Instructional Technology Resources

Academic Technology experts are always keeping up to date with the most recent trends in learning technology.  We conduct extensive research on learning technology products and strategies and seek to pass that knowledge to faculty and staff on campus.  Here you will find product reviews and links to other important learning technology resources.

Summary List of Campus Resources for Instruction

Course Management

Learn@UW*
Learn@UW is a collection of software tools enabling instructors to create course web sites with state-of-the-art communication, collaboration, content delivery and student assessment capabilities. Students access course materials within Learn@UW via a standard web browser.

Learn@UW Example Courses
Faculty and staff on the UW Madison campus have agreed to share their courses with those that are looking for ideas or want to see what a Learn@UW course looks like. Take a glimpse at what our Madison instructors are doing with Learn@UW!

Product Evaluations

Student e-Portfolio Feasibility Study
The LTDE Feasibility Study examined the use of electronic portfolios in higher education, programs that other universities are doing, and the interest in and possible use for e-Portfolios on this campus.

PowerPoint Conversion Tools
Many faculty and instructional staff want the ability to convert PowerPoint materials so that they are suitable for a webpage and a Learn@UW site. This helps meet the need of on-demand student learning at UW-Madison.

The Net Generation
This project is designed to inform university staff about the Net Generation as learners, the internet technologies that students are using, relevant etiquette related to the technology use, and ideas for incorporating these technologies into academic courses.

Podcasting
Learn the basics about what podcasting is and how to get started.

Other

Streaming Media*
Streaming media technology enables you to include real time audio, video and other multimedia into your web sites. Students will be able to listen to, or view media files in real time—no waiting for a pesky download.

Accessibility*
The web is all about providing access to as many people as possible. It is only right, then, that the University community adapts or removes barriers that keep some from gaining easy access.  Learn more about what you can do to provide access to your learning materials to ALL students.

Engage*
Engage is Academic Technology’s program that promotes innovation in teaching and learning with technology.  The program provides funding and support to meet teaching challenges by working with faculty, staff, and students to create new teaching and learning tools and to adapt tools into campus curricula.

Podcasting Adaptation Award Guide
Instructions for delivering materials to students accessing iTunes Music Store for Adaptation Award recipients.

Computer Enhanced Classrooms
Instructional staff who need to reserve a room that has the technical capabilities for displaying multimedia presentations, websites, or other computerized applications may do so.

Presentations Archive
Archive of streaming video presentations. Includes the Diana Oblinger NetGen presentation, the TILE presentation, and "How Faculty Like to Learn."

2005 Teaching & Learning Symposium
Research resources prepared for the 2005 Teaching & Learning Symposium.

(* denotes external links)