Teaching, Learning, & Technology in Higher Education

» Presentations & Posters from 2008 HP Technology for Teaching Worldwide HiEd Conference

The annual HP Technology for Teaching Worldwide Higher Education Conference is one of my all-time favorite events. It seems like just a short time ago we met in February for 2 days – 138 faculty from 21 countries, sharing their expertise and excitement about using technology to enhance the learner experience in their courses. I wish ALL of you could have been there.

Thanks to ISTE.org, our conference partner, you can now view the video archives of the 7 featured presentations, and view the posters from the poster session...

» Call for Submissions - 2008 Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware

Speaking of grants and awards, those of you who teach engineering related courses may find the Premier Award to be of interest. If you’ve developed some innovative courseware that you’d like to share, this could be a great way to disseminate some best practices and gain some recognition. Read on for the full announcement from our friend, Joe Tront (Virginia Tech, and Editor of the Premier Award). Submissions are due July 11^th…

» HP Labs Innovation Research Call for Proposals

» Congratulations to the new 2008 HP Technology for Teaching grant recipients!

This is our 5^th year of funding HP Technology for Teaching grants for K12 teachers and Higher Education faculty around the world. By the end of 2008, HP will have supported more than 1000 schools and higher education institutions in 41 countries, where educators are using technology to redesign the learning experience of their students.

I am very pleased to announce our 2008 grant recipients…

» Sometimes Simple is Simply Better – Try “Pen Attention” by Kenrick Mock (U. of Alaska)

I’m always amazed at how powerful simple innovations can be. Kenrick Mock from the University of Alaska in Anchorage is an HP Technology for Teaching grant recipient and avid Tablet PC user – and has created a simple (and free!) applet that highlights your cursor while making presentations so everyone can see WHERE you are about to draw…

» Global Colloquium on Engineering Ed (Cape Town, S. Africa) – Abstracts due 16 May 2008

If you are using technology to enhance and redesign engineering education, I highly recommend that you consider submitting a paper for the 7^th annual ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education. One of the three tracks is on “Successful Practices in Engineering Education”. The deadline for Abstracts is 16 May 2008.

I include a reprint of the email announcement from ASEE below…

» New K12 blog on Digital Learning Environments

» Cañada College Engineering Professor Named Regional Outstanding Educator

» Learn about the instructional use of Tablet PCs - Reserve October 15-16, 2008 for WIPTE @Purdue

» What can “transforming teaching” look like?

I’ve used the phrase “transforming teaching and learning” many times – but what does it really look like? Across the world of HP Technology for Teaching higher education grant recipients, the transformation varies. At DePauw University, a small student team in created an 8 minute documentary to show how Tablet PCs and new approaches to instruction have enhanced teaching (and learning) in computer science, Japanese language instruction, and chemistry…

» Survey Results! - “What’s in a Name?”

» Mobile Mapping Software – Vassar College Shares Their Approach to GPS & GIS

If you’re looking for software that supports student mapping and data collection, take a look at the blog from Professor Meg Stewart at Vassar College...

» Digital Ink on any application using ZoomIt

As I prepare to record a video introduction to my online course, I was searching for a way to record a guided tour of my online "classroom". I have Camtasia to do the recording, but I didn't know how to add temporary ink annotations to a webpage. A free application called ZoomIt does a great job - and has some other handy features for presenters...

» What’s in a Name? Revisiting the “Tablet PC”

So what’s in a name? Quite a lot, if it confuses everyone. I think it might be time to rename our beloved “tablet pc”. I have a few suggestions – let me know what you think…

» GPS Short course at Geological Society Meeting (~3 October 2008)

For those of you who are interested in GPS, GIS, and field data collection, you may be interested in a short course being presented at the Geological Society of America annual meeting, 5-9 October 2008…