Educational Technologies Committee
Charge
The Educational Technologies Committee will discuss matters involving information and communication technologies that offer opportunities to transform teaching and to enhance learning at an unprecedented pace. There is an onslaught of new tools and services that campuses, faculty, or students might adopt to improve their educational environment. There, too, is considerable uncertainty about which are effective, whether and when benefits outweigh costs, and how best to harness these opportunities. Learning management systems, content management systems, social media, tools to support peer-to-peer instruction, applications for mobile phones, and services that support online and blended learning all present challenges and opportunities that require expertise to assess. Recommendations about when to invest in services, resources, and faculty development need to be grounded in learner-centered principles and coordinated so they are aligned with educational mission and priorities of the University. The Educational Technologies Committee is charged to advise leadership on ways to advance student engagement and learning through information technology, faculty development and related resource allocation and infrastructure development.
Objectives Heading link
- Identify information and communication technologies that could improve teaching efficacy, and student engagement and learning on campus.
- Assess the benefits, the costs, and the feasibility of implementing these technologies at UIC.
- Solicit input about teaching and learning needs from members of the faculty, the students, and department, college, and school administrations.
- Identify best practices for the use of these technologies.
- Develop a multi-year strategic plan that prioritizes the purchase, implementation, and operation of these technologies within the financial, personnel, and other resource allocations and constraints of the University.
- Develop a multi-year strategic plan that prioritizes the development of skills in members of the faculty and the support staff to efficiently and effectively adopt and use these technologies in their courses and in the curriculum.
- Develop and implement a process for evaluating the committee’s strategy for realizing its charge.
Membership Heading link
| Name | Unit |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Art | College of Medicine |
| Chris Blakesley | Instructional Design & Media Studio |
| Martina Bode | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
| Amelia Brunskill | University Library |
| Dara Crowfoot | School of Continuing Studies |
| Larry Danziger | UIC Senate |
| Ramsey Donnell | John Marshall Law School |
| Alison Doubleday | Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence |
| Shannon Dwyer | Student Systems Services |
| Jonathan Fair | Campus Learning Environments |
| David Hofman | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |
| Amira Kefi | Graduate College Student |
| Mary Kopale (Co-Chair) | College of Pharmacy |
| Bryan Libbin | Technology Solutions |
| Szymon Machajewski | Technology Solutions |
| Cheryl McKearin | Technology Solutions |
| Syedda Mehdi | College of Dentistry Administration |
| Nicole Messier | Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence |
| Michael Michela | College of Business Administration |
| Laura Mills (Co-Chair) | College of Applied Health Sciences |
| Christopher Mitchell | Jane Addams College of Social Work |
| Jahnvi Patel | Architecture, Design, and the Arts Administration |
| Nathan Phillips | College of Education |
| Natacha Pierre | College of Nursing |
| Michael Scott | Mechanical and Industrial Engineering |
| Michael Siciliano | College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs |
| Mike Yen | School of Public Health |
Sub-Committee: Heading link
| LMS Governance Board | |
|---|---|
| Kheir Al-Kodmany | Szymon Machajewski |
| Max Anderson | Dibyen Majumdar |
| Jonathan Art | Michael Machela |
| Kimberly Barba | Catherine Moe |
| Mark Bennett | Simona Narubin |
| Martina Bode | Nancy Norman |
| Dara Crowfoot | Thomas Okon |
| Lisa Cushing | Mahnoor Rasheed |
| Sam Day | Rebecca Raszewski |
| Richard DeJonghe | Philip Reiter |
| Rebecca Jo Doran | Alana Steffen |
| Edward Garay | Karen Vuckovic |
| Leslie Hammersmith | Zhinan Wang |
| Mary Kopale | Elizabeth Weber |
| Jacob Krive |
Sub-Committee: Heading link
| LearningTech Environments | |
|---|---|
| Sara Beeler-Stinn | Jane Addams College of Social Work - Assistant Professor |
| Martina Bode (Chair) | Liberal Arts & Sciences - Clinical Professor, Director of Calculus, Dept. of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science |
| Anthony Briscoe | Liberal Arts & Sciences - Executive Director of IT |
| Michael Calik | College of Nursing Faculty |
| William Chan | Technology Solutions - Learning Technologies Support |
| Julio Chavarria | Honors College - IT Technical Associate |
| Jonathan Eric Fair | Planning, Sustainability and Project Management - Director of Planning and Design |
| Frank Fernandez | Technology Solutions - Learning Technologies Support |
| Chris Hollenbeck | School of Public Health - Executive Director for Information Services |
| Patrick Horton | CATE - Instructional Designer, Instructional Design and Media Production |
| Mary Sullivan Kopale | College of Pharmacy - Senior Instructional Designer |
| Bryan Libbin | Associate CIO for Academic Technology and Learning Innovation |
| Jason McKinney | Liberal Arts & Sciences - Help Desk Manager |
| Michele McCrillis | Honors College - Assistant Dean of Curriculum and Outreach Programs |
| Laura Mills | College of Applied Health Sciences - Clinical Assist. Professor, Dept. of Biomedical & Health Information Sciences |
| Therese Molina | Jane Addams College of Social Work - IT Manager |
| Cynthia Mueller | Associate Director for Campus Architecture |
| Marcin Murzydlo | College of Pharmacy - IT Technical Associate, AV Engineer |
| Katie Pierson | CATE - Associate Director for Educational Development |
| Jay Richards | College of Nursing - Director, IT Operations |
| Jeremy Riel | College of Education - Visiting Assistant Professor Educational Psychology |
| Kathy Sheridan | College of Education - Associate Professor, Educational Psychology |
| Noah Wangerin | College of Architecture - Design Clinical Assistant |