LST News
2011 Technology Survey Report: High-Level Findings
Feb 10, 2012More than 1800 UW Seattle faculty, TAs, and students participated in the 2011 Teaching, Learning, and Research Technology Surveys, providing insight into trends that will help inform future campus technology decisions. Technology use is increasing, proficiency with and student access to technology is high, and technical obstacles are low....
Improving the UW Student Experience: Canvas Pilot Underway
Feb 09, 2012This academic year, 108 UW faculty on all three campuses have been involved in piloting Canvas, a feature-rich learning management system (LMS). (For more information about LMSs, see "What is an LMS?" below.) They've been teaching nearly 6000 students in 88 courses--from chemistry to sociology--using the new tool. Canvas simplifies course management activities like calendaring and grading, while providing ways to collaborate and deliver materials to students. UW-IT and the Office of Educational Assessment are evaluating Canvas as part of a broader effort to improve the student experience.
Did You Miss the January Ignite! Event?
Jan 30, 2012Nearly 100 people attended last week’s Ignite! event and were treated to five lively and engaging presentations on the latest news in teaching, learning, and research technologies at the UW. Did you miss it? No worries! We’ve posted video of each of the entertaining, informative presentations here. (See below for links to all six Ignite!
Students! Help Shape the Future of MyUW!
Jan 13, 2012UW-IT wants to know what you think about MyUW -- how you use it, what you like about it, what could be made more useful. Share your opinion by taking this brief survey, which you can find here.
January 25 Ignite! Session AGENDA
Jan 12, 2012Save the date and join us for an Ignite! event on January 25th at 3pm in Odegaard Library, room 220.
We'll kick off this event with an overview of key findings from UW-IT's Triennial Surveys on Teaching, Learning, and Research Technologies. These surveys gather information from faculty members, researchers, teaching assistants,...
Capture Your Lectures with Tegrity
Jan 09, 2012Support for Teaching and Learning
If you use a laptop in your teaching, you can help campus assess Tegrity, a cloud-based lecture-capture service. UW-IT wants to learn more about the instructor (and student) experience of using Tegrity on laptops.
Tegrity lets instructors easily record lectures and...
January Ignite! Session 1/25/2012
Dec 22, 2011Save the date and join us for an Ignite! event on January 25th at 3pm in Odegaard Library, room 220.
We'll kick off this event with an overview of key findings from UW-IT's Triennial Surveys on Teaching, Learning, and Research Technologies. These surveys gather information from faculty members, researchers, teaching assistants...
Help Wanted: Workshop Instructor
Dec 15, 2011UW Information Technology is recruiting tech-savvy UW students to teach web publishing computing workshops. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible.
We are creative and flexible and seek the same in our workshop instructors. How creative and flexible are we?
Well, for starters, it wasn't enough for us to post...
Teaching with Technology Faculty Learning Groups
Dec 14, 2011During the Winter 2012 quarter, the Center for Teaching and Learning will sponsor two learning communities related to teaching with technology for faculty and staff. Each learning community is topic-based (e.g., Social Media for Learning) or cohort-based (e.g., Canvas Course Management Pilot faculty).
Students: Review Lectures Any Time, Any Place
Oct 25, 2011If your instructor were using Tegrity -- a cloud-based video and screen capture service that allows you, your classmates, and your instructors to post and share content -- you could be watching your class right now: anywhere on campus, in a cafe, in your dorm room, anywhere you're connected to the Internet. Miss a class? No problem. Tegrity...
