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Registration Open for 2021 M.O.S.T. State Summit

Open Educational Resources for Advancing Equity & Inclusion

Registration is now open for the 2021 M.O.S.T. State Summit, which will take place virtually April 8-9, 2021. The theme of the 2021 conference is Using OER to Advance Equity and Inclusion. The...

Posted: February 11, 2021, 12:08 PM

GO Chat Recap: The Year of Open Ed - UMBC Alum Leads the Way

Here's what you missed from our Go Online Chat!

Last month, we kicked off our GO Chat series for 2021 with a dive into all-things-open, as in Open Educational Resources (OER), Open Pedagogy, and Open Science.  We started with a brief...

Posted: February 10, 2021, 4:47 PM

Teaching with Blackboard: Basics & Advanced Webinars

Get the most out of teaching with Blackboard and Collaborate

Whether you are brand new to teaching online or looking to make some improvements to what you have started, Blackboard Instructor Webinar Series is a set of free webinars on basic and advanced...

Posted: February 10, 2021, 12:35 PM

Downtime Complete on taki-usr[1-2]

To All Taki Users, Just a final note on this short downtime.  Both user nodes rebooted successfully. As always, let us know with a detailed RT ticket if you notice any issue with the...

Posted: February 9, 2021, 5:46 PM

Reminder: Reboot of Login Nodes

To All Taki Users, We are planning a reboot of the login nodes (taki-usr1 and taki-usr2) today at 5pm. Reminders will be sent to all users on these nodes via active sessions starting at 4pm....

Posted: February 9, 2021, 10:57 AM

Quarterly patching downtimes - 2/19 & 2/20

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, February 19th and Saturday, February 20th.  While many...

Posted: February 9, 2021, 10:41 AM

(Re)Launching a Learning Analytics Community of Practice

Helping faculty use the emerging field of learning analytics

UMBC’s Learning Analytics Program is a community of scholars interested in using analytical data to advance student achievement and success. We’re relaunching the program after, like so many...

Posted: February 9, 2021, 10:16 AM

Text/SPAM Alert: Maryland Department of Transportation

Fake text messages from MDOT

The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) warns of a text message from “Maryland-MDot Urgent” which addresses “MDot Customers.” This message was NOT from MDOT. This message contains a link...

Posted: February 8, 2021, 11:36 AM

Students favored OERs and would enroll in OER courses again

OERs met most student needs despite concerns with relevancy

In a survey of more than 900 students from fall 2020 who completed courses that utilized no-cost or low-cost Open Educational Resources (OER), UMBC students said they appreciated saving money on...

Posted: February 8, 2021, 10:45 AM

Reboot of taki login nodes

To All Taki Users, We are planning a reboot of only the login nodes (taki-usr1 and taki-usr2) this coming Tuesday at 5pm. A reminder will be sent to all users on these nodes via the terminal...

Posted: February 4, 2021, 12:59 PM