Community of Educational Technology Support (ComETS)
ComETS is an Iowa State University community that promotes dialog and events focused on technology in learning & teaching. ComETS is intended to be a university-wide community where ideas and resources can be shared, and debate can occur on future technology directions at ISU. ComETS is open to all interested ISU faculty and staff.
ComETS objectives:
- Facilitate dialog about learning & teaching technology issues facing ISU
- Focus faculty needs to help provide direction to technology providers
- Inform and educate one another about campus technology initiatives
- Coordinate and provide a periodic learning and teaching technology event for the entire campus community
- Provide a vehicle to bring national technology issues and trends to the broader ISU community
ComETS has established a listserve to maintain dialog about, share news, and to publicize events related to educational technology at Iowa State. Any interested faculty, staff, and graduate students are welcome to participate. Subscribe to the ComETS listserve here, or click "Subscribe" in the menu on the left.
ComETS 2010 Symposium
Thursday, 18 Feb 2010, 8:30am – Noon, Memorial Union
Technology Experimentation
ComETS supports experimentation with new technology in an effort to find relevant, effective solutions that improve learning and save resources. Some upcoming opportunities for the spring semester include:
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Polleverywhere.com
This technology leverages cell phones as student response devices. ComETS can fund the semester license fee for interested faculty, in exchange for allowing a technology staff member to document key pieces of the activity to share back with the ComETS community.
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Moodlerooms
IT Services is running a pilot project for Spring 2010 for faculty interested in using Moodlerooms, a hosted Moodle (open source course management system) solution.
Contact Jim Twetten if you're interested in either of these activities.
