Two students using a virtual reality headset

Announcing the Immersive Realities Initiative at Swarthmore

The following post is from our friends at the Swarthmore Libraries On behalf of the Digital Scholarship team at Swarthmore Libraries we are pleased to announce our Immersive Realities Initiative. In order to give students access to and experience with … Continue reading Announcing the Immersive Realities Initiative at Swarthmore

Apple MacBook Air

Educational Technology: What about Student Computers?

The pandemic changes things The Covid-19 pandemic forced us to adapt how we teach. One of those adaptations was having students connect remotely to teaching sessions held over Zoom. As a College, we quickly recognized that we had quite a … Continue reading Educational Technology: What about Student Computers?

Tired of old forum tools? Try Ed Discussion!

Ed Discussion (https://edtech.org) is a relatively new addition to the set of tools provided to Swarthmore faculty for their course discussions through Moodle (https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/its/2021/08/13/new-software-for-grading-and-online-discussions-coming-for-fall-2021/). It’s an exciting tool for us, first because it enables near-real-time interactivity with its exceptionally responsive … Continue reading Tired of old forum tools? Try Ed Discussion!