Comtech Agenda Welcome – Harold Esche Project Emerge – Grant Watterworth/Don Zarsky Wireless - Tom Seto Blended Learning – Jeremy Mortis/Heather Weiland –Blackboard Survey Results –Breeze –Elluminate Connect with Mac Users – Anthony Reimer

Connected Campus Enabling the learning, research, administrative, and community goals of the UofC, through the effective and efficient use of technology; allowing people to access information when they need it, at the required time, in the desired location, and in the appropriate format.

Wireless Initiative Phase I –August 31, 2005 –Targeting “student spaces” –Ground floor of all buildings with student spaces Phase II –August 31, 2006 –Ubiquitous campus coverage

Wireless Initiative AirUC –Currently 130 access points RezNet –Currently 144 access points Phase I –Add 400 new access points Phase II –Add further 800 new access points

Wireless Initiative Thin Access Points –APs have minimal intelligence –Controlled by WLAN switches –Easy management and control Fat Access Points –Intelligent APs –Can run standalone –Difficult to maintain and manage

Wireless Initiative Applications –Student access to Portal, webdisk, –VoWIP Voice over Wireless IP –GSM/WiFi Phones –Parking –Security –Inventory –Bookstore

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Blended Learning What is Blended Learning? Blended Learning’ is an approach to course design that meaningfully brings together the best of both face-to-face and online learning. It is not intended to supplant either of these individual approaches, rather to build from each to create, a new, more effective learning experience for students. Blended learning course design seeks to leverage what is best done in-person (debates; group presentations; reflexive response/thought) in combination with what is best done online (provision of content; deeper, reflective discourse; document management and organization). In this view, the traditional ‘3 hours of class time per week’ is reconsidered with some equivalent combination of face-to- face and online work.

IT Infrastructure to Support Blended Learning Blackboard Breeze Elluminate

Blackboard Stats for Fall 2004 and Winter 2005 FALL 2004 Registrar's: Total number of UofC students: 25,495 Students in a Bb course: 18,478 (72%) Avg number of Bb courses per Bb student: 2.4 Total number of Bb courses: 844 Cont Ed: Students in a Bb course: 2,036 Avg number of Bb courses per Bb student: 1.5 Total number of Bb courses: 189 Server stats (per typical weekday): Page hits: 640,000 Logins: 40,000

Blackboard Stats for Winter 2005 WINTER 2005 –Registrars Total Students: Students in a Bb course: Number of Bb courses: 906 –Cont Ed Students in a Bb course: 1983 Number of Bb courses: 186

Blackboard Student Survey Results Why did we want to do a survey? Number of students responding to survey –5554 respondents (5423 unique) Questions designed by IT, Learning Commons and the BB Course Administrators Group

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Blackboard Student Survey Results Question 11 Notes & Course Materials Review notes after class Sample exams & assignments Announcements Discussion boards Input from both students & prof Group projects File exchange & Grades Assignment submission

Blackboard Student Survey Results Question 12 Low prof involvement No discussion board made available Site set up but not used Disorganized layout Posted just before lecture File formats Instructors didn’t know how to use the tools Unused tools (Gradebook, discussion, chat, groups, calendar) Overused Not always relevant Assumption that students knew what it was and how to use it

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Blackboard Student Survey Results

Breeze What is Breeze Breeze is software developed by Macromedia that publishes your PowerPoint files into Flash (.swf) format for easy viewing. Using just some of Breeze’s capabilities, you can: Add narration to your PowerPoint file Synchronize PowerPoint animations to the narration Publish your PowerPoint file to the Breeze server (creating a Breeze Presentation) Allow the public to view your Breeze Presentation Download your Breeze Presentation and put on a CD or into Blackboard

Breeze Demo of Breeze

Breeze Learn more about Breeze Date: May 31, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Learning Commons – 5 th floor Bio Sciences Register: w/ w/

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