Welcome back, faculty! News from TLP

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On behalf of the Technology and Learning Program (TLP), welcome back to CSU Chico for Fall 2012. You will notice changes to the Portal regarding access to the learning management system, Blackboard (Bb) Learn. All fall 2012 classes are in Bb Learn. Vista has retired. Faculty may access old Vista courses in order to transfer content or for grade review but student enrollments of this semester’s courses will not be there. Each fall 2012 Bb Learn course section has been created with a few basic tools and a welcome page, and these are currently visible to students. Read more in the TLP Blog.

Use TLP Resources to Create Content For Furlough Days

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TLP is here to help you improve your curriculum with technology. During this most disturbing budget crisis, some of you are seeking to create online content for your students to use during your furlough days. We appreciate your desire to maintain student learning and encourage you to come use our expertise as consultants and instructional… Read more »

Faculty are invited to join the MERLOT community

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Are you a MERLOT Member? Join now—it’s free! MERLOT is a leading edge, user-centered, searchable collection of peer reviewed and selected higher education, online learning materials, catalogued by registered members and a set of faculty development support services. MERLOT’s vision is to be a premiere online community where faculty, staff, and students from around the… Read more »

The Net-Generation Cheating Challenge

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Valerie Milliron and Kent Sandoe focus on a troubling occurrence: the apparent indifference of Net-Generation students toward cheating. Detailing their own experience with a pattern of cheating on online quizzes, Milliron and Sandoe describe the Net Generation’s culture of cheating and describe ways to detect or, even better, deter cheating. Click here to read the… Read more »