Learning Solutions Newsletter Q3 2020
DIDACTICS & TEACHING
Online resources sites for staff and student: Teach Online and Learn Online
We would like to remind you of the two online hubs Teach Online and Learn Online, where lecturers and students can find online support materials for the transition to the online learning environment. In addition to training and direct support from MCI Learning Solutions, it is essential to have a platform where the most important areas of online teaching and MCI's digital campus can be found.
The Teach Online site has grown from a lean webpage that provided an overview of the most important features about MCI’s learning environment to a full-blown online self-help center for lecturers and teaching support staff alike.
The Learn Online site provides an overview for students on their MCI eCampus, including the various tools in Sakai, information about accessing Adobe Connect and participating in a webinar. On Learn Online you will find important pointers to online communication and collaboration as well as tips and support information to help them manage their time, their learning environment, and a range of further resources.
INNOVATION & INITIATIVE
New Look for MCI PRME
With a refreshed look, voices from the MCI community, and a News section, the MCI PRME website is coming to life.
Ever wondered where to find up-to-date information about PRME at MCI? Wonder no longer! With the help of the PRME Task force and the Marketing team, the MCI PRME Website is now a central information hub for news, resources, activities and information about PRME at MCI. Stop by and have a look – you might find you are interested in getting involved in one or the other activity.
https://www.mci.edu/prme
MCI „Gives Back“: community projects for a good cause
During the last academic year, MCI students completed a whole series of successful projects for a good cause within the the MCI Community Projects initiative. MCI Community Projects are practical projects in which students across all MCI degree programs work for and with external partners on projects for the common good. In addition to the goals achieved with the projects, the aim is to sensitize students to the needs of socially disadvantaged groups and individuals and to win them over to social commitment. These projects enable MCI students to apply and develop their knowledge and creativity on the basis of concrete questions and problems in cooperation with non-profit organisations and other partners who pursue initiatives in the area of society, environment, diversity, social entrepreneurship, etc.
Congratulations to all student teams for their hard work on the projects and a big thank you to all supervisors and partner organizations.
An overview of the projects completed in the last academic year is available at
https://www.mci4me.at/en/mci-community-projects
LEARNING & COMMUNITY CORNER
NEW! Video-Turorial (only available in German at the moment)
How to interpret the Turnitin similarity report correctly?
Some of you will already have experience with the plagiarism software Turnitin. The software for creating similarity reports of written student assignments is integrated into Sakai's Assignment Tool and can be activated when creating an assignment, if required, before students submit their work in Sakai. The following tutorial will help you to review and correctly interpret the Turnitin similarity reports:
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