Technology at Landmark College

presented by Technology Learning Services

Michael Nieckoski, ManagerKathy Burris, AT Educator & Coordinator

Information Technology Services

• 12 full-time staff• Departments:

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

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

• Laptop campus

• 1-on-1 and group training for faculty andstudents on all educational technologiesin 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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Program Type Professional Use

Personal Use

Eliminating Stigmas

Notetaking & Research Tools

Livescribe Pen

Audacity

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Learning Spaces:

Labs &Classrooms

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 RoomsA quiet location for dictation, located in the

Student Center.

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 Pulse Smart Pen and Premier Assistive’s Universal Reader Plus

Smart Classroom Technologies

Michael NieckoskiMichaelNieckoski@landmark.edu

Kathy BurrisKathyBurris@landmark.edu