Starting this week will be the first of what we hope to be a regular series of posts from our intrepid graduate students in the Instructional Media Lab. Through these posts we hope to shed light on some of the key issues in teaching with technology that our consultants see every day, as well as to provide a space for them to share information new tools and current research into Education Technology issues.
For those who are not familiar with the Instructional Media Lab, it is Academic Computing’s front line support service for instructors using technology in their teaching and research. The Instructional Media Lab is staffed by a team of graduate student employees, many of whom are studying technology and teaching as part of their graduate work. In addition to being a place to consult on topics such as SPARK, blogs, and pedagogical benefits (and pitfalls) of a new tool, the Instructional Media Lab also provides access to specialized hardware such as slide scanners and digital video capture equipment.
Our current Instructional Media Lab team of staff and graduate students:
Left to Right: Tony Sindelar, Michele Turre, Nick Wilson, JC Sawyer, Alex Deschamps, Kate Strub-Richards, and Yan Zhu.
Contact the Instructional Media Lab at 545-2823 or instruct@oit.umass.edu