Educational Technology
Last updated October 15, 2020
Welcome to Morningside College's Educational Technology webpage. Here faculty can find information and resources to help assist them to integrate technology into their courses and to explore possible solutions to their teaching and learning needs.
Who am I?
My name is Kim Christopherson and I serve as the campus Educational Technologist at Morningside College. My role is to support faculty in integrating technology into their courses in a way that addresses faculty and student needs and works to enhance and facilitate student learning. I am a faculty member in the Graduate Education program and I teach both online and face-to-face courses. I like to explore different technologies and to experiment with them in my classes. I do so not only for my own interest, but to share the good, bad, and the ugly with my colleagues.
In addition to being a resource for faculty for integrating technology into their classes, I am also that campus Quality Matters coordinator. This makes me a point person on campus for faculty who are interested in integrating the Quality Matters rubrics into their online and blended course designs.
I view my job as having three important components: 1) being familiar with the trends in educational technology and the different technology tools that can be used for teaching and learning, 2) organizing and delivering faculty development in using educational technology and for online and blended learning, and 3) researching and evaluating the effects of technology tools in the classroom.
What's up in Ed Tech?
Faculty Development Opportunities
Each semester I offer a number of faculty development workshops both face-to-face and virtual.
Please check back to see the schedule for Faculty Development Sessions that will be offered this year.
- Here is a link to a list of Ed Tech resources that were created and shared during the Spring and Summer of 2020 to assist faculty in their online course development
You can watch some of the previous training and development sessions by visiting the archived educational technology faculty development videos.
In addition to my own development workshops, here are some other development opportunities and resources available for Morningside faculty:
- Morningside Moodle Moot (soon to be renamed)
- Moodle MOOC (offered a few times a year, check this link for the next available offering)
- eclass4learning Moodle Reference Desk
- Magna Online Seminars (DVD available in HJF Library Reserve)
- Podcast Review Podcast from David Elder. Reviews how different podcasts might be used in the classroom.
- SoftChalk Learning Page for Morningside College
- Quality Matters Development Workshops (fees apply)
Location
My office is located in Lewis Hall room 217.
Contact Me
E-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone: (712) 274-5253
Request a consultation meeting: Please indicate in your request 1) your name and 2) the reason for the consultation, 3) how/where you would like to meet (face-to-face, phone, virtual meeting).