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eTeaching Luncheon: December 3, 2009
Join Barbara Radtke, Program Manager for the Church in the 21st Century Online (C21 Online), for some glimpses into the C21 Online experience. For this presentation, Barbara Radtke will be discussing how C21 Online has utilized instructional technologies to bridge the gap between distance learners.
Register here.
First Hand: Civil War Era Drawings from the Becker Collection
The Becker Collection, on display in the McMullen Museum from September 5 to December 13, is the largest group of Civil War drawings in private hands, containing over 135 drawings by Joseph Becker and his colleagues. To learn more about the Becker Collection click here. For information on the exhibit click here. Read the Boston Globe's review of the exhibit.
eTeaching Resources
For a complete list of our teaching tools, click here.
New Teaching Tools Available
MediaKron is an easy-to-use online tool for presenting and exploring multimedia course content. Lecture capture allows instructors to create audio/video recordings of classroom lectures or presentations.
Blackboard Vista Video Tutorials
Need help building your Blackboard Vista course site? Check out the series of video tutorials we have developed to help you familiarize yourself with the application.
| Irish Studies Repository The Irish Studies Program at Boston College offers courses in history, language, sociology and the arts. Codirectors Robert Savage and Marjorie Howes worked with other instructors to develop a repository where common resources for teaching can be stored, browsed and searched in ways that promote the interdisciplinary vision of the program. Featured content will include_once images and rare texts drawn from faculty members' collections and the BC Libraries, as well as resources gathered for exhibits and other special events. more>> |
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| Ethics, Religion and International Politics Professor Erik Owens (theology) used a BCshare group as the website for his course "Ethics, Religion and International Politics". Erik utilized wiki pages to constantly update a "live" syllabus with daily news articles, discussion questions and scanned articles. The class also contributed to a group blog throughout the semester, commenting on readings, campus lectures and daily news, often by providing links to articles that challenge points of view discussed in the classroom. The online component of this class was much more than a document repository; it was an integral part of the teaching and learning experience. more>> |
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| Temper Tuning Joe Breines (A&S Honors Program) used MediaKron to explore the connection between music and nature. Prof. Breines wanted to examine the way temper tuning was developed in the eighteenth century to allow keyboards to play in various keys and the negative reaction this provoked in some philosophers, especially Rousseau, who believed it was contrary to nature. To do so, he include_onced a variety of music, including scales, selections from Bach’s “Well-tempered Clavier, ” pieces by Rameau, and examples of Tibetan Tuvan throat-singing in his MediaKron site. more>> |
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