by Stephen Rektenwald | Oct 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Thursday, October 18, the Adams Center hosted a session presented by the Innovation Foundry and Library regarding the Alternative Textbook Initiative. This is a needed topic for universities around the nation trying to address the cost of a university education and still provide the best possible information for their students. This talk accompanies a grant issued by the ACU Provost to encourage ACU faculty to incorporate an Open Education Resource text in place of a traditional textbook. Deadline for applications for the Spring 2019 semester is October 23. Click here to learn more or apply.
by Stephen Rektenwald | Sep 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Innovation Foundry continues to work with many campus stakeholders to increase the use of technology tools that aid in data visualization. Led by Dr. Marisa Beard, Stephen Rektenwald, and Chai Green, this introductory chat delves into what makes a good visualization, sources for questions, and infographics vs visualizations.
by Stephen Rektenwald | Sep 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Innovation Foundry kicked off our Fall 2018 training season with a guest speaker. Chris Macaluso is Assistant Director, Media Relations in ACU Athletics and you can see his use of Adobe Spark on so many of the ACU Athletics postings and posters. Its quick editing makes it possible to make quality designs and snippet videos with your mobile device or on the computer in minutes. Go spark.adobe.com to learn more about this great tool from Adobe.
by Stephen Rektenwald | Nov 21, 2017 | Innovation Foundry
One of the many services the Innovation Foundry provides is learning space design. This past Friday during an interactive chat, we discussed some fundamentals of learning space design and how to implement those principles in ACU classrooms. If you would like more information or a consult on your learning space, please contact our specialists by emailing if@acu.edu.
