Recent developments in artificial intelligence can generate surprisingly high-quality and natural-sounding text and creative visual art. AI is poised to transform a wide variety of
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Masterclass series: Kaltura academic media and pedagogy
Let’s all go to KAMP! Kaltura is a comprehensive, robust, campus-wide media platform, available to all faculty, staff, and students at NIU. With Kaltura, users
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Preparing for the end of Adobe Flash in December 2020
In July of 2017, Adobe announced that they would stop distributing and updating Adobe Flash products and the official end-of-life (EOL) for Adobe Flash would
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Graduate teaching assistants prepare to teach online
NIU Graduate Teaching Assistants have always been committed to learning more, and that was clearly evident this fall. The Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning
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Did you know?. . . Number of people served in August
Did you know that August is historically the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning’s busiest month? Since 1998, the Center (formerly known as Faculty Development
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Illinois Institutions and Beyond Come Together for “Strengthening Student Experiences during COVID-19”
FSI: At the Intersection of Teaching, Learning, and Technology is an annual conference that brings educators and instructional-technology professionals together each May at the University
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Faculty and staff from across the university presented to graduate teaching assistants on supporting students, teaching and teaching with technology, and managing teaching-related tasks on
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The 2017 Teaching Assistant Orientation Hosted over 225 Participants
This year’s Teaching Assistant Orientation, on August 22, 2017, was a full house with over 225 new and returning graduate assistants and presenters. Faculty and
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Center Staff Discuss Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education with Visitors from Tianjin University
Staff from the Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center met with six faculty members and administrators from the Tianjin University in Beijing, China to discuss
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This Summer’s Line-up of Free Online Workshops – Registration Open to the Public
This summer the Northern Illinois University’s Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center is offering 7 online workshops. These one hour, fully online sessions are now
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Tips for New Graduate Teaching Assistants from Your Experienced Peers
Each fall, the Teaching Assistant Orientation is offered to new and returning teaching assistants to learn more about their role as a TA and the
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Beyond the Teaching Assistant Orientation
Over 220 Graduate Teaching Assistants, presenters, and staff attended the 2016 Teaching Assistant Orientation on August 16, 2016 in the Holmes Student Center. The Teaching
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