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Professor Warren Rosenberg (l) and Professor Michael Abbott
(r) work with Russ Harbaugh '06 on his English 350 video
project in the Media Center.
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The Media Center promotes the effective use of educational technology
and assists instructors who wish to use the creative application of
technology in their teaching and learning.
Technology can be applied in the classroom:
- To enrich the learning experience with audio, video and
still pictures. - To repeat and reinforce material in different
formats in order to address various learning styles -
To simulate, repeat and analyze a process - To engage the students
through the senses - To save time by offering reinforcement and
review outside of the classroom -
To enhance communication - To make learning fun!
The Media Center can assist faculty with:
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Conceptualizing and planning a technology project related to teach
and learning
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Video talping classes, lab procedures and campus events
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Digitizing and editing audio and video
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Processing still images for the Web or CD delivery
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Converting media
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Region free DVD playback
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DVD or VHS production
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Desktop publishing
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Laminating
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Flat bed scanning up to 11" x 17"
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Slide negative scanning
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Photo quality color printing up to 11" x 17"
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Instructional Technology Links
Academic Commons http://www.academiccommons.org/
National Institute for Technology & Liberal Education http://www.nitle.org/
The National Institute for Technology & Liberal Education (NITLE) was
established in September 2001, through a grant from The Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation, to serve as a catalyst for innovation and
collaboration for national liberal arts colleges as they seek to make
effective use of technology.
MERLOT http://www.merlot.org/Home.po
MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and
students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are
collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and
assignments.
LoLa Exchange http://www.lolaexchange.org/
Learning Object, Learning Activities. LoLa is an exchange for
facilitating the sharing of high-quality learning objects. It
contains materials foruse across the curriculum, with a particular
focus on modules for Information Literacy.
EDUCAUSE http://www.educause.edu/
EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher
education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.
Independent Colleges of Indiana http://www.icindiana.org/
Designed for ICI members; supporters for Independent Colleges of
Indiana,members of the news media; and anyone interested in general
information about ICI and the services we offer.
Apple - Teaching and Learning http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/teaching.html
The digital classroom is in session. An open sharing forum from
Learning Interchange authors who regularly contribute their successes
to empower other teachers to advance learning in powerful ways too.
The Education Podcast Network http://epnweb.org/
The Education Podcast Network is an effort to bring together into one
place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to
teachers looking for content to teach with and about, and to explore
issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century.
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