Mark Knowles: Director of ALTEC

March 19, 2009

Mark Knowles knows that the ALTEC program is a critical component in teaching and learning for students and faculty in the foreign languages. As Director, Mark supports ALTEC’s mission to broaden and deepen the study of foreign languages by developing, curating, and promoting access to state-of-the-art multimedia. The program prepares...

Edwige Simon: Coordinator of the ALTEC FLTP

March 18, 2009

If you teach a foreign language class and have considered incorporating technologies to support learning, then Edwige Simon is someone you should know about. She is the director of the Foreign Language Technology Program. Available to graduate students, faculty and instructors, the FLTP works to teach technical skills that can...

Noah Larsen: A&S Web Coordinator

Feb. 27, 2009

As Coordinator for the College of Arts and Sciences website, Noah Larsen has a creative hand in how we read news about the college. Noah works to design, develop and maintain the technology A&S uses to reach the faculty and staff, students and alumni, and the wider community. Prior to...

ATLAS Call for Course Proposals

Feb. 15, 2009

From a campus e-memo: The ATLAS Institute seeks innovative course proposals relevant to Interdisciplinary, technologically based research and production to be taught during the spring 2010 semester. ATLAS has funding to support a small number of innovative experimental courses that explore the intersection of technology with various academic disciplines. This...

Project Bamboo: Advancing Arts & Humanities Through Technology

Feb. 11, 2009

Since October 2008, Lori Emerson (English), Steve Bailey (A&H DATC), Yem Fong (Libraries), and Heather Wicht (Libraries) have participated in workshops organized by Project Bamboo. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and led by Principal Investigators Janet Broughton (Dean of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, University of...

Meet Mark Gammon, ASSETT DATC

Feb. 9, 2009

Mark has moved on to a new position since this article was written. If you need support of the type described here, please find one of the other ATCs (formerly DATCs) on our Contact page. If you have a question about how to use technology in your teaching, one person...

A Socio-Cultural View of Clickers in the Classroom

Jan. 30, 2009

Angel Hoekstra is a graduate student in sociology at CU studying clickers. Her dissertation, “Use of Clickers in Higher Education: A Socio-Cultural Analysis,” analyzed students’ opinions on clicker use in Chemistry and Sociology courses. Her research methods include interviews, observation, and anonymous student responses. Hoekstra reports that “[e]xisting research on...

Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship in the Third Millenium University

Jan. 21, 2009

The President’s Teaching Scholars Program announces a conference planned for all University of Colorado faculty. Teaching, Learning and Scholarship in the Third Millennium University includes several sessions addressing the role of technology in teaching & learning. Presenters include CU President’s Teaching Scholars, CU faculty who are members of the President’s...

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