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Projects and Collaborations

TELR explores and advances new educational technologies and actively seeks out opportunities for research and collaboration in eLearning.

Recent projects and collaborations are listed below. Click a section header to jump to the topic.

 

Carmen

TELR supports Carmen, Ohio State's learning management system, through self-paced documentation, training workshops, and course design assistance. TELR also partners with OIT on technical system support and Help Desk assistance. more

Digital Union

The Office of the CIO and the University Libraries sponsor TELR's Digital Union, the place at Ohio State University where faculty, students, and staff can learn how to create new media for teaching and learning, to explore and research new and emerging technologies, and test technology prior to investing. more

Undergraduate Programs

TELR sponsors the following programs supporting undergraduate research:

  • Research on Research (R2) Grants, in which undergraduate students work with faculty to document research through a multimedia portfolio. more
  • TEAMS program, in which faculty and staff collaborate with TELR to offer multimedia workshops that enrich classroom and research experiences. more

Community Outreach through Emerging Technologies

Through efforts sponsored by the Office of the CIO, TELR participates in initiatives to develop emerging technologies. Recent projects include development of a transportable satellite system for internet connectivity in remote areas and a pilot project to bring internet access to one of Ohio's Appalachian communities. more

Clickers

The Office of the CIO appointed a Classroom Response System committee, including members of TELR, to research clicker systems, their instructional uses, and policies and procedures regarding their use, implementation and support. The committee recommended standardizing on a single system to allow interoperability and spare students the expense of multiple device. A website about adopting clickers and effective use in the classroom was also developed. more

Mobile Learning

As a part of the OSU Wireless project, the Office of the CIO appointed TELR to promote best practices in mobile learning and to sponsor associated professional development opportunities. A best practices website was created in partial fulfillment of that charge. more

University Libraries

TELR and the Universities Libraries partner at multiple levels to better align and integrate our services. more

Web Media Collective

TELR helped fund the College of Arts and Sciences' Web Media Collective, which in turn developed Media Manager, a web-based repository for media files. more

Communities of Practice

TELR sponsors and coordinates several communities that bring together faculty, staff, and students interested in sharing ideas, experiences, and practices around specific technologies and practices. more

CORC Grant

TELR is the recipient of two CORC Learning Communities Grants. The first is for a pilot program to involve undergraduate students in teaching new technology and middle school students in learning. The second sponsors a faculty learning community, titled IR/TL (Integrating Research into Teaching and Learning), that focuses on using technology as a tool to bridge the gap between research, undergraduate teaching, and outreach.

Adobe Grant

TELR partnered with Adobe Systems and the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) to develop an online tutorial for student authors to use when creating electronic theses and dissertations in PDF format. The result was a module-based training system about how to effectively use Adobe Acrobat’s rich feature set. more

PEW Grant

As part of a $200,000 Pew Foundation Grant, TELR partnered with Dr. Dennis Pearl, the Department of Statistics, Faculty and TA Development, the Mathematics and Statistics Learning Center, and the Office of Academic Affairs to redesign Statistics 250. The project's main goal was to offer students a range of learning options tailored to different learning styles. TELR's role in the project was development of an online system, including a student learning contract, a range of lesson modules, and automated administration and help features. The result was a measurably enhanced learning experience for students -- with reduction in departmental costs as an added benefit.