ComETS: Community of Educational Technology Support at UW-Madison
A UW-Madison instructional support community designed to network and collaborate and share expertise and resources. ComETS promotes events focused on technology, faculty engagement, instructional design, and associated teaching and learning topics.
Who is ComETS?
ComETS includes UW-Madison staff who provide consultations and training, design instructional projects, work at new media centers and multimedia production facilities, and are involved with teaching and learning with technology in ANY way – from consultations to end-user support.
Community Objectives:
- Create and sustain shared professional development
- Congregate and collaborate
- Share expertise and resources
- Initiate and co-sponsor events
This past week UW-Madison was recognized as a "Center of Excellence" from the New Media Consortium (NMC). For those of you who don't know, the NMC is a non-profit consortium working in collaboration with college campuses, museums, and centers for Art, Science and Research across the country. The NMC's mission is to "explore and promote innovative applications of technology for teaching, learning, and creative expression." The NMC was founded in 1993 and UW-Madison is a charter member.
This award goes out to "Campus Technology Partners" to recognize Madison's "systemic and comprehensive approaches to faculty support." We believe this reflects our work in digital media centers (including the newly renamed Digital Media Center @ Biotech), the efforts of ComETS members in promoting innovative approaches to technologies for teaching and learning, and recognizes our comprehensive approaches to faculty support.
NMC is well know for its annual Horizon Report which charts the landscape of emerging technologies for teaching, learning, and creative expression. Last Fall Larry Johnson, the CEO of the NMC, visited UW-Madison to lead a ComETS event examining Learning Technology Horizons and to consult with several campus groups. Larry introduced many of us to Second Life - and UW-Madison continues to be a strong partner on the NMC Second Life campus.
We hold a campus membership, which means everyone on campus is eligible to participate in NMC events. Alan Wolf, a member of the ComETS planning group and campus representative to the NMC, will help pass on more information about NMC activities as they arise. We encourage you to go to http://nmc.org/ to learn more about the New Media Consortium.
Announced 6/15/07
