The ATC's Teaching with Technology Collaboratory keeps faculty and staff up-to-date with news about using technology for teaching and learning, including links to articles about new technologies, professional development opportunities outside WPI, and updates to the Collaboratory web site. We also offer several professional development events for faculty and staff during the academic year, aimed at informing the WPI community about using technology for teaching and learning.

• Blackboard 9.1 is here!
• Technology Support for Academic Continuity/Emergency Preparedness
• Check out the TTL Team Blog!
• Interested in Lecture Capturing?

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Upcoming Workshops and Trainings

There are no sessions scheduled.

• myWPI - View all features, or choose a popular task below
• Adding a TA, PLA, or Co-Instructor
• Course Availability
• Adding Content
• Posting assignments for online submission
• Downloading assignment submissions
• Posting grades in myWPI
• Adobe Acrobat X
• Audience Response System(Clickers)
• eInstruction Pad
• iPods & Podcasting
• Multimedia Hardware
• Audio Recorders
• Video Recorders
• Digital Still Cameras
• Multimedia Software
• Camtasia
• Photoshop
• SnagIt
• Graphic File Formats
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word Advanced Features
• Smart Sympodium
• Using the ATC Tv Studio
• Wimba Classroom

The Technology for Teaching and Learning team is a part of the Office of Information Technology. The team provides faculty, staff, and students with educational uses of technology and training needs.

• Our services include:

  • IT Liaisons
  • Student Technology Assistants
  • Self-Serve Resources
  • Technology Consultations
  • Instruction Sessions for Students
  • Professional Development Sessions
  • Faculty Technology Grants
• Additional services, including equipment loans, event A/V services, and Media Production services can be found through our parent department, the Academic Technology Center.

WPI Learning Object Repository

Learning objects are small digital chunks of learning content that are self-contained and reusable. They are often used in education to supplement course materials and to demonstrate concepts that are difficult for students to grasp with traditional teaching methods.

The learning objects in this collection were developed by WPI faculty members and are available for public use. We hope that you find these learning objects useful in your teaching and learning endeavors!

Biomedical Engineering

• Clips demonstrating the proper technique for running a uniaxial tensile test.
• Subsequent clips demonstrate the necessary steps to use the testing software, TestWorks 2.03.
• A series of tutorials detailing the use of Biopac and several other software applications relevant to biomedical engineering.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

• A virtual tour of a wastewater treatment plant.
• An interactive air pollution simulation.
• Video clips detailing a series of functions in Primavera’s project management software.

Fire Protection Engineering

• A warehouse fire and a selection of data that were superimposed on top of the footage, including heat transfer rate, temperature, number of sprinklers actuating, and time. Permission to use the video was granted by FM Global.

Computer Science

• The principle of mathematical induction.
• The principle of mathematical induction being used to show that the natural numbers are infinite.

Mathematical Sciences

• Law of large numbers
• Probability density function
• Relative frequency interpretation of probability using coin flips
• Central Limit Theorem
• Binomial, Normal, and Poisson distributions
• An application of probability to video gaming

Staff

Feel free to contact individual ATC staff members or send an e-mail to the team at atc-ttc@wpi.edu. You may also contact your ATC department liaison.

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