… where you will find support for a broad range of instruction tools and pragmatic suggestions on how to incorporate these tools into your instructional practice. We provide expert services in areas that complement your teaching such as instructional design, multimedia production and e-learning adaptations to your courses. Our motto is “You can Teach: We can Help!"
We invite you to explore this site, sample our wares, learn how UA instructors are incorporating instructional technology into their teaching and find ideas that will complement your teaching. We also hope that you will take the next step – contact us so we can be of assistance.
The overlap between teaching, learning and technology is continually evolving as elements in all three change over time. Who knew that podcasts and virtual offices would be part of the instructional mix? Our mission is to stay current in the dynamic field of instructional technology and make our knowledge and skill in this discipline available to you.
Instructional Services offers UA instructors access to the expertise and experience of 30+ individuals in Audio Visual Services, Computer Based Assessment and Evaluation, Distance Learning Services and Design and Development Services.
Instructional Services supports the effective utilization of technology in teaching and learning. Instructors are the content experts; we can assist with technology tools and best practices in the delivery of that content.
Design and Development Services is pleased to offer two new tools to the University community beginning in Spring 2009.
Elluminate Live!® is a world-class, real-time training, demonstration and collaboration environment that is powerful, flexible, and easy to use. Elluminate offers the ability to talk over the Internet (with full, 2-way audio), exchange text messages, display live video, share whiteboards, multimedia files, and applications—all in one intuitive, graphical interface. Click here for more information.
Panopto CourseCast, a software-based presentation capture system, allows instructors or presenters to use their own laptops to record any content displayed on screen as well as audio and video. When the instructor publishes the materials after class to a website, students can review all published materials online and download the lecture audio in .mp3 format. Students can take text notes during or after class that are then time-synced with the recorded session. They can then search their notes and go directly to the portions of the presentation that they need to review. In addition, Panopto CourseCast recognizes text from PowerPoint presentations and makes it searchable. Because CourseCast is software-based rather than hardware-based, instructors are not tied to teaching in a particular classroom and can record materials from their office, home or other location. To learn more, contact Design and Development Services.
| Graduates of UA's "Quality Matters in Online Course Design" | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| College/School/Unit | Name | Cohort | |
| Arts and Sciences (Chemistry) | Nathaniel Beres | add@uakron.edu | 7 |
| Arts and Sciences (Dean's Office) | Bill Lyons | add@uakron.edu | 3 |
| Arts and Sciences (English) | Lauren Garcia-DuPlain | add@uakron.edu | 5 |
| Arts and Sciences (English) | Alissa Skovira | add@uakron.edu | 5 |
| Arts and Sciences (Geology and Envir. Science) | David Steer | add@uakron.edu | 1 |
| Arts and Sciences (Philosophy) | Christopher Buford | add@uakron.edu | 3 |
| Arts and Sciences (Psychology) | David Baker | add@uakron.edu | 4 |
| Arts and Sciences (Psychology) | Cathy Faye | add@uakron.edu | 1 |
| Arts and Sciences (Statistics) | Allison Darcy | add@uakron.edu | 7 |
| Arts and Sciences (Statistics) | Douglas Rubolo | add@uakron.edu | 7 |
| Business (Finance) | Jeffrey Steiner | add@uakron.edu | 4 |
| Business (Management) | David Meyer | add@uakron.edu | 4 |
| Business (Management) | Sheri Schulte | add@uakron.edu | 6 |
| Creative & Professional Arts (Communication) | Heather Walter | add@uakron.edu | 4 |
| Creative & Professional Arts (Dean's Office) | Dudley Turner | add@uakron.edu | 6 |
| Education (Counseling) | Robert Schwartz | add@uakron.edu | 2 |
| Education (Counseling) | Ingrid Weingold | add@uakron.edu | 6 |
| Education (Curr & Inst Studies) | Karen Plaster | add@uakron.edu | 7 |
| Education (Dean's Office) | Barbara Baltrinic | add@uakron.edu | 3 |
| Education (Dean's Office) | Tim Sisson | add@uakron.edu | 3 |
| Education (Ed Fndns & Leadership) | Lena Darwich | add@uakron.edu | 4 |
| Education (Ed Fndns & Leadership) | Janey Keyser | add@uakron.edu | 7 |
| Education (Ed Fndns & Leadership) | Kristin Koskey | add@uakron.edu | 2 |
| Education (Ed Fndns & Leadership) | Huey-Li Li | add@uakron.edu | 3 |
| Education (Ed Fndns & Leadership) | James Sekerak | add@uakron.edu | 3 |
| Education (Sports Sci & Wellness) | Stacey Buser | add@uakron.edu | 1 |
| Education (Sports Sci & Wellness) | Judith Juvancic-Heltzel | add@uakron.edu | 1 |
| Education (Sports Sci & Wellness) | Laura Richardson | add@uakron.edu | 1 |
| Engineering (Dean's Office) | Julie Yuhua Zhao | add@uakron.edu | 7 |
| Health Sci & Human Srvcs (Social Work) | Naomi White | add@uakron.edu | 4 |
| Health Sci & Human Srvcs (Fam & Cons Sci) | Baomei Zhao | add@uakron.edu | 2 |
| Law | William Jordan | add@uakron.edu | 6 |
| Nursing | Michele Enlow | add@uakron.edu | 5 |
| Nursing | jacqueline Guhde | add@uakron.edu | 7 |
| Nursing | Marlene Huff | add@uakron.edu | 6 |
| Nursing | Jillian Jevack | add@uakron.edu | 5 |
| Nursing | Carolyn Murrock | add@uakron.edu | 5 |
| Nursing | Tracy Riley | add@uakron.edu | 4 |
| Software Trng & Tech Services | R. Dean Shultz | add@uakron.edu | 2 |
| Summit (Allied Health Tech) | Kristine Kraft | add@uakron.edu | 8 |
| Summit (Associate Studies) | Kathryn Cerrone | add@uakron.edu | 4 |
| Summit (Associate Studies) | Michael Johanyak | add@uakron.edu | 1 |
| Summit (Business Tech) | Mary Williams | add@uakron.edu | 8 |
| Summit (Developmental Programs) | Lynn McKnight | add@uakron.edu | 3 |
| Summit (Eng & Sci Tech) | Daniel Kandray | add@uakron.edu | 4 |
| Summit (Eng & Sci Tech) | Susan Ramlo | add@uakron.edu | 5 |
| Summit (Public Service Tech) | John Boal | add@uakron.edu | 1 |
| Summit (Public Services Tech) | Sabine Gerhardt | add@uakron.edu | 8 |
| QM Graduates | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | College/School/Unit | |
| A&S (English) | Jeanne Cross | jac1@uakron.edu |
| A&S (Modern Languages) | Julie AbiGhanem | julieab@uakron.edu |
| Education | Stacey Buser | buser@uakron.edu |
| Education | Sid Chhawchharia | sc63@uakron.edu |
| Education | Qetler Jensrud | qetler@uakron.edu |
| Education | Megan King | |
| Education | Huey-li Li | eee@uakron.edu |
| Education | Joel Mellor | jsm39@zips.uakron.edu |
| Education | Susan Olson | solson@uakron.edu |
| Education | I-Chun Tsai | tsai1@uakron.edu |
| Education | Cheryl Ward | cward@uakron.edu |
| Family and Consumer Sciences | Baomei Zhao | bzhao1@uakron.edu |
| Instructional Services | Kristine Howard | kmh148@uakron.edu |
| Instructional Services | Wendy Lampner | wjl3@uakron.edu |
| Instructional Services | Jill Phipps | phipps@uakron.edu |
| Instructional Services | Litsa Varonis | varonis@uakron.edu |
| Nursing | Sheau-Huey Chiu | schiu@uakron.edu |
| Nursing | Jacqueline Guhde | guhde@uakron.edu |
| Nursing | Patricia Purcell | pp21@uakron.edu |
| Nursing | Kathleen Ross-Alaolmolki | kross-alaolmolki@uakron.edu |
| Summit | Michael Johanyak | mfjohan@uakron.edu |
| Summit | Mary Williams | mbw1@uakron.edu |
| QM Graduates | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | College/School/Unit | |
| Education | Qetler Jensrud | qetler@uakron.edu |
| Education | Susan Olson | solson@uakron.edu |
| Education | Cheryl Ward | cward@uakron.edu |
| Instructional Services | Wendy Lampner | wjl3@uakron.edu |
| Instructional Services | Jill Phipps | phipps@uakron.edu |
| Instructional Services | Litsa Varonis | varonis@uakron.edu |
| Nursing | Jillian Jevack | jmh26@uakron.edu |
| QM Graduates | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | College/School/Unit | |
| Instructional Services | Litsa Varonis | varonis@uakron.edu |
| Nursing | Jillian Jevack | jmh26@uakron.edu |
| QM Graduates | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | College/School/Unit | |
| Nursing | Jillian Jevack | jmh26@uakron.edu |
Jillian Jevack is a Quality Matters Independent Trainer.
Jill Phipps is The University of Akron Institution Representative
The NMC Horizon Project, as the centerpiece of the NMC Emerging Technologies Initiative, charts the landscape of emerging technologies for teaching, learning, research, creative inquiry, and information management. Read more about the project here: http://www.nmc.org/horizon-project
