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| Electronic Teaching Toolkit |
Using Technology in Classrooms
Using Technology in MIT Subjects
Training and Documentation for Faculty
Groups who can Help
Using Technology in Classrooms: | |
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Reserving a
technology-enhanced classroom |
The Schedules Office handles reservations for both
regular and electronic classrooms. |
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Electronic
classrooms (machines at each seat) |
Description of three classrooms with Athena workstations for each student.
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Classrooms
with instructor's workstations |
List of classrooms and lecture halls with an Athena workstation
connected to a projector.
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Classrooms
with network drops |
Search for classrooms with installed network drops.
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Movable Indy
workstation | The movable Athena workstation is an
SGI Indy that comes with its own projection system (an LCD flat panel
display and overhead projector) and can be used in any classroom that
has an MITnet drop and a screen. |
| Bringing in a Mac or PC |
Procedures and documentation for bringing in a laptop or personal
computer to a room with a network drop.
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Classroom Audio Visual
needs |
AudioVisual Services provides a variety of projection and other AV
services and equipment.
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Troubleshooting |
Hints and tips on using the equipment in technology-enhanced classrooms.
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Using Technology in MIT Subjects: |
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Course Locker |
A course locker is a chunk of disk space which can be used
for storing course materials or for publishing course-related web
documents. Additionally, the locker may be used by students to run
programs or access certain data. |
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Electronic Class Mailing
List |
A class mailing
list is used to contact students enrolled in a
particular class. Items sent to the mailing list may be archived on a
bulletin board (below). |
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Discussion Group/Bulletin
Board |
Whereas a mailing list sends mail to
individual mailboxes, a discussion group or bulletin board archives
messages on a common web page. This frees up students from having to
store all course-related mail and allows for public discussion of
instruction topics. |
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Build a Course Web
Page |
A course
web page may be used for the posting of
syllabi, problem sets/solutions, tutorials, and other multimedia
teaching materials. |
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Class lists |
The Registrar's Office provides class lists of students enrolled in your course(s). |
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Library Reserves |
A project is currently in the works to make library
reserves available electronically.
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Video Production,
Multimedia and Teleconferencing |
Places to go for help in multimedia publishing and distance learning.
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Training and Documentation for Faculty: | |
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Libraries |
Librarians can arrange training for faculty
on using library resources effectively. |
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AudioVisual Services |
AV staff can train you in connecting and using equipment in
technology-equipped classrooms.
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Faculty Liaisons |
The Faculty Liaisons provide one-on-one orientation to a variety of
educational technologies. |
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Information Systems Training |
IS Training offers classes on supported software
including productivity tools and packages for creating web pages.
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Teaching and Learning
Laboratory |
A variety of services for helping to improve teaching, including
videotape consultation. Web page will be available in late March
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Registrar's Office/Office
of Academic Services |
Training for faculty on how to use WebREG
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The Insider
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The quarterly Academic Computing newsletter.
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Academic Computing at MIT: A
Guide for Faculty
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Annual publication about hardware, software, and services related to
Academic Computing
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Athena On-Line Help
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Index to documentation on all aspects of the Athena Computing Environment.
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What Runs Where
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Comprehensive guide to software currently available on Athena
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Groups who can help: | |
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Teaching Resource
Center |
Dedicated to helping faculty improve their teaching and presentation skills.
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Academic
Computing |
Academic Computing seeks to promote and enable educational
improvement at MIT through the use of computers and other
information technologies.
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Faculty Liaison Office
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The Faculty Liaisons provide faculty with information
about educational computing and advice on courseware development and
delivery strategies, software selection, equipment, and use of the Web
in courses. |
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Hypermedia Teaching Facility
(fee-based course web site development) |
The Hypermedia Teaching
Facility delivers hypermedia courses via the Internet. A
"curricular hyperweb" is remotely accessible to current and continuing
(alumni/alumnae) students as well as industrial partners at large. |
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Campus Wide Information
Systems |
The CWIS Team (Campus Wide Information System) promotes the effective use of the
World Wide Web and other electronic publishing tools at MIT. |
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Audio Visual Services |
AudioVisual Services provides a variety of projection and other AV
services and equipment. |
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Crosstalk |
Monthly discussion and presentation forum where faculty can share
resources, tools, and experiences in using information technology for
teaching and learning.
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User
Groups | Information on user group meetings on
campus sponsored by IS or the Boston Computer Society (BCS). Group
topics include specific products (Excel, FileMaker, Microsoft Word,
WordPerfect, etc.) as well as "local office expert" support. |
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CAES |
Programs and products to support off-campus distance learning.
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Adaptive Technology Lab
(ATIC) |
MIT's Adaptive Technology for Information and Computing (ATIC) program provides
various technologies to help persons with disabilities. |
Contact faculty-www@mit.edu if you have
questions or comments concerning this page.