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Jan 15, 2016
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Technology at Landmark College
presented by Technology Learning Services
Michael Nieckoski, ManagerKathy Burris, AT Educator & Coordinator
Agenda
1. Overview of Information Technology at Landmark
2. Technology Learning Services
3. Assistive Technologies
4. Learning Spaces on Campus
5. Curriculum Integration
6. Research
7. Questions
Information Technology Services
• 12 full-time staff• Departments:
– Technical Support Services– Network Services– Database Services– Web Services– Technology Learning Services
• Website https://intranet.landmark.edu/tls/
• PC laptop campus
• 1-on-1 and group training for faculty, staff, and students on all educational technologies in use at Landmark College.
• Assistive Technology (AT) support, research, and resources.
• Outreach
• Care of and training for Landmark’s labs and classrooms.
• Opportunities to explore emerging technologies.
• Assistance in planning & curriculum-building using technology.
• Administration of online education systems.
Technology Learning Services
Technology Training
• Training Schedule– “get ‘em where they
live!”• Classroom visits• 1 on 1• Online tutorials• Bertha
• Workshops• 1 on 1 • Bertha• Online tutorials• Teacher Dev
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Students Faculty & Staff
Digital Text Services
- Provides more than 725 course texts formatted for screen readers
- Scans primary course texts (texts chosen by instructors)
- Grants student access to digital copies of course texts
- Helps students find digital copies of other books
- Helps faculty obtain prepare hard copies for scanning
Digital Text Blogcreated by Candace Brown
http://digitaltext.wordpress.com/
Assistive Technology Blog
http://techlearningservices.wordpress.com/
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Read/Write Software
Dictation
Finding Files
Voice RecognitionSearching the Web
Organizing Thoughts with Inspiration
Reading & Writing Support
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Notetaking & Research Tools
Livescribe Pen
Audacity
Audio comment feature in Word & other programs
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Visual Aids
Video Modeling for those on autism spectrumEyejot & other video messaging toolsReadability browser add-on
Colorful Tabs & additional Firefox add-ons
Accessibility features in XP and Mac OS
Sans serif fonts & high-contrast settings
E-Templates
Learning Spaces:
Labs &Classrooms
Smart Classrooms
. 2 in use now…and2 more installations expected for next year
Learning Spaces
Bibliographic instruction; applications; Includes a Smart Board
Learning Spaces
Open Computing Lab for Studentsindividual and group work.
Learning Spaces
Sony digital language labFor class or individual instruction
Learning Spaces
Audio, video, electronic photographysoftware and hardware. Scanners andLarge-format color printing.
Dragon Dictation Rooms2 quiet locations for dictation,
in the Library and in Hall 4.
Travis Makedon, Student
Virtual Spaces• Fully wired & wireless campus network • High-bandwidth connection to the Internet• Shared and private network spaces• Digital text library on the network• Intranet, ISIS, IQWeb services• TLS Web Pages• Landmark College’s online course tool.
Curriculum Integration
Liberated Learning Consortium
• Advanced technologies that allow more people access to spoken information
• Machine transcription of classroom lectures & learning modules into multimedia presentations
• Supports our commitment to Universal Design
New Hardware such as the Martell Mini Dictation Mask
Alternative and Emerging Technologies such as…
text readers (PDF Equalizer, Natural Reader)organizational aids (ToDoist) note taking tools (Pulse Smart Pen)planners (Skoach, MS OneNote)
Learning Management System Research
Michael [email protected]
Kathy [email protected]