This week's edition of the Coffee Break announces the ITS Gamer Server Survey, which looks at ways to improve network speed for gamers and non-gamers by deploying a game server on campus and then discusses the proposed Center for Teaching and Learning at Lafayette. In Tech News, Ken and Courtney look at Kansas State University's new podcasting initiative that plans to make 6,000 class podcasts available to students. In Help News, they discuss the upcoming "Design and Administer Effective Web Surveys" workshop being given via web conference by Stephen Porter, Director, Institutional Research, Wesleyan University.
Getting the Podcast
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Show Notes
ITS News
- Gamer Server Survey:
- Do you game? In order to improve network speed for gamers and non-gamers, ITS is considering a dedicated game server for campus. We want to know if you'd use the server, and what games you'd want to see hosted on it.
- http://websurveyor.net/wsb.dll/53895/gameserver.htm?wsb4=coffeebreak
- Center for Teaching and Learning:
- Lafayette is discussing establishing a Center for Teaching and Learning — Courtney Bentley offers some thoughts on instructional technology tie-ins. You can find a class setup to discuss the Center in Blackboard:
- http://class.lafayette.edu
Tech News
- Kansas State University Launches World's Largest Course Podcasting Initiative
- The Kansas City InfoZine reports: "
Kansas State University announced today its use of Tegrity Campus to convert an unprecedented 6,000 recorded classes to enhanced podcasts. K-State plans to have all 6,000 class podcasts available to its students this year, making it by far the education realm's largest podcasting implementation worldwide." - http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/18027/
- The Kansas City InfoZine reports: "
Help News
- Workshop: Design and Administer Effective Web Surveys
- Time: 1-2:30 p.m.
- Location: Kirby 10
- Instructor: Stephen Porter, Director, Institutional Research, Wesleyan University
- Register for the workshop: http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~its/help/workshop/registration?workshop=129
- As the need for inexpensive, accurate information increases, so too will the reliance on properly designed web surveys. Join us to review the fundamentals behind effective online surveys from both a technological and methodological perspective. This workshop is designed for those interested in moving from paper to web surveys, and will review the many aspects of designing and successfully administering a web survey with a high response rate.