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Freshman Faculty Forum April 3, 2013
Overview
• Support Services to enhance Teaching and Learning
• Transformative Initiatives
• Meet the EdTech 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• Workshops and self-help materials
• Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) – partnership with CERTI (Center for Educational
Research and Teaching Innovation)
• eLearning consultation – Course design and tech support for effective web-
enhanced, blended & online learning
• Blackboard (learning management system)
• Clickers (student response systems)
• Lecture Capture
• Classroom presentation technology
• Computer Learning Centers (CLCs)
Support Services
Support Services
BLACKBOARD (Bb)• Course/Learning
Management System• Supports tests / blogs /
wikis / online classrooms
Support Services
CLICKERS• Personal Response
Devices• Use TurningPoint software• Used in Chemistry, Math,
Geology, and many other disciplines
• Approximately 40% of our students use clickers each semester
Lecture Capture
LECTURE CAPTURE• Record and archive
lectures in real-time• Bookmarking for both
instructors and students• Mobile options
Google Apps for Education
• Google Docs– Collaborate on
documents
• Google Sites– Build collaborative
websites and areas to work together
Support Services
CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY
• Includes:– Projector– Instructor PC– Laptop connection– Some document cameras– Some SMART technology
• All centrally-scheduled classrooms are equipped with projector and PC
*Personalized classroom walk-through available upon request
Support Services
CLCS• ~ 40 labs• ~ 900 computers• ~ 360 software apps• Several are 24-hour or
extended-hour labs• Many departmentally
owned with discipline-specific software
http://edtech.mst.edu/clc/*You need to request specialty software for CLCs prior to the semester needed.
Support ServicesCLC SOFTWARE REQUEST PROCESS• Link is on CLC website edtech.mst.edu/clc• Starts after middle of semester– Request window announced via EduMine list
• Request any and all software needed for instruction– Be safe over sorry – request it even if you aren’t sure
of location– Be thorough – request it even if it is already installed
Support ServicesCLC SOFTWARE REQUEST PROCESS• Software MUST meet the following criteria:– Works with Windows 7 64-bit– 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
Initiatives & Projects• Virtualization – taking IT to the “cloud”– Virtual CLCs– Google Apps for Education
• eLearning– eFellows Program– eLearning Community of Practice– UM Online Learning Program– Missouri Course Redesign Initiative
• eStudio – Faculty resource for adoption of new/emerging
technologies and course content creation
Stay “In-the-know”• EdTech home page:– http://edtech.mst.edu/– Support for Blackboard, clickers, and more
• EdTech Blog– http://edtechconnect.mst.edu– Includes announcements, faculty testimonials, articles
• CERTI home page:– http://certi.mst.edu– Information and resources for faculty development
• EduMine email list
EdTech Team
MEG BRADYAcademic Technology Director• Guide and communicate
direction of EdTech team• Provide team resources • Remove barriers
The team makes it happen!
EdTech Team
ANGIE HAMMONSMgr., EdTech• Manage team operations
– CLC/Classroom tech– Learning technology support– eFellows, UM eLearning and
other funded programs
• Oversee various projects• Manage student team
EdTech Team
MALCOLM HAYSContent 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 TeamJOHN
PETRIKOVITSCHLearning Space Coordinator• Manage Computer Learning
Centers on campus– 40 Labs– 901 computers– 360 Software Applications
• Administer PaperCut in CLC• Oversee student help
EdTech Team
CHRIS HILLENSystem Support Analyst• Install and maintain presentation
technology:– 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.
EdTech TeamBARB WILKINSInstructional Designer• Course design consultation• Faculty support for
eLearning• eFellows Program• UM eLearning Program
EdTech TeamJULIE PHELPSInstructional Designer• Course design consultation• Faculty support for
eLearning• eFellows Program• UM eLearning Program
EdTech Team
AMY SKYLESInstructional Technologist• Course design consultation• Instructional technology
support• Blackboard, Wimba, etc.• Clickers• Classroom Technology
• Faculty support for eLearning• eFellows Program• UM eLearning Program
EdTech Team
JEFF JENNINGSInstructional Technologist• Course design consultation• Instructional technology
support• Blackboard, Wimba, etc.• Clickers• Classroom Technology
• Faculty support for eLearning• eFellows Program• UM eLearning Program
EdTech TeamGANDALF
SIDIOProgrammer Analyst• Support instructional
technologies– Blackboard– Tegrity– Google Apps
• Support virtual desktop initiatives
EdTech Team
RYAN SIMSSystems Support Analyst• Support instructional
technologies for BIT department
• Server support