Advanced Technology in Higher Education
(Brief Records)
Leading Centers for Research, Development, and Service
UC Berkeley, Multimedia Research Center
Website: http://www.bmrc.berkeley.edu/
Description: "an interdisciplinary group of artists, educators,
professionals, and scientists who are experimenting with interactive
multimedia technology in professional practice, scholarship, and
education."
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Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT)
Website:
http://www.cilt.org/ Description: "The Center for
Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT) is a distributed center designed
to serve as a national resource for stimulating research on innovative,
technology-enabled solutions to critical problems in K-14 learning. Our
approach is to foster and conduct collaborative research and development
in areas that we believe promise significant advances in learning." The
Center provides training opportunities for postdocs, sponsors conferences,
colloquia and other conversations about educational technology, and
publishes research. "Seed grants in the amount of $6,000-$15,000 are
available to initiate cross-institutional collaboration in areas important
to the learning technology field." The Center sponsors "CILT Knowledge
Network, a database environment that provides access to a broad range of
people, projects, pedagogies, and other resources central to the learning
technology field." Founding institutions are SRI International
, The Concord
Consortium, UC
Berkeley, and Vanderbilt.
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Columbia University,
Center for New Media Teaching and Learning
Website: http://www.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/about/index.html
Description: A service, support, and training center
that promotes faculty use of educational technology for teaching and
research, the creation of new learning environments for students, and
collaboration across disciplines to transform the university and
contribute to strategic planning. "The Center tries to be exactly that, a
center of Columbia's on campus activity in the new media and education
domain. To this end we actively work with AcIS as a bridge between the
technology infrastructure and the changing educational needs of the
faculty and students. We collaborate closely with the University libraries
that also have generously provided us with space in Butler Library. We
offer workshops and forums on topical subjects for the entire University
community."
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Georgetown University, Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CANDLES)
Website: http://www.georgetown.edu/main/provost/candles/
Description: "a new initiative at Georgetown focused on
teaching, learning, technology, and research.... at the center of
Georgetown's efforts to integrate the best of its educational traditions
with the tools, resources, and the opportunities of new learning
environments in the 21st century. Through an innovative focus on teaching
and learning, knowledge, values, and new technologies, the Center serves
Georgetown in three ways: through transformations in learning,
redefinitions of intellectual work and service, and institutional
renewal." CANDLES aims to support the integration of pedagogy, content,
and technology. Longer record
Georgia Tech, EduTech Institute
Website: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/edutech/about/about.html
Description: "a multi-disciplinary research
organization committed to enhancing science, math and design education
through innovative uses of technology. Our development efforts are aimed
at creating environments for learning, both embodied and virtual, that
reflect our knowledge of cognition behind learning, complex problem
solving and understanding. While our two target populations are
undergraduate engineering students and middle school science and math
students, we are also committed to finding ways to facilitate life-long
learning and learning across distances for all populations. In general
terms, we strive in our research to bridge the gap between experimental
studies of learning and education and implementation in the messiness of
real classrooms and other learning contexts." Active collaborators with
the Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center (GVU) at Georgia Tech
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Center for Computer-Based Instructional Technology (CCBIT)
Website: http://ccbit.cs.umass.edu/ccbit/
Description:
"a campus service organization to support the development and deployment
of instructional technology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
CCBIT builds collaborations between Computer Science researchers and
faculty from other campus educational departments as well as researchers
at the University's Medical School. The Center uses tools and expertise
developed in a decade of technology research to serve University
departments as well as the state's K-12 schools.
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record MIT, Center for Advanced Education Services (CAES)
Website: http://www-caes.mit.edu/
Description: "CAES is the main MIT facility for support
of, and research in, technology-facilitated education. To the community
beyond our campus, CAES is the main source of MIT continuing professional
education, often via distance learning."
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MIT, I-Campus
Website: http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/projects/i-campus/. See also http://web.mit.edu/alliance/
Description: "I-Campus is a collaborative initiative
of MIT and Microsoft Research to conduct research and create new
technologies that will set the pace for university education in the next
five to ten years. The project aims at fostering excellence in
technology-enhanced education, through producing materials that adhere to
open standards, with results and source code which can be widely published
and disseminated." Longer record
Northwestern University, The Institute for the Learning Sciences
Website: http://www.ils.nwu.edu/
Description: "an interdisciplinary research and
development lab dedicated to applying principles of cognitive science,
computer science, artificial intelligence, and educational theory to
improving the way people learn.... ILS develops cutting edge educational
software for use by learners of all ages in schools, museums, in the
workplace, and at home. In addition to the applications intended to be
used directly by learners, we develop underlying technology, including
reusable educational simulation engines, tools for authoring learning
environments, and tools for building large, highly-structured multimedia
knowledge bases." Instructional program offers MA and PhD in Learning
Sciences. Longer record
The Pennsylvania State University, Schreyer Institute for Innovation in Learning
Website: http://www.inov8.engr.psu.edu/
Description: "The Schreyer Institute is a laboratory
for the creation of new classroom environments, new instructional designs,
and new motivations to inquire. We promote and support high-risk ventures
in learning and teaching by providing learning opportunities, support
services, and access to resources, such as new assessment tools and
instructional design services."
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Center for Academic Transformation
Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, The Lois J. and Harlan E. Anderson Center for
Innovation in Undergraduate Education
Website:
http://www.ciue.rpi.edu/ Description: "The
Anderson Center provides support for faculty involvement in the renewal of
undergraduate learning via a series of workshops on studio teaching
methods, the design, creation and delivery of multimedia materials, and
the instructional uses of the World Wide Web. Center staff are available
for consulting on the integration of computing and multimedia into the
classroom and work closely with the Idea Consultants to help faculty
create effective interactive learning modules for their courses. The
Anderson Center continues to host a variety of national meetings and
workshops on educational technology and curriculum innovation such as the
Corporate Workshops on Multimedia and Training and the International
Center for Multimedia Education (ICME) Multimedia in Education
Conference." Longer record
Stanford Learning Lab
Website: http://sll.stanford.edu/
Description: "The Stanford Learning Lab is a
collaborative venture to improve student learning and to promote
creativity in education through the introduction of pedagogically informed
learning technology. Using methods and technical services that directly
support student learning activity-such as note-taking, discussion,
composition and the creation of knowledge artifacts, we strive to capture
student learning experience and store and retrieve it in a fashion that
promotes re-use and discourages "disposable learning" (just enough for the
exam). Our approach is an iterative balance of theory, experimental
methods and technology deployment. These are applied in core academic
curricula, corporate training and continuing education. Though based at
Stanford University, and firmly committed to the bettering of education at
this university, the Lab will extend its efforts and interests without
regard to geographical or cultural distance, entering into creative
partnerships with educational, industrial, corporate, and research groups
throughout the world." Collaborates with Swedish Learning Lab. Longer
record SRI, Center for Technology in Learning
Website:
http://www.sri.com/policy/ctl/
Description: "By the early 1990s, it became very
clear that technology was to play an increasingly important role in the
education of children, youth, and adults. The issues of how to
effectively use technologies to support learning were considered to be so
important that the Center for Technology in Learning (CTL) was established
at SRI. The Center was established within SRI's Policy Division, where it
is closely allied with ongoing education and health research programs."
(SRI is a consulting and R and D company.)
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Vanderbilt, The Learning Technology Center
Website:
http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/ctrs/ltc/default.html
Description: "a research center at Vanderbilt
University´s Peabody College of Education.... Current members are working
on a variety of projects in the areas of mathematics, science, social
studies, literacy, and engineering technology in K-12, postsecondary, and
professional development settings."
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Research Centers Focused on Educational Technology
Cornell, Human-Computer Interaction Group
Website:http://www.hci.cornell.edu
Description: "an interdisciplinary research team
investigating social, communication and design issues surrounding the use
of computers at school, work and play. Using an iterative, user-centered
design approach, HCI Group members and research partners are building and
evaluating networked, multimedia environments that support involvement,
experimentation, exploration, and collaboration." HCI offers courses in
interactive media design (see, for instance, http://www.hci.cornell.edu/439/).
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University of Georgia, Learning and Performance Support Laboratory
Website: http://lpsl.coe.uga.edu/default.html
Description: "conducts research and development
projects exploring how computational and communication technologies can be
used to enhance learning and performance support environments."
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Georgia Tech, Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center (GVU)
Website: http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/gvu/
Description:
"The Graphics, Visualization & Usability (GVU) Center at Georgia Tech has
assumed a leadership position not only in the development of new
technologies in graphics, visualization and usability, but also in making
these innovations meaningful for the average person and easy to use.
Finding better ways to communicate information between people and between
computers and people is key, and we believe that computer graphics,
information visualization, and ease of usability are the essential
building blocks to turning our vision into reality. We have assembled a
team of experts in computer technology-the 'people technologies' of the
mind, eyes and motor channels; and applications-who have found a common
ground at GVU. Our Center includes 70 teaching and research faculty, and
more than 160 graduate students from such diverse areas as architecture,
computing, engineering, multimedia rhetoric, multimedia technology,
psychology and usability testing. "
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University of Michigan, Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education
Website: http://hi-ce.eecs.umich.edu/hiceoffice/index.html
Description: "develops learner-centered technology and
curriculum that addresses major needs of schools today--enabling all
students to learn and enabling students and teachers to engage in serious
intellectual inquiry around authentic, meaningful, motivating,
mindful-learning experiences."
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University of North Texas, Texas Center for Educational Technology
Website: http://www.tcet.unt.edu/
Description: "The Texas Center for Educational
Technology stands as one piece of an impressive infrastructure created by
the Texas Education Agency to bring the benefits of technology to Texas
students and educators. Created by legislative statute in June, 1990,
TCET's focus is technology research, development, and evaluation. TCET's
organizational structure is uniquely collaborative. TCET board membership
brings together public school educators, faculty from colleges of
education, and representatives from technology vendors. Together they
formulate TCET's annual research, development, and evaluation agenda."
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University of Southern California, Center for Advanced Research in Technology for Education (CARTE)
Website: http://www.isi.edu/isd/carte/
Description: Part of the Information Sciences Institute, CARTE develops, evaluates, and disseminates new technologies for education. The Center focuses upon pedagogical agents and intelligent assistants.
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Centers Focused on Innovations in Pedagogy
Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology
Website: http://aitt.acadiau.ca/
Description:
The Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology (AITT) provides training and support to faculty members employing educational technology, as well as opportunities to student designers. AITT stands out for two reasons: First, it provides opportunities for students not only to develop their skills, but to demonstrate them publicly through their instructional design portfolios. Second, Acadia's mobile-computing environment fuels innovation.
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Carnegie Mellon University,
Center for Innovation in Learning
Website:http://cil.andrew.cmu.edu/
Description: "CIL's mission is to improve undergraduate
education at Carnegie Mellon and in so doing to advance the field of
instructional science. CIL focuses on the development of innovative and
effective curricula. This complements other campus organizations that
focus on the improvement of faculty teaching, improvement of students'
learning skills, and implementation of technology in the classroom. At a
national level, CIL is nearly unique in its emphasis on interdisciplinary
educational research and development for college education. The Ph.D.
program in Instructional Science trains young researchers to contribute to
the advancement of this applied field."
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Penn State, The Royer Center for Learning and Academic Technologies
Website: http://www.clat.psu.edu/index.html
Description: An institute serving all 18 Penn State
campuses that seeks to make learning at these locations "highly
interactive and student-centered." To this end, instructional development
specialists provide support at each campus by conducting workshops and
providing one-on-one assistance.
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Humanities Computing Centers
See Humanities computing units
and institutional resources for an extensive listing of humanities
computing programs and research.
UC Berkeley, Humanities & Technology Project
Website: http://ishi.lib.berkeley.edu/Humanities/
Description: supports "the integration of World Wide
Web and Internet applications into humanities teaching and research. The
Project provides a one-stop, technologically "smart" venue where
humanities graduate students and faculty can share knowledge and
collaborate in developing new Internet applications." Now defunct,
apparently because of a lack of funding.
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Brown University, Scholarly Technology Group
Website: http://www.stg.brown.edu/
Description: "The Brown University Scholarly Technology
Group (STG) supports the development and use of advanced information
technology in academic research, teaching, and scholarly communication.
STG pursues this mission by exploring new technologies and practices,
developing specialized tools and techniques, and providing consulting and
project management services to academic projects."
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Johns Hopkins University, Digital Knowledge Center
Website: http://dkc.mse.jhu.edu/
Description: "conducts research and provides expertise
to facilitate the development and creation of digital curricular,
instructional and informational resources which further instruction,
research and scholarship both on and off campus."
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University of Maryland, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH)
Website: http://www.mith.umd.edu/splash.html
Description: "With collaboration at the heart of its
vision, MITH (the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities) at
the University of Maryland is a community of scholars, interdisciplinary
institute, and electronic space devoted to exploring ways in which new
technologies can be used in university research, teaching, and community
outreach... Exploring the profound effects of the new materialities
presented by digital culture, MITH serves the university and community
with technical resources and a broad array of programs: summer institutes
for secondary, elementary, and postsecondary teachers; resident
fellowships for university faculty; networked associate fellowships for
faculty, graduate student, and community activist projects from around the
world; colloquia; polyseminars; conferences (regional and international);
curriculum development; and dynamic mentoring."
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Stanford Humanities Lab
Website: http://www.stanford.edu/group/shl/
Description: "Intellectual start-up" that will support
innovative projects in the humanities. The SHL provides funding to pilot
projects that are "collaborative in nature, drawing together teams of
senior faculty, advanced undergraduates and postdocs, as well as museum
curators and individuals from area cultural centers and industries." The
end result is not specified; for example, it could be a performance, a
website, a course, a book, an exhibition, or a book. In the first phase,
the SHL provide between $20,000 and $50,000 to 3-8 during 2000-2001 and
2001-2002; in the second phase, foundations will fund between four and
eight projects per year.
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University of Virginia, Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH)
Website: http://www.iath.virginia.edu
Description: One of the leading centers for humanities computing, IATH grants fellowships to faculty members who are developing scholarly electronic resources. To develop their projects, faculty members receive technical and managerial support from IATH's staff, as well as office space, access to high-end equipment and software, a budget, assistance from student workers, and server space.
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Centers Focused on Consulting and Training
Wake Forest, International Center for Computer Enhanced Learning (ICCEL)
Website: http://iccel.wfu.edu/index.html
Description: ICCEL hosts conferences and
presentations on topics ranging from "Affordable Models of Ubiquitous
Computing" to "Teaching History with Technology." It also provides
training in the pedagogical purposes of technology and in using particular
applications. Faculty associated with ICCEL offer customized consulting
services for colleges and universities all over the world, advising them
on best practices, collaboration, and interactive learning. (Note:
According to a recent article in
Wake Forest Magazine [April 2000], ICCEL "has reduced
its staff and narrowed its focus," now centering on "its successful
conferencing and consulting work with colleges and schools").
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Copyright © 2000 by CODE.
Last updated December 14, 2000 by Lisa
Spiro for CODE (Committee on the Digital Environment: at Rice
University).
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