{"id":8448,"date":"2018-05-14T15:05:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T19:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=8448"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:56","slug":"scaling-homegrown-education-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/14\/scaling-homegrown-education-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Scaling homegrown education technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8467\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8467\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8467\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ecoach-450x310.jpg\" alt=\"screencapture of ecoach UI\" width=\"450\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ecoach-450x310.jpg 450w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ecoach-450x310-125x86.jpg 125w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ecoach-450x310-290x200.jpg 290w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ecoach-450x310-60x42.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Academic Innovation)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Office of Academic Innovation <a href=\"http:\/\/ai.umich.edu\/blog\/scaling-homegrown-educational-technology\/\">launched an edtech accelerator<\/a> that\u2019s building and scaling digital pedagogy within and beyond the university. Previously, the issue with edtech was that it did not extend beyond the initial department it was used for, but the Office of Academic Innovation is providing the infrastructure to support and scale it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This process involves software developers working with faculty to implement personalized education courses, such as ViewPoint, ECoach, and ART 2.0, that cater to students. This is helpful in larger lecture halls because students benefit from the individual attention they receive from the course programs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">M-Write is another program that works seamlessly within Canvas, and is used to more easily work with writing assignments in STEM classes. The Office of Academic Innovation will continue their partnerships with faculty and help them scale education technology as the field and its user base expands, constantly and positively changing the teaching and learning environment at U-M. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Academic Innovation launched an edtech accelerator that\u2019s building and scaling digital pedagogy within and beyond the university. Previously, the issue with edtech was that it did not extend beyond the initial department it was used for, but the Office of Academic Innovation is providing the infrastructure to support and scale it. This process involves software\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/14\/scaling-homegrown-education-technology\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":8467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-8448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-education"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ecoach-450x310.jpg",450,310,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ecoach-450x310-125x86.jpg",125,86,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ecoach-450x310-290x200.jpg",290,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ecoach-450x310.jpg",450,310,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ecoach-450x310.jpg",450,310,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ecoach-450x310.jpg",450,310,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ecoach-450x310.jpg",450,310,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ecoach-450x310-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ecoach-450x310-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ecoach-450x310-450x300.jpg",450,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ecoach-450x310.jpg",450,310,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ecoach-450x310.jpg",363,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Samantha DeRosia, ITS Communications","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/srderosi\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Office of Academic Innovation launched an edtech accelerator that\u2019s building and scaling digital pedagogy within and beyond the university. 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