NBC Learn Higher Ed Available to University Community

The Texas Tech University Office of the Provost today announced the acquisition of a new digital resource called NBC Learn Higher Ed, a collection of videos, documents and images from the NBC News historical archives for classroom and online use.

Through a special project sponsored by the Office of the Provost, all Texas Tech students, faculty, staff and researchers have access – starting today – through their eRaider ID to the NBC Learn Higher Ed website. NBC Learn content also is searchable through Texas Tech University Libraries.

“NBC Learn is a wonderful tool that enhances the opportunities of academic exploration for our students,” said Texas Tech President M. Duane Nellis. “The opportunity to reference history through the evolving eye of the media provides valuable insight into some of the most transformative years in our nation and our world's histories.”

In addition to use in general classroom instruction, later this fall NBC Learn will be available in Blackboard for faculty who wish to incorporate the website into their classroom and online courses and for students who wish to view and search.

“We expect these materials to be used by students in researching topics they may be studying or as a resource for our faculty to enhance their teaching – either in the classroom or through an online environment,” said Lawrence Schovanec, Texas Tech provost and senior vice president. “These videos and materials help bring subjects to life. They can illustrate a very modern application of a topic or enhance the historical perspective of a subject.”

NBC Learn Higher Ed includes:

• More than 10,000 primary source videos, documents, letters, and images
• Current events videos updated daily
• Resources for Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Careers, Business and more
• Historic news broadcasts and newsreels from the 1930's–Present
• Full transcripts, bibliographic citations, and closed captioning
• Rights and copyright cleared for classroom and online use
• Easy-to-use search and browse interface
• Flippable CueCard media player

Access this new service in three different ways:

• On the web, go to http://nbclearn.ttu.edu, sign in with your eRaider and start searching and viewing NBC Learn content. From this site, you will have “personalized” access to NBC Learn and can create play lists and export content.
• From the TTU Library Search page (www.library.ttu.edu), search using keywords by topic, and items from NBC Learn will be included in your search results.
• In Blackboard – in addition for use in general classroom instruction later this fall, NBC Learn will be available in Blackboard for faculty who wish to incorporate into their classroom and online courses, and for students who wish to view and search NBC Learn content and create play lists from within Blackboard.

Also, non-personalized access to NBC Learn Higher Ed is available from any campus computer by visiting http://highered.nbclearn.com.

“Faculty and staff from the Colleges, Provost Office, TTU IT Division, Communications & Marketing, TTU Libraries, TTU Worldwide eLearning, and TLPDC collaborated closely to provide Texas Tech students ready access to NBC Learn's rich set of media, in formats ready for easy sharing via social media tools,” said Sam Segran, Texas Tech associate vice president for Information Technology and chief information officer.

For more information regarding this new service, visit the informational site http://www.depts.ttu.edu/infotech/nbclearn.

For additional questions or information, please contact IT Help Central (ithelpcentral@ttu.edu) at (806) 742-4357 (HELP).