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NERCOMP EVENT
Specialty Facilities
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Specialty Facilities are integral to the modern learning environment. They are enhancing the academic atmosphere in campuses across the country by maximizing the usage of computing and digital media in a lab setting. This event will showcase ways to plan, design, execute, coordinate, and support your specialty facilities. These facilities are designed specifically to support the teaching and learning process. Come see how these types of facilities are planned and implemented at a wide range of institutions –from ones that have generous budgets to ones with budget constraints.
Attendees at this workshop will learn how institutions are supporting faculty and students in a variety of facilities with a wide range of technology. The support of these facilities demand knowledge of hardware and software that is often very different than what we encountered on a daily basis. Presentations will include useful information for designing and supporting specialty facilities. What are the budget constraints and restrictions? What department does the support fall onto?
After the lunch break, attendees will participate in a Lightning Round SIG. Please send an outline of your five minute presentation in advance to andolink@union.edu and strohecj@union.edu containing information regarding your specialty facilities including problems and solutions that you have encountered at your own schools. Presentations must be received by January 15, 2010.
Speakers from schools including Hamilton College, Plymouth State University, Tufts University, and Wesleyan University will discuss creation and ongoing support of new specialty facilities.
Workshop Organizer/Host: Kelly Andolina and Jim Strohecker of Union College
Date/Time:
Monday, February 01, 2010
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am
Location:
College of the Holy Cross
Hogan Campus Center
Third Floor - Ballroom
Worcester, MA
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Special instructions:
Parking is at the Hogan Campus Center
Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $95
Non-Members: $220
By clicking on the "Register" button below, you are indicating a commitment to attend and will be held responsible for the registration fee.
Registration is closed for this event.
Your fee can be refunded if you notify us of a cancellation at least 8 days prior to the event via email to nercomp@nercomp.org.
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Additional Information
Event Schedule:
8:00am - 9:30am Registration & Coffee
9:30am - 10:15am Specialty Facilities and Services @ Wesleyan's Academic Labs
Speaker: Heric Flores, Ph D, Manager of Instructional Media Services, Wesleyan University
Wesleyan has a total of 5 specialty labs providing specialized hardware, software and tutoring services to our various academic departments - Arts, Math, Sciences, and Social Sciences. In each lab, maintenance of equipments and computers as well as tutoring services are provided by professionally trained student employees.
10:15am - 10:30am Break
10:30am – 11:15am Mind the Gap: Connecting IT with Specialized Academic Technologies Speaker: Vasken Hauri, Systems Administrator, Plymouth State University
Meeting the technology needs of academic departments can be quite challenging to an IT department, and that difficulty is often proportional to the amount of specialized services and hardware required for each field of study. At Plymouth State University, this challenge was met by creating a systems administrator position, funded by an academic money line but staffed by a member of ITS, to support three of the most technology-dependent departments, Computer Science, Languages & Linguistics, and Communication Studies. We will address how this position was created and how it has helped to improve levels of support while reducing IT costs, as well as some of the challenges that were faced along the road.
11:15am – 12:00pm Support and the Visual Arts
Speaker: Krista Siniscarco, Instructional Technologist, Hamilton College
Over the past several years the Studio Art department and Information Technology Services at Hamilton College have been working together to create a specialty computer lab to support the growing digital arts curriculum. This presentation will talk about the specific technology needs of the art department; the planning, research and development it took to bring the physical space into fruition; and the management, equipment, staffing, training, policies and procedures that are in place to support the faculty and students.
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 1:55pm A Digital Voice for Education
Speaker: Philip Gay, Manager, Curriculum Resource Center, Tufts University
The Curriculum Resource Center was created within the Department of Education to support faculty and students in their use of media production and technology. The CRC lab includes digital audio and video recording equipment, mac editing stations, and access for training in both video production and online e-portfolio support. Students as preservice teachers in the Master of Arts in Teaching program use video to document their practice in the classroom. Digital Toolboxes allow them to post video and reflect on each others practice in a web 2.0 environment. Additionally the equipment is used to support various programs within our department for dissemination and recruitment. Videos posted on the department’s website include features within disciplines of math, science, psychology, history, art, and museum studies. The CRC is also developing workshops to advance online place based learning in environmental science and interdisciplinary workshops to help history teachers encourage their students to create and share new media presentations.
2:00pm - 2:50pm Lightening Round Session
2:50pm - 3:00pm Evaluations and End
Speaker:
Heric Flores
Dr. Heric Flores is the manager of Instructional Media Services (IMS) at Wesleyan University. IMS supports 7 Academic Computing Labs, around 100 Multimedia Classrooms and presentation spaces, and the technology and media needs of campus events. The personnel that he manages consist of 2 full time professional staff and around 100 students.
Heric got his bachelors degree in electronics from IPN and a second bachelors in physics from UNAM both are the main public institutions in Mexico. He received a Masters in physics from Guanajuato University, and his PhD in Physics from Wesleyan in 2002 and has published several research papers on atomic and high-energy physics. He also has 28 years of experience working with audio, video, computers and digital equipment and has a background in A/V design, equipment maintenance, electronics design and programming.
Speaker:
Krista Siniscarco
Krista Siniscarco works with faculty and students to provide planning and support for the use of multimedia technologies at Hamilton College. Krista specializes in graphics support including scanning, printing and the use of graphics software. Krista has a background in graphic arts and her primary support areas include large format printing, digital video editing, and digital image manipulation. Most recently, Krista has become the ITS liaison to the Studio Art Department, working closely with faculty and students in the visual arts to develop the digital arts curriculum and manage the Art Department Digital Lab.
Speaker:
Philip Gay
Philip Gay is Manager for the Curriculum Resource and Media Center held within Tufts University Department of Education. His responsibilities include producing new media content for department projects, working to integrate technology into the education curriculum, and training faculty and students in the use of both video and the internet. In association with Tufts Academic Technology unit he introduced the digital toolbox to the education curriculum which serves as an adaptable e-portfolio for both preservice teachers and faculty.
Mr. Gay brings a background in video production and online curriculum development to Tufts after serving as a producer for WGBH Educational Productions in Boston. There he produced best practice and professional development videos as well as special collection content for Teachers Domain, an online teaching and learning curriculum resource for teachers.
Philip has produced and directed both local and national productions for PBS including Antiques Roadshow, Ballroom Dancing, and Frontline. Mr. Gay received multiple New England Emmy awards for children’s programming, music, and documentary productions. In 2006 he received a Cine Golden Eagle Award for producing Two Spirits Gallery, a video focusing on the art of Alaska’s recovering addicts and homeless population.
Philip holds a BS in Communications from Temple University and a Master of Arts in English and American Literature from Harvard University.
Speaker:
Vasken Hauri
Vasken Hauri is a systems administrator at Plymouth State University, currently working in a role that includes managing Linux, Windows, and Macintosh servers. He works directly with three technology-dependent departments, Languages & Linguistics, Computer Science, and Communication Studies, to facilitate IT services unique to those academic areas. He takes an active role in promoting energy efficiency and “green” IT on college campuses, and serves on the Plymouth State University President’s Commission for Environmental Sustainability. He has spoken previously at NERCOMP 2009, on the topic of thin client computing.
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Contact Information:
Lisa DiMauro
860-345-2081
ldimauro@nercomp.org
Hotel Information:
Rooms are available at the Comfort Inn, 426 Southbridge Street in Auburn, MA.
Please state that you are with NERCOMP and you will receive the reduced rate of $85, includes continental breakfast & internet access.
Call the hotel directly at: 1-508-832-8300
The room block will be held until January 22, 2010.
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