DigiCats

As we wrap up this academic year and this season of DigiCats, we ask the question our graduates are keen to answer: how can I leverage my technology skills into a career? Abra McAndrew and Steve Bayless shed light on some amazing technology available at UArizona poised to set students up for professional success. Then, I bring the podcast on the road to a professional educational conference to talk to external experts on what technologies other universities are using to foster student success.

Every course begins with an idea but the journey of an online course from ideation to consumption varies greatly from that of a "traditional" in-person course. Join us as we walk through the process of online course development with pyschology professor Ashley Jordan, digital course content producer Steve Bayless, and online student Dani McCartney.

What is gamification? How do professors use games to help students learn? We tackle those questions and more with History professors Alison Futrell and Paul Milliman ahead of the new Age of Empires partnership that will bring for-credit opportunities to video game players. Rachel Abraham sits down with Aviva to talk about the theory behind gamification and UArizona Director of ESports Ian Escalante joins us to talk about how video games prepare students for the future.

In the inaugual episode of DigiCats, Aviva sits down with the Director for the Center of Digital Humanities, Dr. Bryan Carter, to unpack what the digital humanities are and explore how new technologies, like virtual reality, are changing higher education. Co-host Rachel Abraham joins to talk about the brand new CATalyst Studios available to students in the main library and Steve Bayless shares his insights on access to Adobe Aero, a useful tool for learning the ins and outs of augmented reality creation.