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Technology at Landmark College

presented by Technology Learning Services

Michael Nieckoski, ManagerKathy Burris, AT Educator & Coordinator

Agenda

1. Overview of Information Technology at Landmark

2. Technology Learning Services

3. Assistive Technologies

4. Learning Spaces on Campus

5. Curriculum Integration

6. Research

7. Questions

Information Technology Services

• 12 full-time staff• Departments:

– Technical Support Services– Network Services– Database Services– Web Services– Technology Learning Services

• Website https://intranet.landmark.edu/tls/

• PC laptop campus

• 1-on-1 and group training for faculty, staff, and students on all educational technologies in use at Landmark College.

• Assistive Technology (AT) support, research, and resources.

• Outreach

• Care of and training for Landmark’s labs and classrooms.

• Opportunities to explore emerging technologies.

• Assistance in planning & curriculum-building using technology.

• Administration of online education systems.

Technology Learning Services

Technology Training

• Training Schedule– “get ‘em where they

live!”• Classroom visits• 1 on 1• Online tutorials• Bertha

• Workshops• 1 on 1 • Bertha• Online tutorials• Teacher Dev

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Students Faculty & Staff

Digital Text Services

- Provides more than 725 course texts formatted for screen readers

- Scans primary course texts (texts chosen by instructors)

- Grants student access to digital copies of course texts

- Helps students find digital copies of other books

- Helps faculty obtain prepare hard copies for scanning

Digital Text Blogcreated by Candace Brown

http://digitaltext.wordpress.com/

Assistive Technology Blog

http://techlearningservices.wordpress.com/

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Taking Notes

Read/Write Software

Dictation

Finding Files

Voice RecognitionSearching the Web

Organizing Thoughts with Inspiration

Reading & Writing Support

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Notetaking & Research Tools

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Audacity

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Video Modeling for those on autism spectrumEyejot & other video messaging toolsReadability browser add-on

Colorful Tabs & additional Firefox add-ons

Accessibility features in XP and Mac OS

Sans serif fonts & high-contrast settings

E-Templates

Learning Spaces:

Labs &Classrooms

Smart Classrooms

. 2 in use now…and2 more installations expected for next year

Learning Spaces

Bibliographic instruction; applications; Includes a Smart Board

Learning Spaces

Open Computing Lab for Studentsindividual and group work.

Learning Spaces

Sony digital language labFor class or individual instruction

Learning Spaces

Audio, video, electronic photographysoftware and hardware. Scanners andLarge-format color printing.

Dragon Dictation Rooms2 quiet locations for dictation,

in the Library and in Hall 4.

Travis Makedon, Student

Virtual Spaces• Fully wired & wireless campus network • High-bandwidth connection to the Internet• Shared and private network spaces• Digital text library on the network• Intranet, ISIS, IQWeb services• TLS Web Pages• Landmark College’s online course tool.

Curriculum Integration

Liberated Learning Consortium

• Advanced technologies that allow more people access to spoken information

• Machine transcription of classroom lectures & learning modules into multimedia presentations

• Supports our commitment to Universal Design

New Hardware such as the Martell Mini Dictation Mask

Alternative and Emerging Technologies such as…

text readers (PDF Equalizer, Natural Reader)organizational aids (ToDoist) note taking tools (Pulse Smart Pen)planners (Skoach, MS OneNote)

Learning Management System Research

Michael NieckoskiMichaelNieckoski@landmark.edu

Kathy BurrisKathyBurris@landmark.edu