Fall 2005

 

 

 

Executive Editor: Regina Frey Director, The Teaching Center

Editors: Kathy Atnip, Director The Teaching Lab in A&S

Liz Peterson, Associate Director, The Teaching Center

Published in the fall semester each year by The Teaching and Technology Partnership: Olin Library, The Teaching Center and A&S Computing. Comments to iteach@artsci.wustl.edu

FYI: ANNOUNCEMENTS
ITeach 2006: Designing and Refining Our Teaching

The next ITeach symposium will be held on January 12, 2006. This one-day event, themed "Designing and Refining Our Teaching," features presentations and discussions plus a reception with...

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GIS Day, November 18, 2005

GIS Day 2005 is scheduled for November 18 with featured speaker Ezra B. Zubrow, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Social Systems GIS Lab at the University of Buffalo, SUNY. This year's...

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FEATURE STORIES

Bringing the classroom projector into this century

You can think of if as a 21st century overhead projector: at least a document camera looks something like one. But in 27 pooled classrooms at WU, these new cameras are making possible detailed...

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Wireless Tablet PC grant in Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry was recently awarded a Technology for Teaching grant from Hewlett-Packard. WU joined a total of 31 institutions selected for grants in 2005 including the Rochester...

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TELESIS COURSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Telesis progress and new features

The Telesis course management system completed a full academic year in production with the spring 2005 semester. At the close of the semester, just over 20% of faculty university wide had an active...

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DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP AND COLLECTIONS

David Seaman, Digital Library Federation visits WU

Success with academic digital projects was the general theme of a Washington University visit by David Seaman on May 3-4, 2005. Seaman was founding director of the Electronic Text Center at the...

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