Lander University EdTech

Lander's Blackboard administrator Karen Minter comes by to discuss updates that faculty will soon see in our system. Karen discusses new features, Blackboard Collaborate and accessibility software.

In this week's episode we host Dr. Matt Malone and he will discuss Lander's Masters in Emergency Management. Lander’s Emergency Management program will train you in the science of management during both natural and man-made disasters. The curriculum takes an interdisciplinary approach that borrows from several academic disciplines and best-practices in this emerging field of study and Dr. Malone delves directly into this unique program!

Lander University is offering a fully online, 30-credit Master of Science in Management (M.S.M.) program. Dr. Brizek discusses its design, its rollout, and how you can get enrolled today!

In this week's episode we will host Lander's Information Security Officer Ben Nunley. He will give us a look into cyber security issues facing the world, how the university is working to meet internal security needs, and how you can personally protect yourself online.

In this week's episode we will discuss what Lander's Center for Online and Innovative Learning has been up to since our last update. We will discuss the results that are already rolling in from our Smarter Measure initiative.

In this week's episode we will host Lander Business Professor Dr. Matt Peters. He will discuss how he views online learning within the business discipline, some of the problems that he is working through, and gives a mini-preview of the study abroad trips he plans for Lander students.

In this week's episode we will host Dr. Delach and Dr. Willis to discuss their uses of Tunitin Direct Assignments through Blackboard. Dr. Delach discusses her unique way of reviewing group lab reports and how to handle charts, graphs, and equations.  Dr. Willis gives us his expert take from his LENGTHY experience as an English professor.

In this week's episode we will host Lander Chemistry Professor Dr. Ralph Layland.  He will discuss how several of his courses transitioned into an online format, some of the problems that he has faced, and technology that he has used to help meet online learning needs.

In this week's, follow up, episode we will discuss what Lander's Center for Online and Innovative Learning has been up to the past few months. We will discuss the working document that COIL has approved to be submitted for review.  This document will be a guiding force for the future of online learning at Lander University.

In this week's episode we will host Lander's University Archivist, April Akins.  She will discuss Open Educational Resources (OER) and affordable learning.  If you want to know about OERs, how to adopt them yourself, or how others are using OERs at Lander this is the episode for you!