IT News for December, 2010

Academic Technology Services holds session on clickers, learning

Dec 21, 2010 -

University of Delaware IT Academic Technology Services (IT-ATS) held a session on Dec. 10 for UD faculty to learn how electronic clickers help engage students and improve learning. Fifty-eight individuals participated, either in person or via a chat session during an online webcast.

Participants included professors and educational technology experts from UD, Villanova University, Wilmington University and Penn State.

Electronic clickers are a "personal response system that provides audience feedback," Sandy McVey, IT-ATS explained at the opening of the event.

Clicker use at UD has grown steadily. "During the fall 2009 session, approximately 1,900 clickers were being used by students; in fall 2010, over 5,000 were used when UD moved to a new system," she said.

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Jan. 6: 2011 Winter Faculty Institute set

Dec 16, 2010 -

Interested in using e-portfolios with your students but not sure how to incorporate them into your curricula? Learn how colleagues at the University of Delaware are using e-portfolios with their classes at

“E-portfolios at UD for Teaching, Learning and Assessment” will be held Jan. 6, 2011, from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in Clayton Hall. A light breakfast and buffet lunch will be served.

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Deadlines to sign up for UD Capture announced

Dec 16, 2010 -

UD Capture is a classroom capture system that automatically records traditional classroom meetings for online use. It is easy to use and requires no additional set up by the instructor.

Specially designed microphones and capture appliances automatically record the instructor's voice and computer visuals -- behind the scenes. The capture appliances will record automatically based on your class schedule.

UD Capture benefits both instructors and students: instructors can assign previously recorded lectures as homework to use class time for discussion; students can revisit classroom lectures online to review concepts, study for exams, or catch up on coursework due to illness or sporting events.

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Ann Amsler inducted into ACM SIGUCCS Hall of Fame

Dec 14, 2010 -

Ann Amsler, senior technical writer in the Information Technologies Communication Group at the University of Delaware, was recently inducted into the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group for University and College Computing Services (ACM SIGUCCS) Hall of Fame for her years of service in support of computing at UD and her years of service to ACM and the support of computing in higher education.

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Social science researchers invited to virtual Data Fair

Dec 2, 2010 -

IT's Research and Data Management Services at the University of Delaware sponsored a virtual Social Sciences Data Fair from Nov. 8-11.

Organized by the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan, the fair presented a series of 14 interactive webinars on data resources, data management, and online analysis tools for use in research and courses.

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IT News for December, 2010

Academic Technology Services holds session on clickers, learning

Jan. 6: 2011 Winter Faculty Institute set

Deadlines to sign up for UD Capture announced

Ann Amsler inducted into ACM SIGUCCS Hall of Fame

Social science researchers invited to virtual Data Fair

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