Welcome to the first issue of the Academic Technology
Services (ATS) Newsletter. It is a result of feedback we got
from you and much planning and consultation. We hope you
find it useful and informative.
About the Newsletter
We have designed this newsletter to allow you to quickly see
how ATS is advancing and supporting innovations in teaching
and learning. We’ve provided a sample of the new design on
the right. Regular features will include:
Campus Connections, highlighting campus
collaborations.
In-Depth, providing a comprehensive summary and
analysis of a current high priority ATS project.
The Insider, providing insights into the perspectives
of key people working at the CO.
We welcome your feedback. Please share your stories and
tell us about the great work you’re doing so we can share it
with the larger CSU community. Collaboration and sharing
resources, ideas, and best practices is needed now more
than ever given the challenging economic climate. We look
forward to working with you in the months and years ahead.
About our Services
To help you better understand the array of projects that ATS
supports and the services we provide to help you and your
campus, we have organized them around the following
benefits:
Accessing Quality Content Easily.
Sharing Exemplary Educational Practices.
Preparing Students for Success.
Supporting Professional Development.
Please see pages 2 through 5 for our menus of projects and
services at a glance. Our newly designed website follows the
same user-friendly format. Please visit us at
www.calstate.edu/ats.
With appreciation,
Regan Caruthers rcaruthers@calstate.edu
Director of Communications,
Academic Technology Services, CSU Office of the Chancellor
An Inside Look at Our
New Design
Resource
Description
Accessibility Resource Finder
http://www.csulb.edu/centers/cuda/support_ati/
accessibility_database/
FREE digital library of resources about assistive
technologies and accessibility products,
evaluation methods, and training materials.
Biology Labs Online – About the project
http://www.cdl.edu/cdl_projects/blol_home
Information about the CDL Biology Labs Online
project.
Biology Labs ON-LINE Simulations and Exercises
http://www.biologylab.awlonline.com
Register for or login to Biology Labs ON-LINE – a
set of fee-based virtual biology lab simulations.
Center for Accessible Media (CAM)
http://cam.calstate.edu
Access over 10,000 commercial accessible
alternative format textbooks. Login Required
CSU Special Collections
http://dsc.calstate.edu/
Directory of over 600 special collections managed
by CSU libraries.
Digital Marketplace – the web site
http://www.21st-digitalmarketplace.com
One-stop-shopping for both free and fee-based
academic content.
Digital Marketplace – About the project
http://www.calstate.edu/ATS/digital_marketplace
Information about the Digital Marketplace web
site project.
MERLOT
http://www.merlot.org
FREE access to over 20,000 online teaching and
learning materials across a wide range of
disciplines
Search for Journals , Magazines, and Newspapers
http://sfx.calstate.edu:9003/chancellor/azlist/
default
Direct link to Pharos Search for Journals,
Magazines, and Newspapers powered by SFX.
SFX Overview
http://www.calstate.edu/LS/sfx.shtml
Information about the software used at all CSU
libraries to provide full text access to CSU
electronic library resources.
CSU SFX Metalib resource web site
http://library.csusm.edu/csu/
Resources to assist anyone implementing SFX
and Metalib.
Systemwide Electronic Information Resources
(SEIR)
http://seir.calstate.edu
CSU systemwide library strategy for purchasing
electronic resources that are shared across all 23
campuses.
Update on the CSU Virtual Library (PDF)
http://www.calstate.edu/UIAS/CSUVLStatus
ReportNo2April12009.pdf
PDF about the CSU Virtual Library which provides
every CSU student online access to a systemwide
library collection and suite of library services.
WorldImages database
http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/
Over 65,000 FREE copyright controlled digital
images in the humanities, arts, social sciences,
and architecture for use in teaching and research.
XERXES
http://xerxes.calstate.edu/
A customizable library portal that allows dynamic
searches of library resources across a variety of
collections and displays user-friendly results.
Resource
Description
Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI)
http://www.calstate.edu/accessibility/
Information about procurement, web accessibility,
instructional materials, and training to meet the
Accessible Technology goals of the CSU.
CSU BioCompass Program
http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/biocompass/
index.html
The CSU Gateway to Biotechnology Education and
resources in the Greater Los Angeles region.
CSU Online Degree Programs
http://odp.csusuccess.org/
Discover all online BA/BS, MA/MS and credential
degree programs offered across the CSU system.
ePortfolios
http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/eportfolio
Web-based guidelines, resources, and tools for
using e-portfolios in the CSU.
LMS Initiatives
http://dat.cdl.edu/lms
Information about proprietary and open source
learning management systems (LMSs), CSU campus
leaders in LMS activities, and the RFP process.
MERLOT Communities
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/communities.htm
Collection of over 20 disciplined based portals for
teaching strategies, learning materials, professional
development and exemplary online resources, and
more.
MERLOT ELIXR
http://elixr.merlot.org
Discipline oriented resource designed to illustrate
exemplary teaching practices and inspire faculty.
MERLOT Journal for Online Learning and
Teaching
http://jolt.merlot.org/
FREE online journal of peer-reviewed research and
case studies on the effective use of Academic
Technology in teaching and learning.
MERLOT Developing and Delivering Online
Courses Portal
http://onlinecourses.merlot.org/
Collection of resources to aide institutional planning
and course development for online and hybrid
environments.
MERLOT Pedagogy Portal
http://pedagogy.merlot.org/
Teaching strategies, learning theory, instructional
design, teaching challenges, and
assessment/evaluation.
Resources for Teaching and Learning the
Accessibility of Technology
http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/access/
Professional development for accessible technology
in the CSU. Addresses documents and multimedia,
purchasing, web site accessibility, and more.
Student Learning Outcomes
http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/
learningoutcomes/index.html
Guidelines, resources, and tools for effective
student learning assessment, and information about
campus projects related to CLA, NSSE, and WASC.
Transforming Course Design – Overview
http://www.calstate.edu/ats/
transforming_course_design/
Information about the ATS Transforming Course
Design program.
Transforming Course Design – the web site
http://transform.csuprojects.org
How to improve student learning and reduce costs
through course curriculum and pedagogy redesigns.
Resource
Description
ALEKS
An online “intelligent” tutor that assesses learning
and provides custom instruction for students in
CSU entry-level math courses.
http://www.aleks.com/independent/students/
course_products?cmscache=detailed&detailed
=g11_telm
CSU English Success Home page
http://www.csuenglishsuccess.org/eshome
CSU Math Success Home page
http://www.csumathsuccess.org/mshome
ELM Exam Preparation from CSU Math
Success
http://www.csumathsuccess.org/exam_prep
ELM Exam Tutorial from CSU Math Success
http://www.csumathsuccess.org/
elm_exam_tutorial
Expository Reading and Writing Online
Community
http://writing.csusuccess.org/wcop_home
ICT Literacy in the CSU
http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/ictliteracy
iCritical Thinking Tools powered by ETS
http://www.certiport.com/Portal/desktopdefa
ult.aspx?page=common/pagelibrary/
icritical_thinking.htm
Science Education Community
http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/sec/
Noyce Scholars in the CSU
http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/noyce
Educational Leadership ED.D.
http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/edleadership
Designed to help students prepare to enroll in forcredit English courses at the CSU with links to
planning tools and remedial instruction.
Designed to help students prepare to enroll in forcredit math courses at the CSU with links to
planning tools and remedial instruction.
Information about how to prepare for the Entry
Leval Math (ELM) Exam. Includes links to tutorials
and practice exams.
A for-fee personalized ELM tutorial on how to
prepare for the Entry Leval Math (ELM) Exam.
Web based expository writing materials and
evaluation rubrics aligned with entry level English
requirements at the CSU. Login Required
Resources, guidelines, and instructional materials
for integrating Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) literacy into academic programs.
Online scenario based assessment tool for
evaluating students’ information, communication,
and technology literacy skills. Collaboratively
designed by ETS, the CSU, and higher education
partners.
Provides prospective science teachers, current
teachers and CSU faculty guidelines, resources,
and links to experts on recruiting and retaining
California science teachers.
Provides resources on using virtual science labs in
teaching high-school biology, chemistry, physics
and math in high-needs schools.
Provides online resources and guidelines to
doctoral students and their faculty for successful
completion of ED.D programs in the CSU.
Resource
Description
Center for Distributed Learning (CDL)
Provides expert support in the design and
development of academic technology tools for
teaching and learning.
http://www.cdl.edu
Center for Usability in Design and Accessibility
(CUDA)
http://www.csulb.edu/centers/cuda
Colleague Connector
http://transform.csuprojects.org/itlconnect
Community of Academic Technology and Staff
(CATS)
http://cats.cdl.edu
Directors of Academic Technology (DAT)
Community Worksite
http://dat.cdl.edu
MERLOT International Conference (MIC)
http://conference.merlot.org/2009/
Pachyderm
http://www.cdl.edu/cdl_projects/pachy_home
Teaching Business
http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/business
Teaching Commons Guide
http://teachingcommons.cdl.edu/guide
Provides usability and accessibility evaluation,
research, training, tools, and assessment
methodologies.
Locate CSU colleagues who share a teaching
interest and join the community of CSU
faculty getting connected on teaching and
learning issues.
A community of practice centered on effective
use of academic technology with an annual
conference focused on training and sharing
best practices.
Offers a way for CSU campuses to collaborate
when evaluating, procuring, adopting, and
implementing new academic technologies.
Annual international conference for sharing
strategies for putting educational innovations
into practice in higher education.
FREE, easy to use authoring tool for nontechnical faculty and students to create online
media rich instructional resources.
Access to CSU's web site for business faculty
sharing teaching practices and resources.
Provides tools, templates and guidelines for
CSU faculty communities creating and
sustaining their own teaching commons for
sharing exemplary educational practices.