TECHNOLOGY + TRANSFORMATION

At Ball State, technology transforms teaching and learning.

Learning without Boundaries
The Institute for Digital Education and Entertainment’s year-long immersive study in digital media is moving education beyond the traditional classroom and putting cutting-edge technology into students’ hands. MORE...

Classroom Blogs
Professors are increasingly using blogs as a way to share information and stimulate ideas in the classroom. MORE...

Tech-savvy Teachers
Laptops are helping students in the teacher education program build their technology skills and prepare for the 21st century classroom. MORE...

Leaders in Interactivity
Innovative Web sites are enabling prospective students and their parents to learn about Ball State and immersive learning. MORE...

Leading the Way in Digital Education
More than $53 million in grants from Lilly Endowment Inc. over the last 10 years has put Ball State at the forefront of digital education. A recent $20 million grant enabled the university to create four digital immersive-learning institutes:

"My students bring their laptops to class and flip them open. During discussions, they go searching on the Internet and share what they find. It's such a different way of thinking about classroom interaction."

—Lisa Huffman,
associate professor of psychology, educational psychology