New Spotlight Issue Article
By Lauren Marsh and Kimerly J. Wilcox
Professor and DMC faculty fellow Polly Szatrowski's video tutorial
April 23, 2008
12:00-1:30 p.m.
101 Walter Library
East Bank, Twin Cities campus
Access a UMConnect recording of the seminar, or subscribe to the podcast or vodcast.
New technologies promise novel ways of connecting people and are revolutionizing how knowledge is disseminated. But what are the challenges facing real teachers and students in the changing spaces of the classroom? Read more and get an overview of the topic, annotated citations to related research literature, and links to campus resources.
New Exemplary Project Article
By Lauren Marsh
We interviewed Lance Cunningham in March 2008. Parts of this article were published in the April 2008 UMart monthly.
Remember the old photo booths? You and your friend squeezed in, dropped a quarter in the slot, and walked away with a series of photos (usually of funny faces). Imagine being able to step into a video booth on campus, where you could load your text file onto a teleprompter and your image file to serve as a back drop, then walk away with a completed video file to use on a course Web site. Imagine having access to videotaped recordings of class sessions or being able to meet with colleagues at a different geographical location via high definition video conferencing. This is the future of video in higher education, and the Office of Information Technology (OIT) is working right now to make it a reality. Read more.
