Objectives:

To implement advanced technologies of communication in the everyday life of the academic community, and serve as a resource center for the support of scholarly pursuits by faculty, staff, and students.

Serves as a catalyst for the implementation of various media of communication in the design and the development of innovative strategies and methods of instruction/presentation for the promotion of academic development and intellectual stimulation.

Through the Office of Instructional Technology, Faculty, Staff, and students are challenged with the following objectives:

Desktop Publishing - Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to develop competency in using Word processing and Desktop Publishing, including the most common applications. The office of Instructional Technology offers five workshops leading to the mastery of MS Word, Word Perfect, ClarisWorks, etc.

Networking - Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to develop competency in Networking including E-mail and Web browsing. The office of Instructional Technology offers several workshops leading to the mastery of MS Mail, Outlook, Browsing the World Wide Web with Netscape and Internet Explorer, Synchronous Communications with ICQ, AOL Chat, etc.

Presentation Technology - Faculty and Staff are encouraged to develop competency in authoring presentations for classroom instruction, including the utilization of one or more presentation packages. Interested faculty members should be able to integrate text, clip Art, imported images, video and sound to create computer controlled audio-visual displays or multimedia presentations of MS PowerPoint.

Distance Instruction - Faculty are encouraged to develop competency in authoring presentations for distance instruction, including the utilization of one or more presentation packages. Interested faculty members should be able to integrate text, clip Art, imported images, video and sound to create computer controlled audio-visual displays or multimedia presentations. OIT offers several workshops leading to the mastery of Video conferencing systems and Blackboard software.

Audio/Video Production - Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to develop competency in the collection and the composition of audio-visual data, including the ability to originate, design, and carry out the production of a show, a report, or simply collect data. Seven workshops are offered leading to the mastery of audio video production.

Interactive-Technology -Faculty and Staff are encouraged to expand their competency in the development of interactive media for their disciplines. The Office of Instructional Technology will provide training in at least one or more multimedia packages. Faculty are also encouraged to acquire competency in the design of electronic publications, involving the manipulation of text, graphics, photographs, video, and sound. Through the Office of Instructional Technology, faculty should be able to develop applications for distribution through Internet, CD/ROM’s, Laser disks, or other computer-based formats. Nine workshops leading to publishing interactive hypermedia applications are offered.