The Community of Educational Technology Support works to improve teaching and learning on campus through networking, collaboration, sharing expertise and resources, and advocacy.
Recent blog posts
Just a note that the ComETS GAME DESIGN group will be meeting regularly this semester to improve teaching and learning by decosntructing the engagement/appeal/learning in good games, and applying it to teaching.
These are fun meetings, and they challenge participants to approach education in innovative ways.
We invite you to play.
Call for Papers
Games+Learning+Society Conference 8.0
http://glsconference.org
June 13-15, 2012
Madison, WI Read more »
As a proponent of public education and providing free access to knowledge beyond the borders of the university (Wisconsin Idea), I think I'm pleased about Apple's new foray into eTexts, their iBooks. But I know that there are other opinions, so I'd love to hear them.
Please fill out the (anonymous) Success Factors of Collaboration Survey for our annual membership meeting on January 12th 2012. For those who started the survey, please complete ASAP. Thanks! (It takes about 10-15 minutes.)
http://wilderresearch.org/tools/cfi?g=371&gcn=1298958225 Read more »
UW Madison's Community of Education Technology Support (ComETS) is recognizing the achievements of faculty and staff who spur innovations in educational technology. Read more »
News flash from the ComETs External Relations committee: Read more »
Notes from the Administrative Excellence Campus Forum in October
The first Administrative Excellence Campus Forum was attended by 230 people on Thursday, October 27, 2011.
Five opportunities for greater efficiency were on display at a poster exhibit during the forum. Read more »
A colleague recently shared the IAP2 "Spectrum of Public Participation" (pdf) with me. The spectrum is a framework to help groups define their goals in terms of the levels that members might participate, and provides techniques/resources that will be needed to meet those goals. Read more »
All interested ComETS members are invited to join the new Distance Education and Online Learning Working Group Read more »
