Teaching and Learning Technology Roundtable (TLTR)

OHSU’s TLTR is based on a model created by the Teaching, Learning and Technology Group, a semi-autonomous affiliate of the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE).  The Roundtable is designed to bring together people who would not otherwise collaborate on educational improvements, providing a forum for discussion and sharing on issues related to educational technologies.

Through TLTRs meetings, action teams and reports, the Roundtable can help OHSU make better-informed decisions, sustain collaborative change, and develop better strategies for using technology to improve teaching and learning.

2009 TLTR Meetings

Friday October 16th-Noon to 1p.m.: H1N1: Immunize Your Course: Protection for your Students 

• This roundtable provided strategies to “back-up” a course by examining ways to deliver content even when students or instructors can't make it to class. Tools, techniques and instructions were presented on how to create reusable learning objects to preserve the progress of courses.  Self Help “cheat sheets” are available below:
  • Using an Mp3 recorder to capture in-class lectures
  • How to record voiceover for PowerPoint presentations
  • How to record a class with Adobe Connect
  • Test and Quizzes “Quick Create” Method

Friday, March 20 – Noon to 1 p.m.: Course Evaluation Systems
Friday, February 20 – Noon to 1 p.m.: Second Life and Nursing
Friday, January 23 – Noon to 1 p.m.: Articulate, Presenter, and Other Powerpoint Converters

2008 TLTR Meetings

Friday, November 21, 2008: Podcasting with iTunes U

• Presented by John Ansorge, MA, Instructional Technologist in the Academic Technology Department

Friday, April 18, 2008: Student Response Systems

• Presented by Bill Cameron, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral Neuroscience
• Bill conducted a demonstration of student response systems — more commonly known as "clickers" -- having used clickers extensively in his physiology class for Allied Health students over the past two years.

Friday, March 21, 2008: Tour of Clinical Assessment and Learing Center

• One-hour tour of the OHSU School of Medicine Clinical Assessment & Learning Center, a mock clinical facility providing simulated experiences for students at all levels of the medical and health care curricula.
• The group observed the operation of the patient simulator ("Sim Man"), viewed a mock examination and saw how the mission control area is used.

Friday, February 15, 2008: A Vision of Student Today

• Sparked from Maggie' McVay Lynch's reference to a YouTube video created by Michael Wesch and students at Kansas State University -- A Vision of Students Today (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o) — we viewed the video and then brok into small groups to discuss the impact of consumer-based and instructional technology on education
  • how do today's students learn,
  • what do they know, what do they need to know,
  • how do we reach them,
  • can they meet us half way?
    

Friday, January 18, 2008: Web 2.0: How to Swim with the eLearning Sharks

• Presented by Maggie McVay Lynch, Ed.D, Director of Statewide Teaching and Learning Services, OHSU School of Nursing
• Maggie shared her thoughts and research on how online education can and should shift from being a medium in which information is transmitted and consumed, into being a platform in which content is created, shared, remixed, repurposed, and passed along by teachers and students alike

Friday, November 16, 2007:Eight Years of Distance Teaching and Learning (PDF File)

• Presented by Bill Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology (DMICE) in the OHSU School of Medicine
• Topics include:
  • Motivations for education and distance learning in biomedical informatics
  • Technologies used
  • Lessons learned
    

Friday, October 19, 2007: Sharing Session (PPT File)

• What is the technology direction of your department or school?
• What technologies are you using successfully that you would be willing to share with the group?
• What technologies do you yearn for?
• What have you heard about other schools, departments or programs that you'd like to know more about?
• Resources mentioned in the session:
  • TechSmith (http://www.techsmith.com)
    • SnagIt
    • Camtasia

Friday, September 21, 2007: Web Conferences, Lectures and Meetings (PPT File)

• What does web conferencing look like?
• What hardware and software is required to conduct a successful web lecture or meeting?
• What software can be used to enhance the design and production of online events and training?
• What are some best practices in designing, producing and facilitating online courses, meetings and events?
• What are the current web conferencing pilots at OHSU?
• How do I get involved with web conferencing?
• Resources mentioned in the session
  • The eLearning Guild (http://www.elearningguild.com)
    Guild eBooks are free -- Guild membership is not required for access. They currently have 5 eBooks available.
  • Operitel Corporation (http://www.operitel.com/publications.aspx)
    A variety of free e-learning documents are available.
  • Adobe
    • Adobe Presenter User's Guide
    • Getting Started with Adobe Presenter (PowerPoint)
    • Adobe Captivate rapid e-learning authoring
  • TechSmith: Camtasia Studio (http://www.techsmith.com)
  • insyncCenter: 101 Tips to Motivate the Online Learner
  • Pfeiffer Publishing: e-Learning in Higher Ed books published by Pfeiffer, an imprint of Wiley
    • Live and Online by Jennifer Hofmann
    • The Synchronous Trainer's Survival Guide by Jennifer Hofmann