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I&IT welcomes you to 2008 with our quarterly news update of important projects, initiatives and, of course, activities involving our most important asset – people.
WELCOME NEW STAFF MEMBERS-- Whitney Lopez and Carlos Ontiveros have recently joined our division and Carol Heins-Gonzales has re-joined us. Whitney is administrative support coordinator for I&IT Systems, helping Joe Matsumoto, Systems Director, and his team. Carlos joins us as information technology consultant at the Help Desk, working with Candie McDougall, Lead, and the rest of the Help Desk staff. Carlos graduated from the College of Business. Carlos and Whitney are new university employees. Carol is our new accessible technology coordinator, responsible for ensuring that electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities.
ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLGOY IMPROVES EVERYONE’S LEARNING -- Carol Heins-Gonzales returned to I&IT in late December, accepting the position as the accessible technology coordinator. We are pleased that she has hit the ground running since much needs to be accomplished. The goal of the Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) is to make electronic and information technology accessible to persons with disabilities. Inaccessible technology interferes with an individual's ability to obtain and use information quickly and easily. Accessible technology benefits those with and without disabilities.
This year sees the implementation of the three areas of ATI – web accessibility, accessible instructional materials and equipment procurement. Accessibility of University web pages is being reviewed. Those with sites that do not meet accessibility requirements are being advised on web accessibility implementation. Accessible instructional materials continue to be created with video captioning and a partnership with faculty to make all of their materials accessible. Procurement requests valued at $50,000 or more are being reviewed as well as procurement requests for institutional web page changes.
The methodology of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) embraces a strategy for building accessibility into courses. UDL refers to developing multiple ways for teaching and learning. UDL can be defined as providing learners various ways for acquiring knowledge, alternatives for learners to demonstrate what they know and engaging learners’ interests by challenging and motivating them to learn. UDL means that a single solution does not need to meet the needs of everyone. The goal is to make students with different learning preferences and abilities successful in their courses.
Closed captioning a streamed class lecture, for example, benefits the hearing impaired student as well as others. Closed captioning also benefits those who are still learning English, those having trouble understanding the instructor or those who just want to review the class late at night while others are sleeping. Currently, Cal Poly Pomona is one of eight CSU campuses funded by a federal Department of Education grant for courses using UDL in fall 2008. For more information see UDL.
MORE SECURE PASSWORDS – The rollout of secure BroncoPasswords is moving along nicely. Since the beginning of 2008, more than 1,000 faculty and staff have changed their passwords to the more secure standards. Faculty and staff have until Feb. 5, 2008, to make the change. The roll-out of secure BroncoPasswords to students will begin in May, 2008. A big thank you to all involved, including Joe Matsumoto, Al Arboleda, Curtis Clark, James Caplette, Paul Henson, Heath Caldwell, Dave Drivdahl, Lucas Lanting, Chris Crudo, Candie McDougall and the entire Help Desk team. We also received key support outside I&IT from the IT Governance Executive and Standards & Support committees.
CLASSROOMS UPGRADED, PROFESSORS EQUIPPED -- More than 80 classrooms have been upgraded with equipment furnished from the Learning Centered Technology Initiative (LCTI). I&IT continues to upgrade classrooms throughout the campus with the latest technology including two classrooms in Buildings 2 and 8 during the quarter break. Heading this project are Heather Fannin and Jovito Barrantes. The other half of LCTI involved outfitting faculty with laptops. Plans are under way for equipping new tenure-track faculty starting in fall, 2008, with new Dell and Apple machines.
AUDIENCE RESPONSE SYSTEMS ADVANCE – I&IT is spearheading the selection of one audience response system for classrooms. These devices, which some refer to as “clickers,” help professors gauge student learning. The clickers allow anonymous responses to survey, test, quiz or other questions. The pilot project follows recommendations from the Teaching, Learning and Technology committee of IT Governance to identify a single clicker product for the entire campus. The pilot is expected to conclude this academic year with a proposal for one product for an application that has seen exponential usage.
PREPARE FOR ONLINE TEACHING – I&IT Learning’s new director, Hye Ok Park, and her staff recently hosted a “Get Ready to Teach Online” workshop. Even though the event was held during the quarter break, 30 faculty members participated. I&IT Learning received rave reviews and we plan to host more of these workshops, especially since 45 signed up for the quarter-break event. Faculty learned how to:
The next workshop is Feb. 1, 2008, with monthly sessions scheduled thereafter. For more information, see workshops.
HELP DESK NOW OPEN EVENINGS – The Cal Poly Pomona Help Desk, located in Building 1, Room 100, is now open evenings. Users have been able to get help with online class registration, laptop wireless configurations, Blackboard usage and password re-sets after hours. Phone, walk-in or email customers will find staff available until 9:00 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays. This is a pilot project to assess evening demand. I&IT Leadership expects to make a decision before June, 2008, on making the move permanent.
I&IT HELPS DELIVER HOLIDAY GIFTS TO TROOPS – I&IT employees in Studio 6, led by Daniel Smith, were instrumental in a multi-divisional effort to provide holiday gifts to troops in Iraq. A university alumni serving in Iraq was the catalyst for the project when he asked his professors to send video games as gifts for the troops. Daniel and the Studio 6 team helped pack the games for shipment overseas. Daniel coordinated I&IT’s efforts with two professors in the Collins School, B.J. Bruin and Don St. Hilaire. For full details, see troops.
“I&IT Newsletter” is a publication of the Instructional & Information Technology (I&IT) division of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA.
Send comments to Denny Mosier at (909) 979-6334 or dbmosier@csupomona.edu.
Debra Brum |
dabrum@csupomona.edu |
| Stephanie Doda Associate Vice President, I&IT and Administrator in Charge, I&IT Operations |
sndoda@csupomona.edu 909 979-6322 |
| Al Arboleda Information Security Officer |
aarboleda@csupomona.edu 909 979-6449 |
| Mauricio Calderon Director, I&IT Applications and CMS Technical Director |
macalderon@csupomona.edu 909 979-6388 |
| Curtis Clark Director, I&IT Web Development |
jcclark@csupomona.edu 909 979-6371 |
| Joe Matsumoto Director, I&IT Systems |
jmatsumoto@csupomona.edu 909 979-6421 |
| Denny Mosier Director, I&IT Support |
dbmosier@csupomona.edu 909 979-6334 |
| Susan Reese Manager, I&IT Projects & Services |
slreese@csupomona.edu 909 979-6344 |
“I&IT Newsletter” is a publication of the Instructional & Information Technology (I&IT) division of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA.
Send comments to Denny Mosier at (909) 979-6334 or dbmosier@csupomona.edu.
This page was last updated on January 25, 2008.
