Technology provides countless opportunities to enhance your classes, and USC Center for Scholarly Technology offers an exciting array of state-of-the-art solutions. Here's what's available now:
USC CST Technology Tools
USC's enterprise, multi-featured, online course management system.
In summer 2006, the Office of the Provost funded the building of 16 technology-enhanced classrooms throughout both USC campuses and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. These rooms were modeled after existing studio classrooms in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and USC Marshall School of Business.
Second Life is a 3-D online world where participants from all over the globe come together to interact and learn. Information Technology Services has established an island for dedicated use by USC’s faculty, students, and staff called “USC eLand.” Some USC Schools have created their own learning spaces in Second Life as well.
Are you thinking about using technology tools in your teaching? 50 Ways to Use Technology to Enhance Your Class is a helpful tool to get you started. Whether your objective is to improve student learning outcomes or to manage your class efficiently, this document will give you an overview of how you can use technology in your class.
CST Experiments
To remain on the the cutting-edge of educational technology, USC is constantly evolving to meet the needs of faculty and students and that means piloting new programs for University-wide adoption. Currently, faculty are evaluating the following tools:
Enabling technology enhanced learning and distance learning to happen anywhere and everywhere.
Various tools to create and post course lectures and materials as podcasts.
Every student's voice is heard with personal response clickers.
Technology Enhanced Learning and Distance Learning Experiments Spring 2008
Technology Enhanced Learning and Distance Learning Experiments Fall 2007
Announcement 9/5/07
Additional Technology Enhanced Learning and Distance Learning Resources
Online collaboration and synchronous presentation tools.