Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology

Bim Angst and Elinor Madigan were nice enough to join us from Schuykill campus. Click on through to see the session notes and download this Symposium 2008 podcast for more on their presentation.

Bim Angst bxh31@psu.edu and Elinor Madigan emm17@psu.edu join us from Schuykill campus. Coming from a small campus research can pose big obstacles when it comes to resources. Research doesn't have to be resource intensive note what Bim and Elinor have learned through their experience.

The limitations of working alone are: smaller skill set, perspective, approaches, experience, and expertise. Encouragement and time will also not be there, as well as publication and mentoring opportunities.

Collaboration affords cross-discipline research approaches and new or different work methods. It also shares the research burden. There is more energy, wider source material, a better opportunity for enrichment coaching and mentoring resulting in better research and more rewarding work for yourself.

Technologies to help with research:
- Shared pages ANGEL, Facebook, etc.
- Open source software
- Data collection through survey tools
- Discussions via IM