Assessment Management Systems
Event Recap: Geddes Spring Faculty Showcase
Geddes Language Center featured four faculty projects in its Spring 2017 Digital Faculty Showcase. Each faculty member displayed their recent and developing innovations in digital-based teaching practices. Flipping a Portuguese
Blackboard Buddies: a new resource for faculty
EdTech is delighted to announce Blackboard Buddies, a wonderful new program to support BU instructors using the Learning Management System. Faculty members interested in participating can email askedtech@bu.edu and will
Technology Showcase: STEM Virtual Labs and Future Applications for Virtual Reality Simulations
Date: Thursday, April 20 Time: 1:30-3:00pm Location: Hillel House, 213 Bay State Road, 4th Floor (Castle Room) Dr. Laura Wirpsza, Scientific Collaboration Specialist with Labster, will demonstrate mapping virtual lab
Digital Fluency with Apple: Rethinking the Classroom with Mobile Technology
Date: Thursday, April 13 Time: 8:30am-noon Location: One Silber Way, 9th Floor, Trustee’s Ballroom This engaging and interactive talk will explore: The disruptive force of mobile technology on long-held assumptions
BU’s New Video Streaming Platform
BU recent adopted the Kaltura Video streaming platform, and have branded it MyMedia the Instructional Video Streaming Platform. Some of the benefits of MyMedia are its: Integration with Blackboard Unlimited storage Powerful
Event Friday
Meet Caitlin Feeley, keynote speaker at tomorrow’s Technology Showcase. She has over a decade of experience researching the use of video games for educational purposes, and has instructed both traditional classes
How Labster’s Virtual Science Laboratories Create Better Student Outcomes
Webinar March 21: Noon to 1:00 p.m. Labster will host webinar with Co-founder and CTO Michael Bodekær. Discussion and Q&A about how Labster improves student engagement, motivation, and learning.
User Communities page now available
The Educational Technology Department has created user communities, as well as the Educational Technology Collective, to provide a place to speak about various platforms that can help improve instructors and