New Faculty Forum 17 February 2010

How educational technology can invigorate your classes – and you! Support Services What’s coming… The team

What can EdTech do for you? Help you enhance, enable, and expand the learning experience for your students with technology Connect you with peers to collaborate and share ideas for improving the teaching and learning environment with technology Provide a reliable, supported teaching and learning technology environment

Support Services Consultations on adoption of teaching and learning technologies, best practices for eLearning, technology selection, and more Workshops and self-help materials Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) – partnership with CERTI (Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation)

Blackboard (learning management system) Clickers (student response systems) Classroom presentation technology Computer Learning Centers (CLCs) Support Services

B LACKBOARD (Bb) Content Learning Management System Supports tests / blogs / wikis / Wimba live classrooms Transitioning to Bb 9 in Fall 2010

Support Services C LICKERS Personal Response Devices Use TurningPoint software Used in Chemistry, Math, Geology, and many other disciplines

Support Services C LASSROOM T ECHNOLOGY Includes: – Projector – Instructor PC – Some document cameras All centrally-scheduled classrooms are equipped with projector and PC

Support Services CLC S ~ 40 labs ~ 900 computers ~ 360 software apps Several are 24-hour or extended-hour labs Many departmentally owned with discipline- specific software

Support Services CLC S OFTWARE REQUEST P ROCESS Starts after middle of semester When requesting software, remember: – Your name – Your department – Software titles and versions – Desired CLC locations – Courses that will be using software

Support Services CLC S OFTWARE REQUEST P ROCESS Software MUST meet the following criteria: – If it needs to “check out” a license, then it must be license managed by the license server – The software meets campus security standards – The software has been determined through testing that it does not interfere with other software packages installed on the same machine

What’s Coming? Virtualization – taking IT to the “cloud” – Virtual CLCs – Google Apps for Education Windows 7 – Summer 2010 Blackboard 9 – Summer 2010 Software request window – soon, for Fall 2010

What’s Coming? Teaching and Learning Technology conference (March 11-12, 2010) – Showcases practical and effective uses of technology to enhance teaching and learning eFellows Program / eLearning Community of Practice (CoP) – Transform course design by applying best practices for online/blended learning – UM eLearning Initiative

Stay “In-the-know” EdTech home page: – – Support for Blackboard, clickers, and more CLC List – – Includes software installed in individual CLCs CERTI home page: – – Information and resources for faculty development EduMine list

EdTech Team M EG B RADY EdTech Director Guide and communicate direction of EdTech team Provide team resources Remove barriers The team makes it happen!

EdTech Team A NGIE H AMMONS Education Technology Specialist Provide support for Blackboard, Clickers and Classroom Technology – Train faculty – Develop support documentation with Malcolm – Work with Gandalf and John on software in classrooms and CLCs Support Blended/Online Learning Design/Re-design learning spaces with the Learning Space Designer

EdTech Team M ALCOLM H AYS Content Support Analyst Manages EdTech web site Posts to EdTech Connect blog Sends announcements of upcoming EdTech events – TLT Conference – CLC software requests Provides documentation for EdTech supported products – Blackboard – Wimba – Clickers

EdTech Team J OHN P ETRIKOVITSCH CLC Coordinator Manage Computer Learning Centers on campus – 40 Labs – 901 computers – 360 Software Applications Administer PaperCut in CLC Oversee student help

EdTech Team G ANDALF S IDIO System Support Analyst Install and maintain presentation technology in centrally scheduled classrooms and CLCs. Including but not limited to: – Projectors and external displays – Smartboards and Sympodiums – Document Cameras – Lectern PCs – AV switchers and controls – Audio systems First response for technical issues in classrooms. Creating and deploying images for the classrooms and “Virtual CLCs”. Evaluating new equipment and software for use in teaching.

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