School of Social Work

Instructional Technology Support

About Us – Peter DimockSSW Professional Education DirectorTeaching SpecialistExperience with online courses and LMS.

2011 – 2012 Objectives• Help the School of Social Work meet the challenge of fully integrating

blended learning to most of the courses.• Assist all the faculty in creating several lessons that can be delivered

online.• Provide workshops that help faculty become increasingly comfortable

with integrating different learning technologies inside and outside the classroom.

• Referring instructors to additional available UMN resources.

About Us - Alfonso Sintjago

PhD Student –OLPD – (CIDE)Comparative and International Development EducationExperience using audiovisuals, and mobile technologies.

IT Fellows support instructors by: (Cohort Model)• Advising on the selection, integration, and management of

instructional technologies• Consulting on the use of learning technologies at the U• Providing technical support for the use of learning tools• Researching and evaluating new learning technologies• Referring instructors to resources for digital media development

New Website! z.umn.edu/sswtechhelp

We will post tips and links regularly on site.

Making An Appointment

• Check our hours! - http://z.umn.edu/sswtechhours• Add an appointment to our calendar

Visit:www.google.com/calendarto access your umn google calendar(s) directly

You should be able to see our calendars in this area. You have been given editing rights over our work calendars

Making an Appointment

Make sure the time you select for the appointment is a time that is available

Make sure you enter the appointment in the calendar of the person who you are planning to meet with

Add your calendar or your UMN ID to the guests list of the event so that you will also receive an event reminder and the event is also placed in your calendar

Please add a brief description explaining the problem you are having or what you need help with during the meeting

1. Select the time that is most convenient for you2. Select the calendar of whom you are scheduling the

appointment with and write a brief description of your concern.

Technology SupportVisit the Website for Tips and Ideas

- Moodle 2.0- Moodle 1.9- Links to other UMN

Resources- Copyright Concerns- Links to Copyright

Friendly Sites- Digital Storytelling- Mobile Learning*- Video Recording*- Social Media*- Storage – Net Files*- Google Apps*

What Technologies are Recommended by ATS?

Technology DescriptionUsed for class capture or other demonstrations.

Digitally share your education, activities and goals.

Make readings available to students online (24/7).

Distribute class-related audio and video content.

Get audio and video content online and share it.

Course management system with a variety of tools.

Navigate resources available from the U of M.

Access to 5 GB of storage with a current UMN ID.

Web-based citation manager.

Communicate through web conferences and webcasts.

An academic, online survey tool

What Technologies and Resources are Recommended by ATS?

Technology DescriptionContribute to an existing wiki or create your own.

Blogs intended to support teaching and learning.

Provides software discounts.

Repository of electronic documents.

Blog tool - synthesizes UThink blog .

Online video with timeline-based text annotations.

Workshops• Workshops will be held twice a month and we

will discuss topics such as Moodle, digital storytelling, social media, copyright concerns, among other IT* topics throughout the semester

IT as Instructional Technology

Flickr Photo by xdxd_vs_xdxd

Brainstorming and Suggestions

If you are planning on developing a project that will require the use of an instructional technology that you are not very familiar with or you would like to discuss different possibilities and the design of a project, please contact us and meet with us whenever is convenient for you.

Looking Forward to

• Meeting with you either online

• Or in Peters 190, where we will have a place where we can work together.

Thanks!Flickr – Chris Cohen “Working Desk”