Academic Technologies to Support Faculty and Student Learning and Teaching Experience

Audience Level: 
All
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Institutional Level: 
Higher Ed
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Abstract: 

Learn the technologies developed in-house and third-party integrated with the LMS to allow faculty and students to teach and learn effectively.

Extended Abstract: 

In this session. attendees will learn how the following technologies are used within DeVry Education Group LMS

- Adobe Connect and the in-house middleware used to allow faculty and students to schedule and archive meetings

- Trello along with in-house technologies (HUB, Sidebar) to allow faculty to report course issues and recommendations

-  Kaltura for hosting videos and lecture capture for faculty

- VoiceThread for voice-based discussion

- Content Management System (EQUELLA) to make content LMS agnostic

- ReadSpeaker for converting text to speech in all online course 

- For course development, use of an in-hours course authoring tool ( CourseWriter), and for multimedia, a repository of media assets to increase interaction with course content, officially called Test Your Knowledge Tool

Conference Session: 
Concurrent Session 10
Session Type: 
Education Session - Individual or Dual Presentation