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Campus Technology Webinar: Recruiting, Retention, and Relevance
4/16/2007
Higher education is saturated with gee-whiz gadgetry that offers fleeting public interest, but many question the long-range impact on student learning outcomes. What technologies are passing fads? And which ones promise improved student performance?Campus Technology will host a webinar April 26 to learn how the University of New Haven has used Tegrityís classroom capture capability integrated with Blackboard's course management system to enhance learning and improve student recruitment and retention efforts.
Campus Technology Editor-in-Chief Katherine Grayson moderates this free, one-hour webinar sponsored by Tegrity. Register today and come away with tools and strategies for boosting enrollment, retention and relationship with your students.
Date: April 26, 2007
Time: 11:00am Pacific (2:00pm Eastern)
Duration: One hour
Sponsor: Tegrity
Panel:
- Vincent Mangiacapra, CIO, University of New Haven
- Alan Macdougall, director of Academic Services, University of New Haven
- Katherine Grayson, editor-in-chief, Campus Technology
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