UTPA Power has been restored. Everything is back up and functional.

The University is experienceing a power outage. We do not have a time table on when the power will be restored. Blackboard services are still available, but some components may not be available such as streaming media.

Welcome back to Summer I 2009!

The Center for Online Learning, Teaching and Technology will be having extended hours on 6/8/09 - 6/9/09. The Center will be open from 8:00AM - 7:00PM. We are located in the New Education Complex (EDCC 2.202). If you need help during off hours feel free to visit our helpdesk at http://colt.utpa.edu/helpdesk. There you will be able to find answers in our FAQs section. You can also open up a support ticket if you need to get help.

Some students at Bryant & Stratton College will have a short commute to their graduation ceremony: All they need to do is turn on their home computers.

On June 10, approximately 40 students in the institution’s online-degree program will sign on to Second Life, a three-dimensional virtual world, where they will watch computer simulations of the college’s vice president and a student speaker address them before their names, degrees, and honors are announced. Read more...

A Reaffirmation of Why I Became an Educator

By GINA GRECO

"Impersonal, disconnected, and unfulfilling." That is how I would have answered if you asked me 10 years ago what I thought of online teaching. As a teacher, I feed off the energy of the crowd and thrive on exciting and entertaining my students to the point of drawing even the most resistant into attending class. Read More...

Jane Malan and Bill Reed are cousins in deception. They infiltrate online courses and secretly collect information about students by blending in with them.

She comes off as a clever thirty-something, with a photo that shows strong features. He poses as a silent twenty-something with some skill at fishing — his photo depicts him holding what appears to be a large rockfish. Read more...

No known issues with Blackboard.

The Center for Online Learning, Teaching and Technology has been accepted to give a presentation at Blackboard World '09 conference in Washington D.C. The presentation will cover how the center uses Web 2.0 technologies to better reach and support UTPA Blackboard users. More information to follow...

The fast-moving Conficker computer worm, a scourge of the internet that has infected at least 3 million PCs, is set to spring to life in a new way on April Fools' Day, security experts say.

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The Center for Online Learning, Teaching and Technology is now on Twitter.

http://twitter.com/UTPA_COLTT

By following the COLTT on Twitter you will recieve updates about important events, such as Blackboard outages, support bulletins, and other E-Learning announcements.