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Resources from How to Make Smart Choices About Tech for Your Course

This is extracted from How to Make Smart Choices About Tech for Your Course. While published in the Chronicle of Higher Education, it has not be reviewed. Resources What follows isn’t a definitive list but includes some of the most useful sources of information about choosing technology for your teaching. Websites Organizations and Conferences Books

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METALS Course Textbooks Freely Downloadable from Carnegie Mellon Library

Current students can access the Carnegie Mellon library (https://www.library.cmu.edu/) to see if books for your courses are freely available online. You will need to have an Andrew ID to download available books. Books that are available online as of this writing include: Other textbooks available (not currently used in courses, but very good resources):

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Academic Calendar and the Course Add, Drop & Withdrawal Process

The timeline and instructions for making course changes, including adds, drops, withdrawals and pass/no pass (P/NP) elections, can be found at https://www.cmu.edu/hub/registrar/course-changes/. This includes instructions for using vouchers to either drop a course or elect to take a course as pass/no pass after the deadlines. To see the current add/drop dates, please refer to the

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EdSurge Article on Badging

OPINION | HIGHER EDUCATION https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-10-31-as-the-microcredential-market-booms-don-t-forget-the-learner As the Microcredential Market Booms, Don’t Forget the Learner By Kathleen deLaski     Oct 31, 2019 TWEETSHAREEMAIL I still remember the day in 1999 when, as a Product Director at AOL, I was invited to brainstorm our approach to the hot new thing consumers wanted: Search. There were no competitors in those heady

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Student Support Resources

Who to Call For… Immediate life safety issues: CMU University Police                                                            4551 Filmore Street | 412.268.2323 Call CMU’s University Police department 24/7 to request an emergency response to any safety concerns, including summoning Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Medical or health issues: University Health Services (UHS) 100 Tech Street | 412.268.2157 UHS provides comprehensive medical care

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