by Craig Short | May 3, 2018 | Newsletter Spring 2018
On Thursday, April 26, Molly Mead, Manager, Information Technology & Instructional Designer with UMKC Online, received the 2018 Chancellor’s Education First Staff Award as part of the inaugural Staff Awards. Devon Cancilla, Vice Provost for Academic Innovation,...
by Craig Short | Apr 19, 2018 | Newsletter Spring 2018
A letter from Vice Provost for Academic Innovation Devon Cancilla UMKC’s Division of Diversity and Inclusion does a first rate job on our campus of promoting diversity and inclusion. Materials and programs developed by this group serve as models for the entire...
by Craig Short | Apr 19, 2018 | Newsletter Spring 2018
In January, the University of Missouri – Kansas City began transitioning from the Blackboard learning management system (LMS) to the Canvas LMS. A limited number of courses are included in Phase I of this transition, which spans both spring and summer 2018. Faculty...
by Craig Short | Apr 19, 2018 | Newsletter Spring 2018
Looking back, 2018 may well be remembered as the year accessibility entered the higher education zeitgeist. A range of factors – from the Section 508 Refresh, to escalating legal actions against postsecondary institutions related to the inaccessibility of digital...
by Craig Short | Apr 19, 2018 | Newsletter Spring 2018
UMKC Online’s Course and Instructor certification policies help UMKC meet nationally mandated accreditation and accessibility standards associated with online education. The three accessibility certification standards adopted by UMKC for Online Courses have been...
by Craig Short | Apr 19, 2018 | Newsletter Spring 2018
Robyn Martin, Instructor of Business Management, Henry W. Bloch School of Business In 2009, I started teaching at UMKC, my alma mater. The topic that I teach to students surrounds technology. I love working in technology and sharing my knowledge of...
