Hi everyone! I hope you’re having a lovely summer.
I wanted to be sure to let you all know that the InTRO team has released its report on its first year of activities. We were charged by the Educational Technology Advisory Committee not only with conducting instructional technology referrals, but with inventorying campus efforts. Over the course of the year, our charge expanded to include significant research into the digital education efforts of over twenty-five comparator institutions.
Our report has four major sections: The UO Environment, Our Peers, Inspired Examples (basically, all the cool stuff we found along the way!), and Moving Forward. That last bit is where you come in. We want to hear from you! We built our report on UO Blogs, rather than deliver it in paper format, in order to ensure that it is a living document–something to which new content can be added over time.
Because our site is, well, content-rich (*ahem*), Greg and I thought that one useful point of departure might be our section on UO Tech Staff Perspectives. We used information we collected informally throughout the year, as well as a survey that went out to some people earlier this spring, to shape this page. In addition, we’d love your thoughts on one inspiring example from a comparator–the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning at the University of Illinois. We think it’s a great model of cooperation, as several units have come together there in support of a clear mission.
When you’ve had a chance to look over our report, we hope you’ll share any feedback you might have. We welcome your thoughts–especially suggestions for additional report content. Feel free to comment on the site, comment on this post, or e-mail your ideas to the InTRO team.
Thanks very much to all of you for contributing to our efforts to compile this report. We appreciate you!
–Lindsey for the InTRO Team