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Educational technologies have become important tools in supporting learning. Below are links to a sampling of our services designed to help University faculty members, educational technology staff members, and undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants (TAs) enhance learning through the effective use of educational technology.
For the general University community and beyond, we also offer technology training on a wide variety of topics, in both instructor-led and self-paced formats. Enhance your computer skills and knowledge, gain professional development experience, and familiarize yourself with University technologies.
Get multimedia development software
Faculty and staff members may be eligible to obtain the
Faculty Toolkit, a collection of free and reduced-price multimedia development software that can be used for University course development and instructional purposes.
Faculty members and their staff and student assistants also may use multimedia computer workstations equipped with multimedia software in the
educational technology development suites in 212
Walter Library in Minneapolis and 69
McNeal Hall in St. Paul.
Investigate educational technologies
Instructors can learn about the
centrally supported educational technologies they can have students use directly to enhance their learning on the Digital Media Center site. A profile of each technology includes information about how it can be used for teaching and learning, what kind of support and services are available on campus, how other instructors have used it, and where to find teaching and technical guides and research literature about its use in educational settings.
Request a consultation
Faculty members and their staff and student assistants may meet for no charge with our
educational technology consultants to get help planning and designing classroom or online learning activities and materials that make effective use of educational technology. Call (612) 625-5055 (Minneapolis), (612) 625-8030 (St. Paul), or send e-mail to
dmc@umn.edu.
Participate in educational development programs
Faculty, professional and academic instructors, and teaching assistants can develop pedagogical, technical, and leadership skills, obtain funding, and work on educational technology projects with the support of peers and educational technology consultants by participating for no charge in
educational development programs.
Attend short courses
Educational technology short courses are available to instructors who wish to develop pedagogical and technical skills or enhance their online learning activities. Short course fees are waived for eligible faculty members. We also offer training tailored to address specific educational technology issues at the college, department, or program level. For more information about customized short courses that blend pedagogical and technical issues into discussions about designing effective learning environments, call (612) 625-2005.
Learn how others are using educational technology
Instructors and educational technology staff members can find out what their peers are doing with educational technology by attending events such as the
Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) Seminar Series of moderated panel discussions and meetings of the
Educational Technologists Forum.
They also can read about the TEL activities and materials created by their campus peers by reading our
Exemplary Projects articles and learn about current TEL issues in our
Spotlight Issues articles.
Get production support
Instructors can hire
student course Web site developers for a reduced fee to produce course Web sites and other educational technology projects.
They also can hire
professional video producers to plan, write, record, edit, and digitize films and plan and produce satellite conferencing and Internet streaming events.
Get help evaluating the impact of technology on learning
Instructors can get advice about integrating evaluation and assessment into teaching and learning projects that make use of educational technology through
consultations with our evaluation and research associates and reading about our research projects related to the use of educational technology at the University of Minnesota.
Learn about student technology support and services
Instructors can learn about the technology support and services available to University of Minnesota students on the
Student 1-HELP page.
Learn about faculty computer technology support and services
Read about additional technology services, such as file storage, computer security, and calendar systems, available to University of Minnesota instructors on the
Faculty 1-HELP page.
