Network, News, Wireless

Status Report on Friday’s Campus Network Outage

Joel Cooper

For much of this spring semester ITS staff have been chasing down several issues causing network instability.  One of the causes was failing fiber optic cable which has been located and replaced. We also identified a bug in the network operating system running on some of our core network switches.  We have been working with Juniper engineers (Juniper is the company that manufactures our networking equipment) for several weeks to identify and fix the problem.  This may sound like a lot of time but this is a complicated issue and had to be escalated through Juniper technical support. Last Friday … Continue reading Status Report on Friday’s Campus Network Outage

Academic Technology, Active Learning, iPad Apps, Language & Media Center, Learning, Learning Technology, Mobile Devices, Mobile Learning
Students using iPad during group discussion

iPads and Mobile Teaching Technologies in the Classroom

John Word

Starting in spring 2017 and repeating spring 2019, students enrolled in Manga, Bande Dessinée, and the Graphic Novel: A Transnational Study of Graphic Fictions have been able to utilize a combination of mobile teaching technologies in their coursework for a … Continue reading iPads and Mobile Teaching Technologies in the Classroom

Academic Technology, Active Learning, Course Planning, Faculty/Staff, Learning, Learning Spaces
students paired in groups

Active Learning improves student evaluations

Doug Willen

I recently came across this article in a Science magazine email blurb and thought that others might be interested. Although some faculty worry that trying different pedagogical methods can be detrimental to promotion, the bottom line is that Active Learning … Continue reading Active Learning improves student evaluations