EdTech @ ADW

The internet, in addition to allowing us easy access to business documents, research papers, free encyclopedias and some great books, also provides us with tutorials to absolutely anything.

Want to learn how to grill a great hamburger, or how to program in PHP?

This web page posted on dumblittleman.com details 15 such super-useful sites, which aim to provide you with all the tutorials you’d ever need.

We’ll be launching an ADWC SharePoint Advanced User Certification in week 10 of semester 2.  Modules will include:

• working with web parts
• content type document libraries
• linking Outlook meetings and SharePoint meeting workspaces
• creating and working with views
• using surveys
• discussion boards
• advanced document libraries

This will be a competency based qualification, candidates will demonstrate competency on a live SharePoint site.

More details from Jean (498) or Tom (489).

There are two resources available for introducing students and faculty to the new features of Microsoft Office 2007.

NetG materials are available here.

Some training videos are available here.

Contact Padraig in Ed Tech for log in details.

I have been heavily involved in planning and delivering Blackboard sessions for nearly a year now - well it was WebCT when I started! Many people have taken the training and are using Vista with their students. Others are preparing content. I am hearing that this training has been well received by faculty.

• I wonder was it the structure that was very clear from the start - 5 Instructor sessions or 7 Designer sessions.
• Maybe people like the continuity
• Maybe it was the skills based approach (with practically no mention of Pedagogy)
• Alternatively, maybe the content of the sessions was relevant for the learners.
• Maybe it was none of these and something else altogether

I do plan on collecting feedback before the end of the semester from the participants which has risen to well over a hundred by now.