LTDC Online News

• Two faculty members, Mark Fenton (Business) and Michael Lawler (Psychology), have recently completed the Quality Matters Peer Reviewer Training, since the initial Applying the Quality Matters Rubric Training, hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County.
• Learning Technology Services is in the process of expanding their collection of D2L-related tip sheets and video (Camtasia) tutorials as just one attempt to prepare for a potential pandemic. Tutorials and videos include all D2L tools, features, and functions for beginner, intermediate, and advanced user levels. Tip sheets and video tutorials will also include design, teaching, software, distance education, Web 2.0, and video themes. All tip sheets and video tutorials will be posted on the new Learning Technology Service website, once it is complete. In addition, regarding the complete Pandemic Flu Plan, it can be viewed under the H1N1 Updates for Campus heading at: http://tinyurl.com/l9fjml.
• Learning Technology Services (LTS) recently added an additional Echo 360 room on campus, giving Stout a total of four rooms for faculty to record lectures and other electronic inputs during a class period. These “recordings” can then be streamed to the Web to be view asynchronously.
• The Nakatani Teaching and Learning Center has added a theme-based Word Cloud to their website. Each “theme” leads the user to an archived, faculty member video interview, which includes dialogue on that particular topic. To access the Word Cloud, please visit: http://tinyurl.com/lloknz
• D2L usage for web-enhanced and online courses increased 6% for 2008-2009 school year. In other words, 82% of all course sections at Stout used D2L. This is a total of 3,509 sections.

Recent UW-Stout Instructor Publications Related to Technology and Learning

• The latest Tech Tips for Educators from Stout’s School of Education, edited by Karen Franker, was published on September 11. It can be viewed at: http://tinyurl.com/mth478.
• Four faculty from the School of Education have written books that were recently published, or are forthcoming. They are: Ann Bell, Kay Lehmann, Lisa Chamberlin, and Susan Manning. Book images and product details can be viewed using the corresponding Amazon.com links, listed below.

Exploring Web 2.0: Second Generation Interactive Tools – Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis, Networking, Virtual Worlds, and More by Ann Bell
http://tinyurl.com/lwb582

Making the Move to eLearning: Putting Your Course Online by Kay Lehmann and Lisa Chamberlin
http://tinyurl.com/ko4l28

Online Education for Dummies by Kevin Johnson and Susan Manning
http://tinyurl.com/lcspru

Submitted by Jamison Olson, UW-Stout