Office of Instruction and Assessment

The OIA has created its second iBook, using the iBook Author software from Apple. 

The frist iBook created for campus by the OIA is on Hybrid Courses.  Please see previous post on that iBook at http://oia.arizona.edu/blog/free-ibook-hybrid-courses

When viewing this post from an iPad or iPhone, you can access the iBook OIA Newsletter and it will download to your device.

Terri Riffe facilitated a session on Creating Effective Multiple Choice Questions for the May 3 Reading Day Showcase.

That session was recorded and can now be viewed online.

Terri Riffe of the OIA

View the video of this session here (.wvx format) 1 hour and 8 minutes

During this session participants:

The UA Undergraduate Biology Research Program enables UA students to experience how research is done. As part of their program, they participate in an end of year conference where they highlight their research in poster sessions. 

For the first time in the Spring 2012 semester, Virtual Reality (VR) imaging is being used to illustrate the effects of diseases on organs in the class Pathology 515 with Dr. Mark Nelson and Dr. Margaret Briehl.

Teaching, Services, Innovation

Services Available for UofA Instructors

Please join us on Thursday May 3 for our annual Reading Day Showcase.  We will be highlighting services that are available to enhance, improve and support teaching on the UA campus in addition to showcasing interesting innovations. 

In the OIA lobby, ILC Room 103, 8:30am to 12 Noon

Resources for Identifying, Preventing and Dealing with Plagiarism

This resource contains some helpful information to get started identifying issues regarding plagiarism and cheating.

University of Arizona policies from the Dean of Students Office

(To dowload Bruce's iBook when accessing this from an iPad click here 5StepsHybrid.ibooks ) 

What:Using Quality Standards to Improve Your Online Course

Who: Facilitated by Melody Buckner, Outreach College

When: Thursday March 29 at 10am or Friday March 30 at 2pm

Where:  ILC Room 136

What: Seminar- Designing An Accelerated Course: Cramming 16 weeks into 5 weeks

What: Copyright and Fair Use as it Applies to Teaching

Who: Dan Lee and Mark Felix

When: Wednesday March 7, 10am to 11am

Where:  ILC Room 136

Please join the OIA and the Main Library as we provide information to the campus on Copyright and Fair Use as it Applies to Teaching.