2017
RECORD NUMBER OF
TAC
AWARDS IN DECEMBER 2016
I
Left: Egg Rock from Ocean Street, Nahant; Right: Castle Rock as Seen from Forty Steps Beach, Nahant; photography by Kurt Eddy for the Poetry of Places website in the Nahant section, created as a TAC project by Carl Carlsen, professor emeritus.
In December we awarded TAC grants to more faculty
than ever before: 45. Ten of the grants are for technology integration projects, many of which are focused on developing OER (Open Educational Resources) to reduce or eliminate the cost of textbooks for students. The rest of the awards are for the development of hybrid and online courses. (continued on p. 2)
TAC Projects
Cre d i t s
The Edge is a publication of Technology Across the Curriculum. The editor is Terri Whitney, professor of English and faculty coordinator of TAC. Layout is by Ejyo Katagiri from the marketing department. Photography by Kurt Eddy, Media Services, and Jean Hodgin, professor emerita. Contributors to this issue are TAC award recipients; Eugene Zhorov, adjunct faculty, Natural Sciences; Laura Rubin, Dean of STEM and Education; and Andrea Millligan, Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation. The EDGE: 26th edition
C ON TE NT S
Spring 2017
2
Blackboard Learn
12
Hybrid Courses
13
STEM Tech Project
15