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06 April

Introducing Gary England’s Tornado Alley

Written by Jeremy Hessman

Introducing Sooner Series We’re excited to announce an informative new video series called Sooner Series! Each episode will showcase both the University and the expertise of a special guest. Powered by NextThought, Sooner Series will be informative, fun, entertaining...

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24 October

Academic Tech News, Week of October 20th

Written by Jeremy Hessman

The big news story this week was UNC’s “paper classes” scandal. Though not directly related to technology, this issue has wide implications for the educational community. Also, this week, Apple released new iPad models including the world’s “thinnest tablet”....

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03 October

Academic Tech News, Week of 9/28

Written by Jeremy Hessman

It’s been a couple weeks since our last post so we’ve included some news from last week as well. Ranking and Networking – 10/2 “LinkedIn has officially joined the jam-packed college rankings party. And with 313 million users, the...

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20 September

Academic Tech News, Week of 9/14

Written by Jeremy Hessman

The MOOC Where Everybody Learned – 9/16 “The researchers analyzed data from a physics course that MIT offered on the edX platform in the summer of 2013. They found that students who had spent significant time on the course...

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13 September

Academic Tech News, Week of 9/8

Written by Jeremy Hessman

The big story this week was Apple’s September 9th announcement of their new products for the year. We covered some of the implications for OU earlier this week. Apple Watch: Coming to a Classroom Near You? – 9/10 “Even...

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10 September

OU IT Back to School Updates

Written by Jeremy Hessman

We’re looking forward to a great year and have some exciting updates to share for fall 2014! Adobe Creative Cloud | OU leadership has committed to funding an annual subscription for Adobe Creative Cloud for Enterprise. This subscription delivers...

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05 September

Academic Tech News, Week of 9/1

Written by Jeremy Hessman

I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day! The following is a quick snapshot of academic tech articles from around the web this week. What other news did you hear about this week? Leave it in the comments! Rise...

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05 September

Endings and Beginnings

Written by Jeremy Hessman

Note: This post originally appeared at okmichelle.com and has been reposted with permission. Today I sit at my kitchen table as the third week of classes winds down. I’m not at work, I’ve been off this week and next...

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31 August

Academic Tech News, Week of 8/24

Written by Jeremy Hessman

Why I’m Asking You Not to Use Laptops “On the first day of class, students and I spend the first 30-40 minutes learning something new about how language works (in order to set the tone for the class), and...

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22 August

Academic Tech News, Week of 8/17

Written by Jeremy Hessman

Here Come the Data Scientists – 8/17 “A few days after the Hewlett sponsored gathering Learning with MOOCs wrapped, one word keeps buzzing through my brain: and that word is data. This was less a MOOC workshop than a...

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