Academic Technology
Director’s Message
Fall 2008 -
This term will see the first round of courses available to students under the Provost’s E-Learning initiative. These courses are directed to prepare twenty-first century learners for an increasingly connected and complex global society by implementing practices that involve inquiry, interactivity, collaboration and technology enriched learning environments. This will ensure that educational outcomes are maximized with the resources currently available for teaching and learning at UF. More »
Open Letter to Staff: Chuck Frazier Returns as Interim CIO
Fall 2008 -
UF’s new Interim CIO, Dr. Chuck Frazier, addresses questions about the transition in a letter to IT staff.
Open Letter to UF OIT Staff (IT Connections)
Technology Innovations Advisory Committee (TIAC)
Summer 2008 -
In February, a new committee reporting to ITAC-AT was established. The purpose of this committee is to:
- Identify emerging technologies relevant to the academic mission of the University.
- Assess and recommend for analysis specific emerging technologies that improve the quality of learning and/or reduce the cost of instruction.
- Analyze the feasibility for implementation at UF of promising emerging technologies.
- Recommend an adoption strategy for feasible emerging technologies.
Director’s Message
Summer 2008 -
Adding technology to conventional teaching and learning paradigms is usually accompanied by the expectation that the quality of learning will improve while the cost of instruction will decrease. Bolting technology to conventional courses simply adds the cost of the technology. In addition, to effectively utilize these types of technologies in teaching requires specialized skills. Due to these gaps in expectations and practice, the quality of learning is usually not improved and the cost of instruction is often increased. More »
Director’s Message: Emerging Technologies Report
Spring 2008 -
On a yearly basis, the New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative publish the Horizons Report as an insight to emerging technologies relevant to “teaching, learning and creative expression”. More »
The Hub: Open for 2007!
Fall 2007 -
A new era has begun in 2007 for the Office of Academic Technology, with the newly remodeled Hub. Shared with the UF International Center, the Hub centralizes a number of AT services in the new central campus location. The centerpiece of the building is the new UF Computing Help Desk facility, which greatly increases the Help Desk’s ability to serve the UF community. More »
Director’s Message: Supporting a New Teaching Paradigm
Fall 2007 -
In the traditional teaching paradigm, students and their instructors share the same location and time. However, with IT becoming ubiquitous, a natural evolution has taken place where students and faculty are not required to be in the same location at the same time. Instruction today may occur in any combination of space and time (See Figure). More »
75th CLAST Scoring
Fall 2007 -
The College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) is an achievement test that measures communication and computation skills. The CLAST has been administered by the Office of Academic Technology for the State of Florida over the past 25 years. Grading the tests requires an elaborate scoring process that involves many individuals.