Highlights of the 1998-1999 Academic Year

Events

• "MIT's New Media Centers and Application of 'New Media' in the Curriculum," Katie Livingston, September 23
• "Library Services Transformations through Information Technology," Eric Celeste, October 28
• "Unexpected Changes When Using Technology in Teaching," Charles Kerns, Stanford University, February 16
• "Using Technology to Leverage Change," Stephen Ehrmann, TLT Group, March 5

Katie M. Livingston,
Faculty Liaison and Director of MIT-NMC

One year ago, MIT joined the New Media Centers consortium. Since then, we've set up two IS-sponsored facilities, and have assisted in the creation of two additional departmental multimedia labs (in Foreign Languages and the Edgerton Center). The newest facility is the classroom in 26-139, which is celebrating its grand opening this month. This room contains 13 Macintosh G3 machines and is equipped with video digitizing, color scanning, and audiovisual projection systems.

Join us for a Crosstalk discussion about multimedia use at MIT—its impact on the curriculum, the implications for support and delivery of "new-media" educational services, and what the NMC consortium means to us. Afterwards we'll take a field trip to the new classroom to try out some of the applications.

Eric Celeste,
Assistant Director for Technology Planning and Administration, MIT Libraries

Over the years, the MIT Libraries and IS have cooperated in several initiatives for delivering information resources in support of MIT education. This "poster and discussion" session will highlight the features and implications of recent joint endeavors such as the Electronic Reserves, Electronic Theses, Network Access, Databases, Table of Contents Services, Barton (our catalog) on the Web.

Charles Kerns,
Associate Director, Stanford University Learning Lab

Unexpected changes occur in relationships, in courses, and in lives when technology is used in teaching. The talk described two courses that were projects of the Stanford University Learning Lab, "The Word and the World," and "Human Biology." The presentation touched on:

• Changes in relationship between instructor and students
• Changes in relations between students
• Changes in needs for physical spaces/virtual spaces
• Changes in presentation of self by faculty in on-line documents
• Changes in assessment methods on group projects

Stephen C. Ehrmann,
Director, the Flashlight Program; Vice President, TLT Group

What's worth doing? How might you do it? How might you measure it? Suggested readings in preparation for this workshop are the articles, "Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever" (Chickering & Ehrmann, 1996), and "Technology in Higher Learning: A Third Revolution" (Ehrmann, 1999), both available through the TLT Group Web site. (The Teaching, Learning, and Technology Group, Inc., is a nonprofit corporation affiliated with the American Association for Higher Education.)