EDUCAUSE | IT Integration and Presented at Midwest Regional Conferences

Mapping Our Course: Toward a Collaborative Environment for Digital Scholarship

drupal — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:29:58 -0500

Libraries are supporting the teaching and research missions of universities in new ways, such as providing expertise in digital curation, electronic publishing, and content development. At the University of Kansas, the Scholar Services program strengthens an evolving research environment by promoting best practices and innovation in cyberinfrastructure and digital scholarship.

Preparing Today's Faculty to Meet the Technology Needs of Tomorrow's Students

drupal — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:29:56 -0500

Faculty Innovators, a 24-month professional development program in the use of emergent technologies, was designed to meet increasing student skills and expectations for technology integration in higher education instruction. This session will highlight the program's seven-year evolution and impact on the teaching, learning, and research process.

iTunes U: Tips for Getting Started

drupal — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:29:55 -0500

Apple's free iTunes U service offers a powerful way to distribute audio and video content to users on campus and beyond. The three University of Illinois campuses have deployed iTunes U and are using it today. We'll share the strategies they used for technical set-up, site organization, content production, and workflow.

Purdue's Learning Impact Profile for Assessing the Learning Impact of Technology

drupal — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:50:54 -0500

Purdue has developed methodologies to assess the learning impact of IT services based on Chickering and Gamson's principles of best practices in undergraduate education. Using these methods, we have created a "learning impact profile" of IT systems to guide decision making. This presentation will report on the development, results, and impact of this methodology.

Using Technology to Connect Leadership and Learning with Humor

drupal — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:10:14 -0600

This presentation provides a researched-based approach to using technology to connect leadership and learning with humor. Humor is nothing to laugh at, but there are sound theoretical reasons and practical applications for using it to enhance learning and leadership in very practical ways. Technology can make the process easy and fun.