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Instructional Support

The Instructional Support team within ETS trains, teaches, and leads UC Berkeley instructors and staff on bSpace and other technologies that enrich teaching and learning experiences across campus. The services we provide include standard and custom workshops, consultation, bSpace support and showcase and brown-bag sessions.

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Announcements

Classroom Internet Connections Now Use DHCP

Most classroom networks have recently been updated to an automatic DHCP service. > Read more

Spotlight

To be, or not to be: online that is.

By Jon Hays on Mon, 09/21/2009

Take a peek at Thomas H. Benton's article, “Online Learning: Reaching Out to the Skeptics” as found in the Chronicle last week.  Dr. Benton does a great job of jumping past the old arguments of whether online learning is as good or better than face-to-face courses.  Instead, he focuses on how to use technologies to enhance what is happening in the classroom. > Read more

bSpace sees sharp increase in usage at semester start

By Lisa Rothrauff on Fri, 09/18/2009

The start of the Fall 2009 semester has seen a sharp increase in the number of bSpace users across campus. As a result, the ETS Instructional Support team, the group who supports and educates the campus community on bSpace and related technologies, has found itself supporting a growing number of newly innovative course and project sites.

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Using audience response systems (clickers) in the classroom

By Gina M. Gaiser on Mon, 08/03/2009

Below are some frequently asked questions about Audience Response Systems, often referred to as "clickers".

General Information

Q: What is i>clicker? > Read more

ETS' Teaching Enrichment Program pilot

By Lisa Rothrauff on Tue, 07/28/2009

In summer 2009, ETS’ Faculty Development and Support team launched a new program designed to better support the use of technologies for teaching and learning. Called the Teaching Enrichment program, the program leaders—ETS Instructional Designers Jon Hays and Angela White-- aim to identify instructors who express an interest in the use of technology for teaching, discover the full scope of their pedagogical goals, and design a solution that meet those goals in the course of a semester. > Read more

Workshops

Wrapping Up Your Semester in bSpace

Getting Started in bSpace

eReadings and Research Tools for Course Sites

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