Overview of Academic Technology
Mission
Academic Technology supports and advances effective learning, teaching, scholarship, and community service with technology. Academic Technology:
- Actively collaborates to provide universally accessible solutions;
- Researches, implements, and evaluates innovations and best practices;
- Develops expertise and competencies through training, consultations, and professional development;
- Designs, equips, maintains, and supports virtual and physical learning environments.
Overview
There are 5 core areas of service in Academic Technology:
- Creative Services provides assistance with graphics, posters, photos, videoconferencing and teleconferencing;
- Learning Spaces constructs and maintains more than 100 electronically enhanced classrooms, meeting rooms, and lecture theaters across campus, as well as 2 experimental classrooms;
- Media Distribution and Support provides audiovisual equipment for teaching, support through training and troubleshooting, and access to more than 17,000 films and videos;
- Online Teaching and Learning supports the SF State community with their effective use of online technologies, including iLearn, ePortfolios, and webconferencing, by providing workshops, help desk support, individual consultations, and a wide variety of web and print-based resources;
- Technology Development develops and maintains SF State's learning and teaching technologies, including iLearn, DIVA, CourseStream, POWER, and other technologies, as well as other innovative solutions related to academic computing.
Consultations and recommendations on technical specifications for grant proposals are available to the campus community.
