtime.  Both user nodes rebooted successfully. As always, let us know with a detailed RT ticket if you notice any issue with the...

Posted: February 9, 2021, 5:46 PM

Reminder: Reboot of Login Nodes

To All Taki Users, We are planning a reboot of the login nodes (taki-usr1 and taki-usr2) today at 5pm. Reminders will be sent to all users on these nodes via active sessions starting at 4pm....

Posted: February 9, 2021, 10:57 AM