Academic Technology

Learning technologies can range from decisions about chalkboards versus whiteboards, to learning management systems and online activities, to fully digital projects and publication. We continually investigate technology resources that resonate with and support liberal arts learning.

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How to Rip Video Clips, Part 1: Downloading from YouTube and Other Video-Hosting Services

by pattyahn | March 30, 2015 | Tech Tips, Video | 0 Comments

Our last tech tip taught you how to get your computer to take a snapshot of your display screen. This week, I'll be offering you a two-part tech tip on how to rip video clips into files that you can store on your computer's hard drive and/or drop into a slideshow...

Herding cats: Getting a handle on online privacy

by Wesley Tomatsu | October 8, 2014 | Tech Tips | 0 Comments

A little over 15 years ago, privacy was declared dead by Scott McNealy. In that time, the topic of online privacy has stubbornly remained relevant, surviving not only Sergey Brin's platitudes but also Mark Zuckerberg's attempt to declare it dead a second time....

Keep Them Closer: Know Who You Need to Secure Yourself From

by Wesley Tomatsu | October 28, 2015 | Tech Tips | 0 Comments

The standard narrative when talking about cyber security makes assumptions about who your adversary is. For a long time, it was the lone tech-savvy teenager in some Baltic or Eastern European country. Then, it was online criminal enterprises. Most recently, it was...

More cowbell: Don’t fear the password reaper

by Wesley Tomatsu | October 6, 2014 | Tech Tips | 0 Comments

Often, the advise on passwords focus on how to make them difficult to guess. While this is at the core of password-based security, focusing solely on password complexity misses the forest for the trees. While large-scale theft of passwords grab headlines, the fact of...

Taking Privacy to Eleven: Online anonymity for the practical paranoid using Tor

by Wesley Tomatsu | October 20, 2014 | Tech Tips | 0 Comments

Today we are going to talk about Tor. The US government hates Tor (which, I suppose, gives us common ground with the Russians), despite the fact that it was the US government that developed Tor. Critics of Tor will point to the the Darknet that Tor creates, and the...

Poll Everywhere

Use poll everywhere for in class quizzes and polls that students (or other audiences) can answer from their laptops or smart phones.

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Qualtrics

Qualtrics is Oxy’s campus wide survey design and distribution platform.

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Moodle

Moodle is our learning management system and is used by faculty and students to share course materials, upload assignments, create class discussion forums and more.

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