About SUNY Empire Educational Technologists
Educational Technologists are located strategically across SUNY Empire to offer both online and face-to-face support as needed to the whole college community. EdTechs:
- Work with faculty to enhance teaching and learning by introducing new and emerging educational technologies supported by the college.
- Consult with faculty to develop and implement pedagogically sound materials or tools for instructional use.
- Design and deliver workshops and trainings for online tools and media.
- Reach out to faculty and staff with individualized approaches.
- Assist faculty in creating and integrating open educational resources (OERs) into their courses and learning opportunities.
Vision
The EdTechs seek to improve access to engaging and high quality technology-enhanced learning opportunities to students across Empire State College.
Mission
The Educational Technologists (EdTechs) work with Empire State College faculty, staff, and students to enhance instruction and learning through promotion of pedagogically sound models when using technology, online tools, and multimedia for teaching and learning. The EdTechs across the state collaborate with faculty and staff to create technology-mediated learning experiences and to integrate a variety of ITS-supported technologies to support pedagogy and learning goals.
Educational Technologies Staff
Showcase of Our Work
Open Education Resources (OERs)
OERs are learning resources made available in the public domain. They are licensed in a way that allows others to use and modify them to align with your learning goals. Each resource is licensed under a specific Creative Commons license. The Educational Technologists at SUNY Empire State College and various subject matter experts have worked to develop several OER's. You can see our portfolio of these resources here.
Available OERs that we have created or assisted with:
- Scientific Method OER
- Ethograms: Cataloging Animal Behavior OER
- Biodiversity OER
- Introduction to Microscopy
- Visual Pathways
- Writing with Sources: Paraphrasing & Quotations OER
- Writing with Sources: Summarizing OER
- Writing with Sources: In-Text Citations Using APA OER
- Writing with Sources: The APA Reference List OER
Educational and Emerging Technologies Podcast:
Where Dedicated Mentoring Meets Innovative Technology
Since Jan. 2019, the Educational Technologists have been producing the Educational and Emerging Technologies Podcast: Where Dedicated Mentoring Meets Innovative Technology.
Every other month we release an episode with faculty mentors to discuss their use of technology, and how it enhances student engagement and learning. The podcast series covers timely topics and has a broad reach in terms of areas of interest. We focus on what works well and identify lessons learned when using technology with instruction.
Our series episodes can be found these three platforms:
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