Teaching & Learning
March 17, 2010
April 7: Learning Spaces - Research Findings and Real Applications at the UW
How are UW students using UW computing centers, libraries, and study areas? How well do those spaces meet student needs? Join the April 7th Spark Session (in person or via Webcast) to learn what Learning & Scholarly Technologies (LST) and UW Libraries discovered from their recent research. You'll also find out what the Department of Communication and the School of Medicine have done to enhance two of their learning spaces.
March 16, 2010
UW Learning Spaces Report Released
March 09, 2010
E-RESOURCE: Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
February 12, 2010
Join CUE to Influence Catalyst Tools and Technology Spaces
Volunteer a few hours a year to be on a Client/User Engagement (CUE) team and have a voice in Catalyst Web Tools development. Sign up for the Technology Spaces CUE team to weigh in on the evolution of Learning & Scholarly Technologies' computer labs, collaboration studios, and videoconferencing and audio/video editing facilities.
February 10, 2010
GrassPortal: Ecological and Evolutionary Data for Teaching and Research
Caroline Strömberg, UW Assistant Professor of Biology and Curator of Paleobotany in the Burke Museum, is involved in developing GrassPortal. Grasses have a major influence on climate and form the cornerstone of food production. GrassPortal will integrate grass species names, descriptions, distribution, and ecological data with evolutionary information in a Web interface, providing researchers and students with tools for interacting, discovering, and extracting information.
January 20, 2010
UW Professor Uses Catalyst Web Tools to Deliver Quality Education to Large Class
When you have 1100 students in your class, you quickly learn that technology is your friend. In addition to presenting lectures on his course Web site, Rob Harrison, School of Forest Resources professor, uses Catalyst Tools to facilitate student discussion and submit grades. Read more on ESRM 100 as a model of how to use technology to deliver a high quality learning experience to a large number of students.
January 13, 2010
Free Computing Workshops at UW Seattle for Winter Quarter 2010 Have Started
December 16, 2009
UW Computer Training Offers IT Online Learning Subscriptions for 2010
Want unlimited access to over 1,700 online information technology (IT) and business courses for just $79 from now through December 31, 2010? UW Computer Training offers this online learning subscription from Element K so you can learn programming and Web development, design and media, and much more, anytime, anywhere with Internet access. Check out the course catalog and subscribe now for a full year of learning.
November 17, 2009
School of Medicine Creates Consistency With Catalyst Web Tools
This fall, the School of Medicine began supporting first- and second-year courses online with two Catalyst Web Tools, CommonView and GradeBook. Faculty have found the tools flexible and easy to use, and students have benefited from a consistent experience across courses. Read the full story.
November 13, 2009
Influence Catalyst Tools, LST Technology Spaces: Join CUE
Volunteer a few hours a year to be on a Client/User Engagement (CUE) team and have a voice in Catalyst Web Tools development. Sign up for the Technology Spaces CUE team to weigh in on the evolution of Learning & Scholarly Technologies' computer labs, collaboration studios, and videoconferencing and audio/video editing facilities.
November 02, 2009
UW Student Survey: How Do You Use Technology?
UW students: How and where do you use technology to do your work? How will you use it in the future? Answer a brief, confidential survey by UW Learning & Scholarly Technologies to help shape the future of technology spaces at the UW. Take the survey and enter to win a $25 University Bookstore certificate. [This survey closed Nov. 11.]
October 21, 2009
Improvements to Catalyst Web Tools Make Online Course Management Easier
October 16, 2009
Free Computing Workshops: Autumn Quarter Schedule
Choose from over 30 free workshops offered by Learning & Scholarly Technologies for UW students, faculty, and staff. Topics include using software from Microsoft and Adobe, publishing a Web site, working with digital audio and video, and more. Check out the schedule.
September 22, 2009
Upgrades to Student Facilities Funded by the Student Tech Fee
With the aid of three generous grants from the Student Technology Fee Committee (STFC), LST spent September break upgrading equipment and software in the Odegaard Undergraduate Library. These enhancements were made in response to the findings of the 2005 and 2008 Surveys on Learning and Scholarly Technologies carried out by LST, where students highlighted improvements to technology facilities as their top priority.
September 11, 2009
Prepare for Autumn Quarter With Catalyst Tools Workshops: Sept. 16/17
If you would like to get your course online before Autumn Quarter begins, attend one of our free September workshops. You can learn how to give your course an online presence, set up a WebQ survey or quiz, or use Catalyst GradeBook to track and submit grades. These workshops are free to anyone with a UW NetID, but registration is required.
July 15, 2009
Online Technology Help Center
Can't make it to a workshop? Need help now? Check out the handy how-to guides in Learning & Scholarly Technologies' online Help Center. You'll find step-by-step instructions for the Catalyst Web Tools, Web Site Creation, Podcasting, Adobe Dreamweaver and Creative Suite, and more.
July 09, 2009
Free Computing Workshops
Learning & Scholarly Technologies offers free computing workshops at UW Seattle for students, faculty, and staff. Workshop topics include software from Microsoft, Apple, and Adobe; how to publish Web sites; working with digital audio and video; and more. The Summer Quarter workshops have started and run through August 18. The schedule is online.
June 16, 2009
Weigh in on LST's Technology Spaces and Catalyst Web Tools
Join the Client/User Engagement (CUE) team to have your opinions heard on the development of Catalyst Web Tools such as GradeBook and WebQ as well as Learning & Scholarly Technologies' UW Seattle technology spaces. CUE members are asked to volunteer once or twice a year as participants in surveys, interviews, or focus groups.
April 20, 2009
Free Computing Workshops
Over 75 free computing-related workshops are offered every quarter by Learning & Scholarly Technologies at UW Seattle for all current UW students, staff, and faculty. The Spring Quarter schedule and workshop descriptions are online.
April 17, 2009
Technologies Survey Results
The report on the 2008 Surveys on Learning and Scholarly Technologies is now available. In order to better understand why and how researchers, instructors, and students use current technologies, several UW units again collaborated for the third triennial, institutional survey about learning and scholarly technologies. You can read the report online, as well as learn more about the collaborators, focus group findings, and the surveys' goals.
