May/June 2008

Featured Articles

UMUC Presenters and Award Winners at MDLA 2008 Conference

The theme for the Maryland Distance Learning Association and College of the Air Distance Education Consortium's 2008 Conference was "Network of Learning." UMUC was well represented at the conference held in Towson in March 2008. UMUC faculty and staff presented sessions on a variety of relevant topics and also won the Best Distance Learning Course award. View entire article

Why WebTycho Remains Instrumental in the Web 2.0 World

Web 2.0 technologies offer many enticing uses for expanding the repertoire of anyone teaching online. With the excitement of new tools and opportunities, it could be easy to forget the usefulness of WebTycho. Remember to utilize WebTycho's record keeping ability when looking to implement Web 2.0 technologies into your classroom. View entire article

8th Annual Copyright Symposium at UMUC

The UMUC community is invited to join the Center for Intellectual Property at its annual symposium exploring the relationship between the U.S. copyright monopoly, technological innovation, and higher education institutions. "Copyright Monopoly: Playing the Innovation Game," will be held May 28-30, 2008, at the UMUC Inn & Conference Center. View entire article

Important Information

Expectations of Faculty Teaching for GSMT

All Graduate School of Management & Technology (GSMT) faculty members, whether teaching online or face-to-face, use UMUC's online course delivery system, WebTycho. Expectations of Faculty Teaching for GSMT outlines requirements including instructors' use of WebTycho to achieve UMUC's goal of providing the highest-quality education to its students. In addition to observing these expectations, faculty should work closely with their program directors to comply with individual program expectations and practices. The document is available for download from the Faculty Resources section of the DE Oracle.

Expectations of Faculty Teaching for SUS

All School of Undergraduate Studies (SUS) faculty members, whether teaching online or face-to-face, use UMUC's online course delivery system, WebTycho. Expectations of Faculty Teaching for SUS outlines requirements including instructors' use of WebTycho to achieve UMUC's goal of providing the highest-quality education to its students. These documents are available for download from the Faculty Resources section of the DE Oracle.

Calendar

Please refer to the UMUC's Academic Calendar for semester start and end dates. Also, don't forget about the UMUC recognized holidays. In many cases there is a difference in the scheduled holidays between online and F2F classes.

For Face to Face classes: The start and end date for your class will depend on the day of the week your class meets. Please refer to the Schedule of Classes for the exact start and end date.

Center for Teaching and Learning

Adjusting to Changes in Course Length

UMUC is changing the length of courses so that some will be shorter by several weeks while others may be longer. How can faculty best handle these changes so that courses retain their coherence, quality, and integrity? View entire article


Information and Library Services

ILS Web Site Redesign Survey

Information and Library Services recently formed a Web Visioning Group to redesign the ILS Web site to make it even more user focused. As part of this process, the Group is seeking input from ILS Web site users. View entire article

McKeldin Library Office Hours

Beginning September 1st, 2007, research assistance will be available to UMUC students, faculty and staff in the ILS office in McKeldin Library room 6259 during the following hours:

Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday: Noon to 8 p.m.

An appointment to see an ILS librarian at McKeldin at other times can be made using the appointment request form.