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 TeamMALCOLM 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 TeamCHRIS 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