News – Instructional Technology

Alert:

UMBC will open at 10:00 am tomorrow, Wednesday, February 12, 2025, due to predicted inclement weather. All in-person and remote (synchronous) classes scheduled to begin prior to 10 am will be cancelled; all classes scheduled to start at 10 am or afterwards will take place as normal. Asynchronous online classes will occur as scheduled. Staff guidelines have been updated and can be found here: https://umbc.edu/about/inclement-weather-emergency-closing-policy/

Students favored OERs and would enroll in OER courses again

OERs met most student needs despite concerns with relevancy

In a survey of more than 900 students from fall 2020 who completed courses that utilized no-cost or low-cost Open Educational Resources (OER), UMBC students said they appreciated saving money on...

Posted: February 8, 2021, 10:45 AM

VoiceThread webinars

Learn how to use VoiceThread with these webinars

VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in several ways – text, voice, audio file, or...

Posted: February 3, 2021, 9:34 AM

VoiceThread Assignment Features

New options and workflow for VoiceThread assignments

As announced last semester, a redesigned VoiceThread (VT) assignment tool is now live. The new interface provides new features with streamlined workflows and enhanced options. Clear, dynamic...

Posted: February 3, 2021, 9:29 AM

PIVOT and the Student Evaluation of FA20 Courses

Training Associated with Higher SEEQs & Course Interactions

There is a statistically significant, positive relationship between a faculty member completing the Planning Instructional Variety in Online Teaching (PIVOT) training and elevated course-level...

Posted: February 2, 2021, 2:02 PM

Free Half-Day Virtual Conference on Quality Matters on Feb 9

Gain insight into Active/Applied Research on Online Learning

Quality Matters is offering a free half-day conference on February 9, 2021, focused on research-supported best practices with takeaways to apply in your own work. Listen to experts from the QM...

Posted: February 1, 2021, 8:37 AM