College of Social Work’s Audrey Begun had not been happy with her course’s textbook, and she wanted to find a way to create course materials that were more relevant to her class. By receiving an Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) grant, Begun now...
To help mentor and inform other universities of compliance practices at The Ohio State University, the State Authorization Team in the Office of Distance Education and eLearning hosted an “Insights from Key Stakeholders” webinar with the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET).
Learn about the Teaching in CarmenCanvas section of the odee.osu.edu website, dedicated to inspiring new teaching and learning strategies at The Ohio State University. As an instructor, have you ever wondered how other faculty members organize their courses, or how teachers at other institutions use the same LMS platform? Maybe you’ve been dying to know how to prepare your students for online course material. Maybe you just want to read a story from someone using parts of Carmen you are unfamiliar with, to spark an idea of how you can better utilize the tool for your own courses. Now you can find answers to those types of questions at the Teaching in CarmenCanvas site.
The start of the semester is upon us. With campus in full swing and classes gearing up our Digital Union student staff would like to share their own welcome to campus.
From bird watching to swing dancing, many senior citizens develop hobbies to connect with the world around them and to stay active. One hobby that 26.4 million seniors in the United States have in common is giving back to their community through volunteering. The Ohio State University created a...
Prior to the most recent change in Ohio State's learning management system, faculty who wanted to share resources between Carmen courses had few ways of doing so. Further, if departments wanted to create branded pages or standard assignments across a general education course, the processes for...
To help you build better courses in CarmenCanvas, instructional designers share recommendations and best practices they created based on student feedback. If you are not sure where to start, or you are looking for ways to improve your current courses, these tips can help you build courses that...
Now that we have fully adopted the Canvas LMS to power Carmen, we can enjoy the benefit of constant improvements from the software company, Instructure. Just in time for fall, the Office of Distance Education and eLearning (ODEE) is introducing a new website with teaching and learning best...
While the cost of higher education is on the rise, something else is increasing too: volunteerism among senior citizens. According to a survey conducted by the Corporation for National & Community Service, almost 36 percent of all people 60 and older volunteer once a month. 26.4 million...
After talking with a former student about the Affordable Learning Exchange program, Communications professor Mary Sterenberg was interested in getting rid of the required book for her COMM 3334 class. With ALX’s help, Sterenberg replaced the...
