Session 1 – Law School Educational Technology Specialist: What is it? – Suffolk Law, Cal. Western, Boston College, Elon U
- 11 job descriptions were handed out
- this session came out of a need – looking for job duties that one should do and looking for a networking group
- survey was sent out thru teknoids
- results & descriptions are posted on cali conference site
- 110 completed survey
- 80% have this position
- faculty love this position and it enables them to use more technology
- neg – too many duties – some not related to ed
- most are new positions – less than 7 yrs
- most report to law school IT or law library director
- most do not supervise any staff but many supervise students
- ed. requirements – many different backgrounds – most associated with the library, many have JD or Ed Tech degrees
- these meet the needs of the position
- most work with IT and relationship works well
- top responsibilites
- training faculty on hardware/software,
- troublehooting hardware/software issues
- pedagogical training (how to teach with tech)
- distance ed support
- goal should be to bridge IT and faculty – how do you accomplish this?
- Use faculty that adopt tech as models
- IT has to make the technology work so faculty are comfortable
- Collaborate with librarians more
- other responsibilities – many varied – faculty scholarship, av, etc
- software & hardware training – many
- faculty training – most individual training – most can’t get fac. to group training unless required, show & tell at faculty mtg, having faculty train other faculty, must be TOP DOWN
- course management – most say that more than 50% of faculty use it
- post just syllabus & docs – most say this is the case
- use tech during class time- most say that most faculty do not
- student use required – most do not
- U Texas Law School – Ed Tech page with many handouts for faculty on software
- how do we stay connected? cali, social media, wiki, website? One or more of these will be developed – stay tuned…
Session 2- Video Podcasting – U of Texas School of Law
- students drive innovation
- why podcast?
- students can stay focused in class & not take notes
- accommodates different learning styles
- allows for mobile learning
- what? – guest speakers, class, review sessions
- many options -all expensive – echo360, tegrity, mediasite
- podcast producer – cheaper
- $4000 for all equipment – 2 cameras, 2 timebase correctors, blackburst generator, switcher, 3 choir mics on ceiling, 1 wireless mic, 4 input mixer, mac mini, pressure pad – 4 days to install, 2 days to test
- all podcasts are posted on a blog which students log into (securelysetup thru AD) – can also subscribe thru iTunes
- use audio recorder (WS 100) as a backup
- podcast producer – can record from a classroom wiht fixed cameras and on a laptop with portable cameras, good support for AD, supports rss feeds, codecs are standard
- 76% said it didn’t affect their attendance
- 86% said it enhanced their learning
- 73% said they viewed it at least weekly
- 93% said it helped that they could view it
- 62% said they subscribed thru itunes
- 73% said they used audio & video
- 93% said they loved it
- prof just signs onto the blog, hit record and then hit submit.
- will be using Snow Leopard which will allow dual capture – screen & prof
- video mp4, audio mp3
- bi-amp systems are recommended
