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CATS Conference - 1998
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Conference for Academic
Technology Staff
Designed and implemented for
the staff by the staff of the CSU
CATS Conference - Participants
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Funding available from the CSU for
4 people from each campus
Cal Poly sent 5 people
– Rosemary Bowker - ITC, Biological
Sciences
– Peggy Lant - Faculty, English
– Tonia Malone - Media Applications
Support
– Steve Spenser - ITC, School of
Architecture
– Judy Swanson - ITC, Library
CATS Conference - Purpose
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Demand for technological services
continues to grow
Why “re-invent” the wheel?
Discover what other campus
organizations are doing
Chance to leverage the existing
knowledge-base for the benefit of the
entire CSU.
CATS Conference - The Setup
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Three Tracks
– Academic Technology Tools
– Applying Technology to Learning &
Teaching
– Managing & Promoting Technology
Programs
Academic Technology Tools
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Focus on nuts and bolts of
technologies being used by staff to
prepare new media and develop web
pages.
– Tricks of the trade
– “How did you do that?” track
Applying Technology to
Learning and Teaching
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Relationships between technology
and pedagogy
– How can technology support faculty
teaching
– Accommodate varied student learning
styles
– new technologies to enhance quality and
productivity in learning and teaching
Managing and Promoting
Technology Programs
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Developing and deploying academic
technology programs
– Sparking collaboration between faculty,
staff, departments
What I Learned
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Hands On Workshops
using Real Media
(sound & video) in
support of
instruction
comparison of
“off-the-shelf”
Web Course Tools
dynamic HTML
Strategies to Consider
Implementing
– utilizing databases in a web site • better for site management
• allows for information to be provided to the
patron “on-the-fly”
– search engine
• adds functionality and ease of use
• that’s the way people search the web!
Strategies for Integrating
Technology into Instruction
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How to make it happen
– sponsor a tech-ed fair
• example - San Francisco State University
Strategies for Integrating
Technology into Instruction
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How to make it happen
– facilitate online course development
• don’t expect faculty or staff to know what can
and can’t be done
• have examples of what there is available
• “ready to use” web templates
– virtual learning environments
• have visual examples
– classes using TopClass
Strategies for Promoting
Technology
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How to Implement
– campus training programs
• get the support of the department head
• faculty and staff outreach - target that area for
specific training
• ask them what they want to learn - MS Excel,
how to make an animated gif, ftp, e-mail etc.
– summer institute programs
• campus collaboration
– MERLOT
Putting it All Together
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Promoting Technology
– simple things like making
the list of site license
software available online
– “ready to use” web
templates for faculty page
– make it as easy as
possible
• Sacramento State is a good
example of this approach
Putting it All Together
Be a Techno-Evangalist
– share what you have
• search engines
• class schedules
• Data Genie/Current Periodical Finder
– The CATS Profile Database
• attempt to compile a database of information
technology consultants from all the CSU’s
• continue to learn from each other
Putting it All Together
Added Value to Library Services
– Faculty
• Online forms for faculty to schedule workshops
• Form for faculty to add their url to the library’s
database of online course syllibi
– Students
• renew effort to become a repository for all
online senior projects
– Staff - the library’s
• identify ways to streamline work - make
computers truly work for us!
– Web based New Book List
– Web based Video List
Putting it All Together
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Added Value to
Library Services
– Support curricular
activities by
providing electronic
resources, tools and
facilities that can be
used to enhance and
enrich the teaching
and research at Cal
Poly
Putting it All Together
Added Value to Library
Services
– Support student use of
technology through
access to curricular
materials, software,
electronic
communications, media
collections and
presentation technology
to maximize educational
experience