Educational Technology Resource Guide

Linked below is a free eBook on Web instruction and other Internet technologies.  Thanks, Clovis, for this tip. . .

http://emergingedtech.com/ebook/EmergingEdTech's%202012%20Free%20Education%20Technology%20Resources%20eBook.pdf

Free Online Tools

Courtesy of Clovis Perry, below is a great URL for hundreds of free online tools:

http://c4lpt.co.uk/top-100-tools-2012/

KOLTS

The system office initiative at providing Blackboard and eLearning training has begun its "soft opening:

http://kolts.kctcs.edu/

If you have suggestions for changes, send them to Lisa Jackson.

October Distance Learning Peer Team Meeting

The KCTCS Distance Learning Peer Team met today in Versailles. My notes and the agenda below:

Meeting Agenda:
http://db.tt/OFT0ILF1

Ben's Notes:
http://db.tt/IH4X40nC

*Bb SP 10 Information:
http://thepoint.kctcs.edu/teams/Collection30/BCTC_DistanceLearning/Distance%20Learning%20Advisory%20Committee/Blackboard%20Service%20Pack%2010%20Features.docx

*Bb SP10 is proprietary information that won't become publicly available until the official release, which is scheduled for later this month.  This information may not be shared outside the KCTCS community and requires authentication with KCTCS active dircectory to access.

Interesting Article on Online Cheating

A company that purports to pay tutors to take an online class for scofflaw students.  Read the fine print though. . . it's not clear how much is a hoax and how much is real. . .

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/09/21/sites-offering-take-courses-fee-pose-risk-online-ed

Interesting . . .

Authentic Assessment Seminar

I attended an Authentic Assessment seminar at KCTCS today along with Clovis Perry, Gil Wheeler, and Connie Rine. My notes from the seminar are attached below. I see a lot of benefit here for both face-to-face as well as online classes. The basic premise: let's think of ways of assessing student performance in our classes that allows them to create products that mirror real world scenarios. Subtext: let's think of alternatives to the multiple choice test.

http://db.tt/27gh4L2T


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2012-2013 Distance Learning Advisory Committee

Ben Worth, Chair

Clovis Perry

Jim Matchuny

Mike Adkins

Cindy Baker

Don Halcomb

Lori Houghton

Steve Stone

Will Bradley

Kevin Dunn

Rebecca McCane

Peggy Rinehart

Dixie Hayes

Robin Davis

Maureen Cropper

Connie Rine

Veronica Miller