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Cornell Teaching & Learning Consortium (CTLC)
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Faculty Support Services
assistance w/instructional technologies
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Software Licensing

CIT Public Labs for instruction

Audio/Video Streaming, Webcasting & Videoconferencing

CIT OnSite Solutions
fee-based support for computers, networks, & security
Visit the Academic Technology Center
Computing & Communications Ctr
Rm 124, Garden Ave
M-F 9am - 5pm
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February 2009
New Academic Technology Center Opens on the Arts Quad
ATC Stimson Opening
A new Academic Technology Center (ATC) opened in Stimson Hall on February 4. The new center provides faculty, instructors, and graduate TAs a second campus location where they find help and training in the use of computer technologies for instruction.

The ATC in Stimson offers the same technology and assistance as the original location, and the Arts Quad address makes it convenient for more instructors to access no-cost support in an innovative workspace. Early in 2008, Faculty Support Services in CIT asked campus faculty and teaching staff what they wanted in a lab, and the ATC design reflects their responses: a flexible and laptop-friendly space, wireless Internet, furniture on wheels to rearrange for small groups, and technology that can be configured for a number of uses.

The core offerings of both ATCs include:
•    state-of-the-art computers equipped with creativity software like Photoshop and Final Cut Pro
•    equipment to prepare multi-media course content for classroom or web-based delivery, such as podcasts, audio, and video
•    scanners to convert documents, images, and 35 mm slides into digital formats
•    tools to build course web sites
•   support for these and other instructional technologies from a dedicated staff
The ATC in Stimson is in Room G27. During the academic year, instructors are invited to walk in any time Monday-Friday from 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. or make an appointment. During morning hours the space is available by reservation for small classes or collaborative sessions.

The ATC in Computing and Communications Center Room 124 is open Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. during the academic year.

For help at either location or to reserve a workstation, instructors should
call (607) 255-9760
 email atc_support@cornell.edu
or visit http://atc.cit.cornell.edu/faculty/.

Upgrades to Course Web Site Hosting Service
As you may know, one of the services Faculty Support Services offers is hosting course websites.  In the past year, we upgraded the service with the rollout of two new servers for hosting.

After the arrival of these new servers, it was possible to retire the older Instruct1 Course Web Server. The course technologies team worked with faculty and staff to archive older content and migrate active course sites to the newer web hosting environments.

To learn more about course web hosting , visit the Faculty Support Services
 Website:
 http://atc.cit.cornell.edu/course/instructional/index.cfm

Upgrade to Blackboard 7.3 planned for June 2009
Blackboard will be upgraded at the end of the 2008-2009 academic year to version 7.3.   We will be providing more information to course instructors prior to the change.  All summer sessions will continue to use the current system to avoid any disruption during the upgrade.

Student Technology Assistant Program
Faculty and Academic Staff seeking help looking for help with Audio/Video, slide scanning, Blackboard,  survey creation, and other instructional technologies can find it through the Student Technology Assistant Program (STAP).  Student assistants can work one-on-one with you in your office or in either Academic Technology Center.

To make an appointment, call 255-9760 or email STAP@cornell.edu.
ePortfolio Pilot Project
A new pilot for spring 2009 is examining the capability of ePortfolio, a new tool for students and faculty in need of a way to exhibit and refer to current and past work. An ePortfolio provides an environment where portfolio owners, typically students, can exhibit their work. It also allows faculty to provide students with structure and guidance for their portfolios.

The ePortfolio pilot is a combined effort of Faculty Support Services and the Center for Teaching Excellence with faculty in art, architecture, and planning; languages; education; and scholarship. Participating faculty will be piloting the use of electronic portoflios in one section of their classes for the spring semester using Sakai's Open Source Portoflio (OSP) software.

If you are interested in receiving updates on the pilot, its process, and its discoveries, send an email to:  atc_support@cornell.edu
IT Security Awareness: Learn How and Why to Secure Your Computer
A new e-book, Computer Security at Cornell: Secure Your Computer On and Off Campus, will be available for download on February 20, 2009. The e-book will be available at http://www.cit.cornell.edu/security.


Released in coordination with scads of new online how-to information that will also be available on February 20, the e-book is full of quotes, links to trusted sites, analogies, and news articles that make the information useful for end-users.
Chapters include:
•    Why Secure Computing is Your Responsibility
•    How to Recognize and Respond to Possible Security Problems
•    How to Protect Your Identity
•    How to Protect University Data
•    How to Secure the Computer You Use at Cornell
•    Internet Safety
•    Working Off Campus


Coming soon, Computer Security Smarts presentations will be available for faculty and staff to attend to hear first hand stories, learn tips on what to do if you think your computer is compromised, and more.
Faculty Innovation in Teaching Program Activities
The 8th Call for Proposals will be announced in late February 2009.  The program requests proposals from faculty each year to develop innovative instructional technology projects that have the potential to improve the educational process.  
Watch the innovation web site for announcements: http://innovation.cornell.edu . Or send an e-mail to innovprojects@cornell.edu

Innovation in Teaching Blog
 http://blogs.cornell.edu/innovation
Visit our blog to keep pace with the continuing impact of innovation in teaching projects, listen to archived events like the innovation in teaching speaker series, and learn more about emerging technologies and practices that could enhance your teaching practices and your students' learning experience. To be notified about new postings as soon as they appear, you can subscribe with RSS (you can find instructions on how to do this on the blog).
FIT speaker series
 The Spring 2009 Faculty Innovation in Teaching speaker series has begun. Professors who have successfully used technology in support of their teaching, courses, and programs discuss their practices, technology choices, and the impact on students.

In coming weeks, professors will discuss how they used technology to support courses n such diverse areas as physics, cinema, mycology, nutritional science, international teaching assistant development, microeconomics, and South Asian building, landscape and design.

Check the schedule to find out the date of the next webcast, then connect online to see the presentation and submit your questions in real time.

Schedule of upcoming live webcasts:
http://blogs.cornell.edu/innovation/schedule-of-events

Archive of past webcasts:
 http://blogs.cornell.edu/innovation/fit-speaker-archives

Campus Initiatives
New Provost Featured on CyberTower
CyberTower is currently featuring the new provost, W. Kent Fuchs, dean of the College of Engineering, in a special video interview in the Forum area. Go to http://cybertower.cornell.edu to hear Provost Fuchs and Dean Glenn C. Altschuler discuss the provost's background and interests, his role, and his thoughts about the university's challenges and opportunities in these unpredictable times.
 
CyberTower is a web-based program from Cornell’s Adult University, and is produced by Faculty Support Services in CIT.
Information Competency Initiative
 The Cornell Undergraduate Information Competency Initiative encourages faculty to explore creative and effective ways to engage undergraduate students. The Initiative promotes the redesign and creation of assignments for courses to integrate research skills into the classroom and the curriculum, and is funded by a grant from Cornell University Library and the office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education.

During summer 2008, nine course project pilots aimed to improve the research skills and information literacy of undergraduate students. Faculty collaborated with consultants from Cornell University Library, the Center for Teaching Excellence, Faculty Support Services, CIT, the Cornell IT Policy Office, and the Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines.

The program is planned again for June 2009.  More information is on the institute’s  web site:
 http://infocomp.library.cornell.edu


INNOVATIONS
MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
Do you use multimedia in your courses or would you like to? MERLOT is a national organization that supports the development and sharing of multimedia learning objects, best practices and teaching forums. MERLOT helps faculty develop and share their skills through forums and an online journal.

MERLOT's Journal of Online Learning and Teaching - JOLT
The MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching is a peer-reviewed, open access, online publication that addresses the scholarly use of multimedia resources in online education. JOLT is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December.

Read, subscribe, and contribute to JOLT at
http://jolt.merlot.org/
For more information about MERLOT, email Joan Getman at jmf4@cornell.edu or visit
 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
Horizon Report 2009
 Designed to provide a view of near- , mid-, and far-horizon technologies, the Horizon Report from the New Media Consortium and EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative describes itself as charting "the landscape of emerging technologies for teaching, learning and creative expression."

Published annually since 2002, the report provides succinct technology descriptions and examples resulting from extensive research and conversations with sources in industry, higher education, and museums. An advisory board participates in the process and does the final vetting of the selected technologies, trends, challenges, and issues.

Horizon Reports are being released with a Creative Commons License, and faculty may freely replicate and distribute them for noncommercial purposes provided that they are distributed in their entirety.
Current and past Horizon reports are available at
http://www.nmc.org/horizon/.

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Teaching with Technology QUICK REFERENCE
The Faculty Support Services Team is here to help you with instructional technologies:

Blackboard course management system
atc.cit.cornell.edu/blackboard/
Course web sites
atc.cit.cornell.edu/course/instructional/index.cfm
Audio and video on the web
atc.cit.cornell.edu/course/streaming/index.cfm
Course communication tools (such as discussion boards)
atc.cit.cornell.edu/course/communications.cfm
Web-based surveys & quizzes
atc.cit.cornell.edu/course/surveys/index.cfm
Assistance with creating course materials
atc.cit.cornell.edu/course/consultation.cfm

If you have questions about using course technology or would like an overview of which technologies are available for teaching and learning, please contact us:
See our website for more information
atc.cit.cornell.edu/
E-mail us for a consultation
atc-support@cornell.edu
Visit the Academic Technology Center
Computing & Communications Center
Room 124, Garden Avenue
Weekdays 9:00a.m. – 5:00p.m.
Cornell Teaching & Learning Consortium (CTLC)
website for teaching w/technology services
teachingconsortium.cornell.edu/
CIT services for faculty:

Software Licensing
cusoftware.cornell.edu/

CIT Public Labs for instruction
www.cit.cornell.edu/labs/

Audio/Video Streaming, Webcasting & Videoconferencing
www.cit.cornell.edu/services/av/

CIT OnSite Solutions
fee-based support for computers, networks, & security
www.cit.cornell.edu/services/onsite/
archived Teaching with Technology newsletters
atc.cit.cornell.edu/news/index.cfm