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ARTT Can't Hurt You

By Doug Seefeldt, GTF, Teaching Effectiveness Program

Thinking about using a website with your class or discussion section next term? Heard your colleagues discussing the recent activity on their class newsgroup? Ever wondered how much time and effort it would take to get a listserv going? You are not alone.

In this day and age the Internet is regarded not only as another form of electronic entertainment, but also as a potentially powerful teaching tool. I say potentially because, like a textbook, a chalkboard, or any other traditional teaching technology, it's not what you use, but how you use it that matters.

The Teaching Effectiveness Program (TEP) is pleased to announce Academic Resources for Teaching with Technology (ARTT), a new addition to its collection of resources geared toward helping faculty and graduates become better teachers. This website project began last summer when staff from TEP and the Social Science Instructional Laboratory (SSIL) came to the conclusion that there is a great deal of interest in putting educational technologies to use across the UO community. Not only is there an interest, but our campus has many users with valuable experiences to share. ARTT was created with this in mind: not only will you find links to resources across campus and across the globe, but you will also find informative tips and examples from UO faculty and GTFs who are already successfully using electronic communication tools in their classrooms.

When you first access the ARTT website you are greeted with several options. First and foremost is the "ARTT Consultants" link. Could you use some help getting up to speed with email, listservs, newsgroups, or using the web? Do those how-to handouts tend to confuse more than help? ARTT has several Educational Technology Specialists available for on-site, hands-on office calls. You can follow this link to our house call request form to make a one-on-one appointment.

The next link is "Electronic Communication Tools in the Classroom." Here you will find basic descriptions of email, websites, listservs, and newsgroups, along with an annotated list of UO courses that use electronic communication tools. Classes in accounting, biology, chemistry, and English, in addition to many others, are represented here. You may be surprised by the creative ways UO faculty and GTFs are using websites, email, and listservs as important parts of their teaching strategies. Be sure to take a look at the feedback and tips from those who develop and use these tools. Email links are provided, should you have a question for any one of this group of fellow faculty and GTFs.

Next is a link to selected educational resources on the Internet. Some of these include such UO programs and departments as Academic Learning Services, TEP, SSIL, the Educational Technology Committee, and the New Media Center. Global resources range from the U.S. Department of Education to Morten Flate Paulsen's comprehensive site from Norway that describes one-alone, one-to-one, and one-to-many techniques and applications of electronic technologies in the classroom.

The computing resources of the UO are collected and presented in a clearing-house fashion on ARTT. You will find links to workshop schedules from both the Computing Center and the Knight Library, a list of computing resources on campus, and a link to the master list of rooms on campus that can support multimedia presentations using liquid crystal display panels, overhead projectors, VCRs, video projectors, laser disc players, and computers.

Two of the keys to effective use of electronic communication tools are concise information and exposure to a variety of applications. ARTT strives to supply both. Whether you are a novice, intermediate, or expert user, if you teach a lecture class, run a lab, or facilitate a discussion section, there's sure to be something of value for you at the ARTT site.

Lizard 36 Spring 96

 

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