Thursday, March 12, 2009

Open Educational Resources Commons

“Learning is sharing,” states this website. A collection of higher education course materials and resources that is completely searchable, the Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons presents great potential for providing supplementary online resources for an array of disciplines including: Arts, Business, Humanities, Mathematics & Statistics, Science & Technology, and Social Sciences. Visit them at http://www.oercommons.org/

Friday, March 06, 2009

Intermediate Photoshop – A Sneak Peak at CTL’s New Training Course

Intermediate Photoshop will be offered to the Regent University community this spring! This course is designed to follow Photoshop Basics and build on fundamental skills taught in that class.


The intermediate class will cover:


- Using Palettes: Layers Palette, History Palette
- Tools: Magic Wand
- Layer Styles and Special Effects: Drop shadow, Stroke, Color overlay
- Free Transform
- Fill and Adjustment Layers: Solid, Gradient, Opacity, Brightness/Contrast, Hue/Saturation
- Masks
Keep an eye open and register for the course in the Spring, or sign up for the waitlist. We look forward to seeing you there!

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

RU Global Roundtable & Wiki


The RU Global campaign is well underway, and we want you to be involved! Academic Affairs, CTL and GLE hosted the first Global Roundtable on February 26th. If you missed this groundbreaking event, you can view it in full on our website.

The discussion continues on our RU Global Wiki. Help the Regent community collaboratively understand Christ-centered global competence and how to apply it in our classrooms and research. Discuss what Christ-centered global competence means to you.

Go to http://ruglobal.ning.com/ and sign up to be a member.