Division of Instructional and Information TechnologyDebra A. Brum, Ph.D. - Vice President, Instructional & Information Technology
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| Click image to view exciting news on I&IT Learning leadership transition. |
David Levin, Director of I&IT Learning, assumed the position of Director of Academic Technology at Cal State Northridge (CSUN) on September 13, 2007. Although a difficult decision, David decided to accept the trailblazing position at CSUN in the hopes of implementing an I&IT learning program similar to Cal Poly’s, acknowledging that CPP leads the way.
I&IT Learning achieved a great deal under David’s leadership and we will miss him. We – the staff of I&IT Learning and the leadership of I&IT – are committed to ensuring that I&IT Learning will continue to serve the faculty and students at the highest possible level of professionalism and effectiveness.
This just in - new I&IT Learning Director hired. For exciting news on this leadership transition, click on the image to view a convivial video [duration: 02:07]. Or, click here to read an accessible transcript of the video (.pdf, 95kb).
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| Blackboard 7.2 – This Fall we are making great strides with Blackboard, our official campus learning management system (LMS). Our newest upgrade, Blackboard 7.2, allows us to have instructor’s course shells automatically created in addition to our new feature, content collection, an online storage space for course materials and documents. [More] |  |
| Connect: Actively Engage Your Students in an Online Environment – Adobe Connect is a set of rich-web communication tools that allows you to create dynamic lessons. Viewable in an easy-to-use Flash player, it also allows you to meet with your students virtually. These tools, also available to staff, are ideal for training purposes and online presentations. Watch Chemistry professor, Dr. Laurie Starkey, use Adobe Presenter to teach her students about distillation, a pre-lab process: http://connect.csupomona.edu/distillation. [More] |  |
| Pick a Click - Alex Rudolph, associate professor of Physics, and Gil Brum, professor in Biological Sciences, presented Fall Conference's "Fun with Clickers," creative uses of student response (clicker) systems to engage students in interactive learning. The clicker presentation was part of a year-long investigation of the uses of this technology and of two student response products. The Teaching, Learning and Technology committee of IT Governance recommended in spring 2007 that we identify a single clicker product to be adopted as the campus standard. [More] |  |
| Turnitin – Turnitin, an online plagiarism checker is available for faculty to use at Cal Poly Pomona. The service allows faculty to set up assignments in Turnitin so that students can submit papers directly through the website. Turnitin then checks the papers for plagiarism against online journals, web pages, student papers and literary classics. [More] |  |
| Accessing Accessibility – Accessibility is strongly related to universal design - that is, making things accessible to all people. Universal design is a relatively new paradigm that emerged from "barrier-free" or "accessible design" and "assistive technology." The Accessible Technology Initiative requires that we make steady progress on ensuring that we make information technology resources and services accessible to all CSU students, faculty, staff and the general public regardless of disability. [More] |  |
| DOLCE – This fall, more Cal Poly Pomona students will be participating in online and blended learning course environments, thanks to the faculty teams and support resources for the Designing Online Learning-Centered Environments program, affectionately known as DOLCE. This year, during the second round of the DOLCE program, faculty teams from Civil Engineering, Ethnic and Women's Studies, Food and Nutrition, Mechanical Engineering and Psychology worked to redesign existing courses and develop new courses. . .[More] |  |
| Update: Classroom Upgrade 4.0 – In the latest phase of the LCTI TELS project, 9 classrooms were fitted with cutting edge computer and multimedia technology this summer, and 13 classrooms were retrofitted with the latest learning enhanced technology. These upgrades and modern installations brings the total number of technology-enhanced learning spaces to 113. [More] |  |
| Commencement in Second Life – Each year I&IT streams the Cal Poly Pomona commencement ceremonies live for the world to view. This year, not only was pomp and circumstance heard in 89 countries within a few days, but in Second Life as well. The June ceremonies brought graduation into a new environment as the class of 2007 could be viewed live in the 3D online world where avatars represent the residents. . .[More] |  |
