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1400 West Cumberland
Knoxville, TN 37996.0520








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Teaching Methods | Specific Computer Applications | General Technologies

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Teaching Methods

Academic Blogging: Strategies for Using Weblogs to Promote Active Learning and Professional Development • 2005

Darren Hughes
Doctoral Candidate, English, UT Knoxville
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An Online Learning & Teaching Styles Assessment • 2003

Utilize the Inventory of Learning Styles (ILS) by Felder and Solomon to ascertain incongruence between instructor teaching style and student learning styles that inhibits effectiveness of the teaching-learning process. Offers class-specific learning-teaching profiles with suggestions for improvement.
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Best Practices for Online Teaching & Learning • 2003

Useful for instructors making the transition to online teaching. Reviews methods of instruction, ways to structure an online learning environment, and a video library of perspectives/experiences.
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Building Effective Electronic Portfolios • 2005

Betsy Degeorge
Publications Manager, Office of Research and Public Service, College of Social Work
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Classroom Conversation in an IM World:
Bringing Online Chat into the University • 2006

Stacey Pigg and Erin Hetzel
Graduate Students in English, UT Knoxville
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Designing Online Learning • 2002

Want to convert existing teaching materials for Web delivery? This module reviews the development of online learning, discusses adult learning principles, and shows how to organize content into an online format, write objectives, and create assessment tools.
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Developing Collaborative Learning Instruction Using Blackboard • 2004

Raj Kumar Rai
Graduate Student, Department of Instructional Technology and Educational Studies

Discover how to design online collaborative learning instruction using Blackboard. Learn about the different communication tools, collaborative learning, strategies for online collaborative learning, and issues relevant to collaborative learning.
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Facilitating Student Knowledge Building Through Multimedia • 2005

Kathleen Bennett
Web Instructional Technology Specialist, UT Knoxville
Joan Thomas
Manager, Visual Design Development, UT Knoxville
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Principles for Good Practice in Online Education • 2002

Discover how the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" (Chickering and Gamson, 1987) can be implemented using technology in the curriculum.
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Using Metaphors in Online Instruction • 2003

Explores the components of well-designed user interfaces and offers clear and concise examples of interfaces that exemplify good use of metaphors. A valuable resource to improve the effectiveness of instructional design.
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Teaching Methods | Specific Computer Applications | General Technologies

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Specific Computer Applications

Accessible Web Design: Dreamweaver and LIFT • 2003

An overview of accessibility issues, with HTML coding examples, exercises, and a focus on Dreamweaver and LIFT plug-in software, intended to help designers lower online barriers to the disabled community.
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An Interactive Tool to Facilitate the Use of Secondary Databases to find Biomedical Literature • 2006

Susannah E. Motl, Erin M. Timpe, Matthew Helms
College of Pharmacy, UT Health Sciences Center
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Broadening Web Audience by Lowering Barriers to the Disabled: Accessible MultiMedia, PowerPoint, and PDF • 2004

Assists faculty and staff at the University of Tennessee broaden their web audience through better design practices. Examines accessibility problems with multimedia, PowerPoint, and PDF files and helps to develop accessible captioning in Multimedia files.
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COMMUTE: Consortium of Multi-Media for the University of Tennessee • 2004

Brian Benneyworth
Medical Student (Class of 2005)
David Yam
Medical Student (Class of 2004)
Vicki Murrell
Director of Instructional Technology

Offers examples of the unlimited uses for a database that allows community storage of multimedia files and a common access point to those files. Demonstrates the flexibility in storing multimedia images within a collective database.
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Developing Collaborative Learning Instruction Using Blackboard • 2004

Raj Kumar Rai
Graduate Student, Department of Instructional Technology and Educational Studies

Discover how to design online collaborative learning instruction using Blackboard. Learn about the different communication tools, collaborative learning, strategies for online collaborative learning, and issues relevant to collaborative learning.
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Digital Imaging, Preparation, and Presentation of a Clinical Case • 2004

James Katancik
Associate Professor and Program Director, Post-graduate Periodontics, Department of Periodontology
Robert Selders
Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontology

Explore techniques for both faculty and students to develop case presentations for teaching purposes and for communication with colleagues. Offers guidelines for developing digital case archives that will benefit disciplines that use case-centered teaching/learning and are also image-intensive.
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Do-It-Yourself Guide to Digital Video Production • 2004

Cyndy Edmonds
Multimedia Specialist
Rhonda Spearman
Manager, Online Course and Community Development Team

Learn about planning, shooting, and editing a digital video production for Web delivery. Applicable to everyone with a standard digital video camera.
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Effectively Using Your Palm Personal Digital Assistant: Basic Introduction • 2004

Roland N. Dickerson
Professor, College of Pharmacy

Want to learn the basic skills necessary to become an effective PDA user? Gain knowledge and experience with navigation of PDA, installation of software, setting alarms, understanding graffiti, and find and use command menu shortcuts.
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Effectively Using Your Palm Personal Digital Assistant: Intermediate Level • 2004

Roland N. Dickerson
Professor, College of Pharmacy

This module is a continuation of the Basic Introduction module. Learn advanced concepts and commercial programs to accomplish tasks beyond the Palm operating system.
abstract | launch module (click on the link for "Intermediate Level Instruction")

Flash MX: Developing Reusable Components • 2003

Customize highly reusable objects that can be modified through a user-friendly interface. Working examples demonstrate how non-programmer users can create, install, and document components.
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Increasing the Convenience and Availability of Online Education Resources
for Mobile Technology Users • 2004

David Yam
Medical Student (Class of 2004)
Brian Benneyworth
Medical Student (Class of 2005)
Vicki Murrell
Director of Instructional Technology

Demonstrates technologies to enable mobile PDA users and website designers at the University of Tennessee to effectively and efficiently access the Internet.
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PowerPoint-Based Web Modules • 2002

Learn how to easily create a custom tutorial for your students using built-in features of Microsoft PowerPoint. Demonstrates skills such as how to chunk content into sections, determine content flow, and create custom navigation schemes and templates.
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RSS Feeds: Adding Dynamic Content to Your Course Site • 2006

Donna Carnduff
Web Applications Developer, UT Knoxville
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Updating Website Content Automatically (Mini-Fetch) • 2003

This inexpensive software can be used to automatically update web content (images, text, links) from both remote sites and local files to benefit both instruction and research activities.
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Using AGRICOLA Online Index • 2002

Learn how to use the features of this online index of periodical literature in the agricultural and biological sciences for research.
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Using Drawing-Tools in Flash MX 2004 to Enhance Computer Based Design • 2006

Ai-Lun Wu
Graduate Student, Instructional Technology and Educational Studies, UT Knoxville
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Using EndNote Bibliographic Management Software
for Research and Instruction • 2006

Travis Dolence
Map/GIS Librarian, UT Libraries
Jane Row
Social Sciences Coordinator, UT Libraries
Teresa Walker
Digital Reference and Instructional Technology Librarian, UT Libraries
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Videoconferencing Technology (NetMeeting) • 2002

Use Microsoft NetMeeting to communicate with individuals at distant sites. Learn about set-up, instructional applications, and features such as whiteboards, chat, and video.
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Web-Based Project Collaboration via Communication Utilities (DAV) • 2002

Teaches document co-authoring and management skills with document authoring and versioning (DAV) protocols. Also shows how to use Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Word for collaborative projects at a distance. abstract

Teaching Methods | Specific Computer Applications | General Technologies

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General Technologies

Addressing the Needs of Students with Learning Disabilities
in Online Instruction • 2006

Iryna Loboda and Lisa Phillips
College of Education, Health & Human Services, Center on Disability and Employment, UT Knoxville
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Broadening Web Audience by Lowering Barriers to the Disabled:
Accessible MultiMedia, PowerPoint, and PDF • 2004

John C. Cummins
Research Associate, Department of Plant Sciences

Assists faculty and staff at the University of Tennessee broaden their web audience through better design practices. Examines accessibility problems with multimedia, PowerPoint, and PDF files and helps to develop accessible captioning in Multimedia files.
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Building Effective Electronic Portfolios • 2005

Betsy Degeorge
Publications Manager, Office of Research and Public Service, College of Social Work
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Building Effective Electronic Portfolios: Part 2 • 2006

Betsy DeGeorge
Publications Manager, University of Tennessee College of Social Work
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Discovering and Using Digital Resource Materials for Research and Teaching • 2006

Arwen Hutt
Metadata Librarian, John C. Hodges Library, UT Knoxville
Daniel Suchy
Information Literacy Librarian, Carnegie-Vincent Library, Lincoln Memorial University
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Facilitating the Internet as a Health Information Resource • 2003

Interactive lessons communicate and demonstrate the skills necessary to search the Internet and identify, retrieve, and evaluate medical information.
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Incorporating Digital Video into a Web Site • 2002

Provides an example of using digital video technology for sign language interpreting. Such video clips can be used for lab activities and offered through a Blackboard system. Technique also has applicability to disciplines such as foreign languages.
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Information Literacy & Web Site Evaluation • 2002

Incorporates the teaching of critical thinking skills in this new technological environment. Provides discussion topics, assignments, and practice activities for searching and evaluating online information. A potential homework assignment for students.
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Interactive Whiteboards: Uses to Engage Learners • 2003

Overview of the basic operation of interactive whiteboards, with emphasis on how to use them to enhance comprehension by addressing varied learning styles. Includes individual and collaborative blended learning activities for use in face-to-face and online learning environments.
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Introductory Technology Orientation Tutorial • 2002

Offers instructions and video clips on how to use PCs, browsers, MS Office, Adobe Acrobat PDFs, and the WinZip compression utility. Also includes useful external links and self-assessments on online learning readiness and Office, Windows, and Internet proficiency.
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Publication and Communication: Designing for Print & Online • 2003

Conveys a moderately high level of understanding of the modern publishing environment, the tools required to create documents both on paper and online, and issues such as incompatibility, inadequate resolution, rasterization, compression, and font loss.
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Start Planning Online Instruction for Usability and Accessibility • 2006

Harriette Spiegel
Graduate Student, Instructional Technology, UT Knoxville
John C. Cummins
Research Associate, Plant Sciences and Landscape Systems, UT Knoxville
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Using Digital Cameras To Support Active Learning • 2002

Details how to operate digital cameras and use them as tools to support teaching. Includes activities for incorporating digital images into classroom activities to engage students.
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Utilizing Digital Images for Multimedia Presentations • 2003

Simple and practical steps to retrieve transfer and edit imaging data from different sources and develop multimedia content using existing equipment and technology with a minimum investment of time and labor. abstract

What's Legal in Copyright and Fair Use for Faculty? • 2004

Karen I. Adsit
Professor and Director, Walker Teaching Resource Center

Teaches UT faculty information about how to apply copyright and fair use law as they teach classes, conduct research, and provide supplemental information to students using the web, Blackboard, etc.
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Teaching Methods | Specific Computer Applications | General Technologies