Author: coe

I recently celebrated my six month work anniversary in the College of Education and at the University of Washington.  In that time, I have had a chance to meet with many of you and witness the dedication & passion present in your work as teachers, learners, researchers and professionals.

Being new has also given me an opportunity to connect with other leaders in technology and teaching across campus to see what our colleagues are doing in a variety of areas including online learning, instructional technology, IT infrastructure and IT support.

Much of the work moving forward will be organized into three broad themes; stabilize, modernize and innovate.  This work carries a broad brush and will touch in some way everything from how we think about integrating technology in our teacher education programs to the technical capabilities of our teaching and meeting spaces to how we best provide ongoing support for our faculty, staff and students.

I look forward to working with each of you to support innovation and improve teaching, learning and research with technology.

In the last few years, the college has grown and many of our faculty are expanding the ways we use technology as a part of our pedagogy to prepare educators and leaders in education. With this growth we have been given an opportunity to revisit our strategy for supporting faculty and preparing teachers and leaders.  As a result we have established a Faculty Task Force on Technology in Teaching & Learning.

The goals of the task force include

1. participate in the ongoing development of a shared strategic vision for academic
   technology in the COE,

2. identify a technology service catalog by identifying the needs of faculty,

3. work with the current LMS resources and various online opportunities in the
   college to develop and implement a curriculum for doctoral students
   (and possibly faculty) on online teaching and learning, and

4. make recommendations for support of the existing and future programs
   (undergraduate, professional learning, etc).

The Student Technology Fee was established to supplement the availability of technology to UW students and to provide opportunities for facilities and projects that require capital investment. The Committee solicits proposals from campus units for projects that meet the technology needs of students. This year the CoE Technology Center was awarded two technology grants. The first grant will upgrade many of the workstations in the lab and provide funding to install an interactive projector. Additionally the grant provides funds to establish a technology collaboration station in the space just across from the helpdesk. The  second grant will refresh some of the equipment in our checkout pool.  We plan to host an open house in September to
share some of the new capabilities in the space once the equipment is installed.