Technology "Office Hours"

While meeting with Tim yesterday and thinking about the huge amount of technology we are going to require of his students, I came up with an idea that I think is truly a good one.

Technology Office Hours

The idea is that one of the Instructional Designers or ITES will choose a time during the week where they will be available via Elluminate to answer any tech questions students might have. So students who are assigned to create a Powerpoint presentation but don't know how to use Powerpoint would come and get a lesson. Or if a student doesn't know how to download a podcast she/he could come and get a lesson.

We could also record each individual piece of a session based on topic so they could be archived for students who don't want to or can't attend a live session. If it started getting unmanageable with numbers we could also have themed times, where we focus on a specific topic.

I think I will start this with the Tim's class and my own this fall and see how it works.

I would hope that many students wouldn't need the help but I know there are a few that could really use it AND it would also help the faculty since they would not feel that they have to answer tech questions.

I believe it to be a win-win for everyone and, hopefully, not a massive addition to the ID's. If it works out we could even put it into the catalog! Maybe...

I look forward to getting the ball rolling.

Now we just need a snappy name....