Trends and Issues in Higher Ed
April 1, 2013
Resources
Campus resources
- The Center for Teaching and Learning helps with the pedagogy of incorporating low-tech and high-tech approaches to teaching. CTL offers workshops, symposia, individual consultations, and learning communities and provides a variety of web resources.
- UW-IT’s Learning Technologies group can help identify and implement various tools that support teaching and learning. They offer numerous workshops to get instructors up and running.
- Teaching & Learning at the UW Libraries provides teaching tools and services, including examples of successful faculty-librarian partnerships.
- Classroom Support Services offers comprehensive media support and services to students, faculty, and staff. They offer a full range of in-classroom audio and video expertise, including help with classroom computers, equipment rental and repair, technical services, and access to an educational media collection.
- UW Bothell Learning Technologies provides support for the integration of technology in teaching and learning. Their website includes how-to guides, instructional resources, and a blog. They also offer a Hybrid Course Development Institute for UW Bothell faculty looking to replace some face-to-face instruction with increased online teaching.
- UW Tacoma Academic Technologies works in collaboration with faculty, UW Tacoma Libraries, Information Technology, and the UW Tacoma Teaching and Learning Center. They sponsor events and workshops, and offer one-on-one consultations. Among their offerings is the iTechnology Fellows Initiative in Innovative Course Redesign.
Blogs
- UW Bothell Learning Technologies
- Teaching Forum: Talking Teaching at UW Tacoma
- GridKnowledge, UW Tacoma’s Assistant Chancellor for Instructional Technologies
- Wired Campus, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Prof Hacker, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Agile Learning, Director of Vanderbilt’s Center for Teaching
- Faculty Focus, Higher Ed Teaching Strategies From Magna Publications
Online publications and virtual communities
- Campus Technology
- EDUCAUSE, an online research community
- EdTech: Focus on Higher Education
- eLearn Magazine
- Learning Through Digital Media
- HASTAC: Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory
Other university teaching and learning centers
- Technology, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Texas at Austin
- Technology in the Classroom, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan
- Educational Technologies, Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology, University of British Columbia