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Collaborations With Faculty
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What is ITEC?
Instructional Technology Enhancing the Curriculum
We work with faculty to help them use technology
effectively in their teaching. In some cases, this also
involves working with students on course-related
projects.
We also
•work with faculty on research and scholarship
•work with students on research projects
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Examples of Collaborations
Between ITEC and Faculty
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Masks ….
Project: A website/database of cultural
masks used in a Foundation Seminar.
(FOUN099-53 Masks and Meaning )
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Example
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ITEC’s Role
•Designed and implemented database
and website.
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Some thoughts
In a project of this nature, there is a lot of work
upfront, but minimal work after the website is
complete.
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Bees ….
Project: Student-created videos to
document some aspect of social insect
behavior. (ANBE355-01 Social Insects)
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Example
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ITEC’sRole
•Worked with faculty to establish project
goals
•Taught students to plan/storyboard,
shoot and edit video
•Assist students with technical details as
they work on the actual projects.
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Some thoughts
The time commitment for students to design, shoot
and edit video is significant. This has to be
incorporated into the course planning.
The time commitment from ITEC is ongoing as the
instruction and assistance repeats each semester.
Unlike other projects, as there is no ‘enduring’ web
site or data.
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Snakes ….
Project: a website to record results of
dissections of various animals from a
biology lab (Biology 312: Vertebrate Anatomy).
Website will grow each year as
additional animals are dissected.
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Example
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ITEC’s Role
•A student project – what are the objectives?
•Worked with faculty to come up with basic
website design and layout.
•Designed a template web page to be used for
each group of students and their dissections.
•Instructed students on how to edit their page
(about 20 minutes of class time, repeated each
year).
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Some thoughts
For this assignment, the instructor was primarily
interested in the results – the actual web page.
Having students learn skills to create web pages was
not important. Consequently, we tried to make it as
easy as possible for the students to edit their web
page.
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Lewisburg Architecture ….
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Example
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ITEC’s Role
•consulting on organization of website,
sizing of images, video conversion, etc.
(most work is being done by a student
employed by the professor)
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Some thoughts
In a project of this nature, it’s best to get
involved earlier rather than later.
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Some final thoughts
•Each project has unique needs. Proceed
with that in mind!
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•Some projects are course-oriented
(focused on learning) and some are
research/scholarship oriented (typically
focused on data/output). What implications
does that have for how the project is
implemented?
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•For student projects, it is important to
understand the faculty objectives upfront.
Sometimes, having students learn some
technology skills is important. In other
cases, it is not. Implement accordingly.
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•Some collaborations are once-and-done.
Others, particularly when they involve
student projects, require a commitment
over time.
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The End
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