What Actually Goes On Up On North Campus
Michigan IT organized tours of the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building and the Wilson Student Team Center. Come along as we recap!
Tag Archives: education
Meet the Newest Advisor at the Newnan Academic Advising Center: Maizey
The Newnan Academic Advising Center in LSA is utilizing Maizey to provide increased access to advising services for students.
UM-Flint improves course evaluation response rates using ChatGPT
A new course evaluation process at the University of Michigan-Flint is boosting response rates and helping more students have their voices heard.
U-M developers attend first-ever US-RSE conference
A contingent from U-M took part in the first-ever US-RSE (United States Research Software Engineer Association) annual conference. It was held at the University of Illinois Chicago, October 16–18, 2023. Abbey Roelofs and Michael Egan (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts), Srikanth Lavu (Marsal Family School of Education), and Andy Boughton (School of Public Health) attended the… Read More »
Education and Awareness in VR: New experience illustrates the effects of racial discrimination
Assistance from the XR team at the University of Michigan Center for Academic Innovation has helped bring to life 1000 Cut Journey, a new virtual reality experience that immerses users in the life of a fictional Black man in America. 1000 Cut Journey aims to provide users with deeper insights into the microaggressions and racial injustices Black Americans… Read More »
Academic Innovation Fund provides funding and tools to educational tech
The Center for Academic Innovation is providing funding and support to thirteen new projects aimed at helping implement educational technologies at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor as well as other global learning communities. The funded projects will include support for pre-college programs and residential U-M courses in both hybrid and online learning models. The thirteen projects will receive… Read More »
U-M launches Quantum Research Institute, a $55-million project
The University of Michigan recently launched the Quantum Research Institute, a $55-million project to further the development of quantum research and its applications in education. The project will recruit a potential eight new faculty members to U-M’s existing expertise, combining physicists, electrical engineers, computer and materials scientists and more. Funding for the QRI also brings lab space in… Read More »
U-M Professors discuss how societal impacts compare to technological advances
Ross School of Business professor Nigel Melville and Ford School of Public Policy professor Shobita Parthasarathy recently participated in a Faculty Q&A on a U-M podcast, Business and Society with Michigan Ross, to answer questions about the rise of AI and its implications. Melville and Parthasarathy have studied the popularization of AI, as well as what it means… Read More »
Profiles in IT: Irina Knokh—OER advocate
Irina “Irene” Knokh is an instructional learning senior with Nursing at Michigan. She is passionate about curating and sharing resources. She also serves as an EDUCAUSE ambassador and is active with several advocate groups on campus. She loves animals, and British mysteries and comedy shows.
AV Community of Practice hosts certification training for audiovisual specialists
John “JJ” Jahn, a project engineer lead with LSA Technology Services, firmly believes in continuing education for audiovisual (AV) people on campus. That’s why he asked the Michigan IT AV Technology Community of Practice in May if there was interest in a course to prepare for the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association (AVIXA) Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) professional… Read More »
New Canvas App Explorer tool helps faculty get the most from Canvas
In the several years since Canvas became the university’s primary learning platform, the ITS Teaching & Learning team has leveraged Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI), a standard that allows courseware and learning tools from different vendors to be launched within a learning platform, like Canvas. LTIs make available to Canvas users a significant number of external tools that can be… Read More »
Video: Protecting U-M from Cyberthreats
We live in a world of seemingly pervasive cyberthreats. From data breaches to ransomware disrupting business operations, to cyberattacks being a part of military operations, there are cyber incidents that make the news on an almost daily basis. The Securing the University of Michigan video explores the cyberthreats we face and the actions the university takes to protect… Read More »
Help Defeat Complex Email Scams
Complex scams are very real and playing out at academic institutions across the country, including U-M. There are key aspects to all of these scams that you should understand in order to protect yourselves and your data from malicious actors.
Academic Innovation, Coursera to team up for 10 XR-enhanced courses
The University of Michigan’s Center for Academic Innovation and the online learning platform Coursera are partnering on ten new courses enhanced by extended reality technologies. In these new courses, learners will be able to develop skills critical to the future of work and society and leverage XR technology to provide a level of immersion only possible in virtual,… Read More »
Submit your Enriching Scholarship 2022 proposal by March 1
This year’s Enriching Scholarship conference will highlight the range of instructional tools and approaches that reveal the implicit or unspoken assumptions and expectations in the curriculum. Submit your proposal by March 1.
Keeping your family safe online: New devices for the holidays
Not much compares to the feeling of watching someone you love open that new iPad they’ve been begging for, or the milestone of receiving their very first smartphone. Unfortunately, the excitement of new devices during the holidays can be eclipsed if those devices allow cybercrime to enter your home. Many households claim an abundance of devices, including computers,… Read More »
School of Dentistry uses 3D CAD/CAM technology to better serve patients, students
In the past, having a tooth crowned meant visiting the dentist twice: once to bite into thick, pink, not-so-great-tasting putty to create molds of your teeth, followed by having the tooth drilled to make room for a temporary cap; and again, weeks later, to have the newly-made crown put in place. Luckily for current and future U-M patients… Read More »
HITS offers apprenticeship program for aspiring IT professionals
An apprenticeship program created in partnership by the State of Michigan, Michigan Medicine and Washtenaw Community College is seeking aspiring information technology professionals. Michigan Medicine’s Service Desk Apprenticeship Program pays entry-level candidates to serve a one-year apprenticeship in front-line technology support, receiving extensive on-the-job training and formal technical coursework at WCC in the process. At the end of the program, apprentices earn a WCC 16-credit Computer Systems Technology certificate and emerge with a deep knowledge of the IT… Read More »
Michigan IT history: 75 years of the ENIAC
The first general-purpose computer turned 75 in February. One of its key contributors was Arthur Burks, who co-founded the first program in computing at U-M in 1957.
Profiles in IT: Ryan Henyard—Community collaborator
Henyard has spent his career leveraging IT to improve the education experience for students and actively works to incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion concepts into the projects he consults on.