Our charge: To suggest technologies that would be benefit the undergraduate and graduate educational programs and be appropriate for the Caltech culture, both inside and outside the classroom.
Time frame: two quarters, so that by spring term we can be making recommendation to the administration. Quarterly updates to CUE. The CAC and CUE will be the committees that think about these issues long term.
Our work will primarily involve information-gathering, so I ask that you please spend some time thinking and researching various educational technologies. The list of things that I know of is not large:
. Things that live on computers, like:
- moodle-like things:
http://moodle.org/
https://courses.caltech.edu/login/index.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodle
http://www.blackboard.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_learning_environment
- Blogs, wikis, web forums, etc. For courses and/or for everyone and
everything at Caltech ...
($ mainly for FTEs)
. Hardware like:
- clickers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classroom_Performance_Systems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audience_response
- smartboards
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_whiteboard
http://smarttech.com/
- video ...
(ranging from $ to $$$)
We welcome your input.
Questions? Alan Weinstein, ajw@caltech.edu
