Instructional Technologies
Mandate
This group is meant to provide a forum for those with responsibilities in the area of instructional technologies to share information on practices, experiences, and issues arising from use of IT in teaching and learning. The group will bring forward to the CUCCIO board topics that seem relevant for their discussion.
Objectives
- To share information, experiences, knowledge
and activities with others with responsibility for instructional technologies
at Canadian universities.
- To provide a forum to enable members to seek
advice from others.
- To identify and disclose best practices for instructional
technology implementations at Canadian universities.
- To seek opportunities for collaboration in instructional
technology initiatives in areas of commonality across universities.
- Examples of instructional technologies
relevant to this group include:
- Learning Management Systems (LMS)
- Social networking tools as used for education
- “Live” collaboration tools such as web
conferencing, audio conferencing, and videoconferencing as used for education
- Tools and facilities used for education, such
as plagiarism detection, response systems (“clickers” or alternatives),
library e-reserves
- E-classroom facilities and services (design,
facilities, lecture capture, etc.)
- Media resources (such as films, documentaries,
image banks) and their licensing and online storage and delivery
- Policies, practices, and responsibilities for
course content and student data
Activities
- Current members list (PDF).
- Survey of tools and practices at member
institutions (systems and tools used, structure of support and governance for
instructional technologies, key issues on the horizon, etc.).
- Group’s initial findings and priorities
reported to CUCCIO meetings.
- Collaborations on CANHEIT sessions, in
particular, panels for topics.
-
Mailing list Q&A.
Become Involved
Who Should Join?
Instructional technology managers and those who perform that function in any Canadian university.
Commitment & Meetings
Communication will be primarily through email to an associated mailing list, through collaboration facilities such as wikis, and by conference calls held as necessary or desired.
Face-to-face meetings can be set as required, preferably around relevant conferences such as Educause and CANHEIT.
How to Get Involved
The initial contact will be Andrea Chappell, andrea.chappell@uwaterloo.ca, 519-888-4567 x33779
