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The Graduate College at UNI announces plans for the 2008 Carver Graduate Education Summer Institute.
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UNI Information Technology Services is planning the integration of WebCT with the CatID Central Authentication System effective at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 5, 2008.   |
If you wish to improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning and need some new, innovative ideas, take a look at the peer reviewed |
Interested in teaching methods and tools to assist in creating a more interactive classroom environment? A number of UNI faculty are now using Turning Point, a student response system. |
Do you want someone with graphic design expertise to help you with a project? The Digital Design division of ITS-Educational Technology provides a diverse selection of production |
Do your students need more experience in using computers for completing coursework? |
UNI students, faculty, and staff (including emeritus faculty and staff) may purchase computers and certain Microsoft software at discounted prices. |
ITS-Educational Technology is dedicated to promoting and supporting the use of educational technologies by providing services to strengthen teaching, learning, and other university |
FACULTY FOCUS: TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING-INTERSESSION WORKSHOPS, JANUARY 7-11
Have you wanted to incorporate technology into your teaching, but aren’t sure where to begin? Perhaps you want to add an online component to your course or learn how to present content electronically during class. Maybe you’re aware of the use of portfolios with students, but you’re curious about all the hype lately concerning electronic portfolios. ITS-Educational Technology offers a FREE opportunity you won’t want to miss—Faculty Focus!
Faculty Focus consists of a number of technology workshops January 7-11. These workshops are offered the week just prior to the beginning of the spring semester so faculty can focus on learning new technology skills before the pressures of the new semester begin. Our focus that week is entirely on faculty through workshops and consultation concentrating on technology’s role in teaching and learning. Workshops will cover topics related to:
For the workshop schedule and detailed descriptions visit http://www.uni.edu/its/et/tnt/focus/default.shtml.
Please note several workshops do have prerequisites.
Seating is limited. Reservations are required. Call 273-2309 to register.
UNI FACULTY TO SHARE ePORTFOLIO EXPERIENCES
Hear from UNI faculty who are using electronic portfolios to support student learning at an upcoming session hosted by ITS-Educational Technology. The session, Learning with Portfolios, will occur on Friday, January 11 in StudioIT 136 (ITTC) from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Leading the discussion will be :
Dr. Chatham-Carpenter has been using myUNIverseCT Portfolio, UNI's electronic portfolio system, with her classes for nearly a year now. She says, "Using this product has allowed students to better see how they might incorporate portfolios in the job process. They are also learning the value of providing reflective statements about any artifacts they include in a portfolio of any kind, showing to a potential reader or employer what they learned from creating the artifact...In short, we are excited about the possibilities e-portfolios can provide for both our department, in terms of SOA [Student Outcomes Assessment], and our students, in terms of their career paths."
Special attention will also be given to the role of electronic portfolios in student outcomes assessment.
Immediately following the Learning with Portfolios session, ITS-Educational Technology will provide Getting Started with your ePortfolio training for all interested faculty (9:40 to noon). Training will address learning the basics of myUNIverseCT Portfolio, UNI's electronic portfolio system. Any UNI faculty or student may now request a myUNIverseCT Portfolio account at: http://elearning.uni.edu/forms/portfolio_request.html.
Faculty may also request myUNIverseCT Portfolio accounts for their students when requesting a myUNIverseCT (WebCT/Blackboard Learning System) course.
Both sessions require reservation. Seating is limited. Call 273-2309 to register.
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TLT, a publication of Information Technology Services - Educational Technology, is
distributed each semester to faculty at The University of Northern Iowa. The purpose of
this newsletter is to provide information on how technology can be used to enhance the
educational experience at UNI.
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2008 CARVER GRADUATE EDUCATION SUMMER INSTITUTE
After that date UNI students, faculty, and staff will use the same username and password to access WebCT that they use to login to the UNI E-Mail and MyUNIverse systems. This initiative is part of a larger project to implement a single sign-on method of authentication. In March 2007, the first step in that project was to establish your CatID username and password with the Collaboration Suite email system. The second phase was implemented in May 2007 to bring MyUNIverse into CatID authentication. The next step is the learning management system (WebCT).