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Warm-up

University Tools for Supporting Teaching Linda Jorn Bradley A. Cohen Office of Information Technology, Digital Media Center. Warm-up. Do you think students want technology-rich learning environments?. Warm-up. Are you planning to use academic technology in your courses this semester?.

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Warm-up

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  1. University Tools for Supporting Teaching Linda JornBradley A. CohenOffice of Information Technology, Digital Media Center

  2. Warm-up Do you think students want technology-rich learning environments?

  3. Warm-up Are you planning to use academic technology in your courses this semester?

  4. Warm-up Have you taught using course management systems (e.g., Moodle, Blackboard, WebCT, Desire2Learn)?

  5. Warm-up Facebook: Yes or no?

  6. Warm-up IM or Email?

  7. Warm-up Blog or Twitter?

  8. Who are UMN Students? UMN Students and Technology

  9. Agenda • Introducing OIT and DMC • Learning platform/MyU • Centrally supported tools • Changing landscape • Support resources • Governance and participation

  10. Office of Information Technology Mission: serve as a catalyst for innovatively leveraging technology to advance and support extraordinary education, breakthrough research, and dynamic public engagement. OIT as catalyst & connector

  11. Office of Information Technology team members: • Replaced 1,750 wireless access points this year • Support 33,000 phones • Support 1,100+ servers • Delivered 20,000,000 e-mails through security checks in May 2008 (blocking 53 million spam messages) • Employed 704 employees (including students) in June 2008

  12. OIT FY09 DirectionsIn Partnership • High availability design • Customer support / education; active learning labs • Mobile/global learning/wireless • Research cyberinfrastructure • Identity management • Collaborative technologies/video; Google Apps • Data center; data storage • Disaster recovery • Climate survey (recognition, job clarity, coaching/mentoring) • Content management • Business intelligence

  13. “One OIT”

  14. Digital Media Center • Emerging Academic Technologies • Evaluation and Research • Usability Services • Training • Professional Development and Consultation

  15. Tools Take a few minutes to meet your neighbors. Is anybody in your group planning to integrate technology into courses this fall? To what extent (i.e., is this course enhanced, hybrid/blended, or distance)? Is there a nice example of a learning activity or specific learning outcome that technology is intended to facilitate?

  16. Learning Platform

  17. Learning Platform

  18. Centrally Supported Tools for Teaching uTools http://dmc.umn.edu/technologies.shtml

  19. Examples • Moodle Glossary • Moodle Wiki • WebVista Grading Form • WebVista Peer Review

  20. Emerging Technologies • Web 2.0 • Delicious • Social networks • Mobile computing • Immersive environments • Google apps, youtube….

  21. Academic Computing Support Resources • Departmental experts • Collegiate experts • Central support experts • (Inter) National organizations such as Sloan, ELI, EDUCAUSE • 7 things you should know

  22. Governance and Participation • TEL Council (Contact Billie Wahlstrom, Vice Provost) • Academic Technology Advisory Committee (Contact your collegiate representative) • Senate Committee on Information Technology (Contact faculty senate office)

  23. Thank You! http://dmc.umn.edu 5-8030 Linda JornBradley A. CohenOffice of InformationTechnology Digital Media Center

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