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• Combatting Plagiarism: SafeAssignment Pilot Test
  

  November 2005

  To identify ways to curb cyber-plagiarism, the EdTech Center has conducted interviews and focus groups with faculty and students.

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• Design Nirvana
  

  December 2005

  Every website planning manual will urge you to list your goals for a project. That's important, but it's only half the story. Your goals for creating a website are often very different from a site visitors' goals.

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• EdTech: Bridging Teaching and Technology
  

  November 2004

  Many believe there is a disconnect between teaching and technology - that appropriate technologies are identified and applied to a course once its curriculum has been developed. In fact, the opposite is true. The connection between teaching and technology must be established at the beginning of each course development and every course redesign process.

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• Ending the Debate on Off-the-Shelf vs. Custom
  

  November 2005

  The debate over off-the-shelf vs. custom development of a university's course management system is one few institutions can afford to hold. While Harvard and M.I.T. developed custom course management systems, the majority of institutions have entered into agreements with Blackboard or WebCT, the two off-the-shelf systems currently cornering the higher education market.

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• Excellence with Edge
  

  November 2006

  With a rising number of applicants for the undergraduate and recently accredited Master of Architecture degree (M. Arch.) programs, the School of Architecture is already making a name for itself.

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• Learning from our Students
  

  July 2004

  "What do students find valuable in the Blackboard components of their course?" 213 Northeastern students speak out about what they find useful.

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• Social Networking Tools Highlighted at Teaching with Technology Day: Knowledge Sharing and Creation
  

  March 2007

  Northeastern faculty are using social networking tools to engage students in learning and facilitate collaboration among their colleagues. Educational uses for social networking tools are on the rise, and a number of Northeastern faculty members are making use of them to teach their students.

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• Urban Teaching Collaborative
  

  March 2005

  Working with a team of practicing Boston public school teachers; Arts and Sciences faculty; and an undergraduate English education student, Julia Buonopane; the UTC website provides a link for pre-service and new teachers to promote continuing development in pedagogy and content knowledge and to invite their participation in a teaching support network.

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• Boomers, Gen-Xers & Net-Geners: Designing Educational Technology to Meet Students' Needs
  

  January 2005

  The Internet has changed the way Northeastern University does business. From submitting an application for admission to reading a course description online, many prospective NU students use the web as their first point of contact with the University. 

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• Teaching online and in the classroom: The benefits of teaching in two environments
  

  March 2008

  If you’ve thought of joining the swelling ranks of faculty who teach both online and in the classroom, recent research on the pedagogical rewards of this experience may just convince you to take the plunge. 

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