It is not without a measure of sadness that we say goodbye to the warm summer days of 2015 and turn hopeful eyes to the return of autumn, new students, and a full schedule of academic work. As an instructional designer here at La Salle, many people from across the university have been contacting me […]
Author Archives: Greer Richardson
Hot Topics in EdTech at La Salle: July 2015
Now that summer is in full swing and we’ve had a chance to take a breath from the last academic year, our thoughts turn to ways that we can improve teaching and learning through technology for the upcoming semesters. As an instructional designer here at La Salle, I encounter people from across the university with […]
Reflections from the 2015 Summer Technology Institute
Did you miss the 2015 Summer Technology Institute last week? Don’t worry it is not too late to find out what learning took place! We asked participants to write down some of their takeaways at different points throughout the day. Read on to see what common themes emerged for the attendees and check out the […]
Summer Technology Institute 2015 Recap
Thanks to everyone who attended the Summer Technology Institute on May 20, 2015! It was a great day for faculty and staff to collaborate on ways to improve teaching and learning through technology here at La Salle. In the Creating a Structure to Engage Students and Improve Learning session, Preston Feden (Education) discussed the concept […]
Known Issues with a Recent Upgrade to GoToTraining
GoToTraining, the synchronous web-conferencing tool available to La Salle users in the tools menu of the Portal, has recently implemented a new feature called Instant Join. Instant Join allows session participants to join sessions entirely within their web browsers (Chrome is the recommended browser) instead of downloading and accessing through the GoToTraining desktop app. There are […]