Instructional Technology

You recently received an email announcing that Fall 2009 courses are available on the new Blackboard 9 server. If you haven’t yet, please take a moment to log in to Blackboard - still at http://blackboard.washcoll.edu - and take a look around.
We are sure that you’ll have many questions about this new version [...]

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Gizmodo has run a compelling article on a new augmented reality technology being demoed for the iPhone.  You may have seen augmented reality - it’s a hot area of exploration - especially on the iPhone - now that more powerful handsets are becoming commonplace.  What it does, essentially, is overlay (via screen, glasses, etc) digital information over [...]

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Hello again, travelers in tremendously strange world of technology.  Today’s Off the Circuit has us first visiting England, home of a very old boob-tube before skipping off to Missouri for some truly inspired legal maneuvering.  Let’s depart, shall we:

They don’t make them like this anymore.  Jeffrey Borinsky watches high definition television.  On his 73 year [...]

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Every few years, OIT cleans out its closets and gives away some of the computer systems that have been returned from various departments around campus. While these machines are no longer up to the task of production work on campus, they are perfectly serviceable for home use.
To give everyone a chance to have a [...]

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The Fall looms on the horizon with the promise of many introductions to digital storytelling in tow.  Washington College will be rolling out the new GRW program, a replacement course for CNW.  While CNW stood for “Community Nation World,” GRW stands for “Global Perspectives:  Writing and Research.”  With the added emphasis on crafting “written” projects, [...]

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MSNBC gives us the Facebook survival guide for awkard adults.  An excellent remedial course for this summer.

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Congratulations go out to Dr. Corey Olsen of WC’s Department of English. His project, The Tolkien Professor, has just gone big on iTunes. Dr. Olsen uses a website, RSS feed and podcasts to share his thoughts and lectures on Tolkien’s work and the worlds created within. Since posting his podcasts up to iTunes only [...]

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