Undergraduate Technology Advocate program expands to WL summer courses

The Technology Advocates program for Purdue’s West Lafayette campus is expanding support to include summer courses. Student Technology Advocates are immediately available to assist instructors who want to start working on their summer Brightspace course set-up and other educational technologies. Instructors can submit this request form for a Technology Advocate for spring or summer 2021 courses.

The Technology Advocate program was initiated by the Office of the Provost with the aim of improving student learning and reducing instructional technology burdens. Technology Advocates can assist instructors with their Brightspace course, streaming and lecture capture tools (e.g., BoilerCast), and other instructional technologies related to their courses. They can also answer student questions on these topics. A Technology Advocate serves as a point of contact who is connected to Purdue’s technology support infrastructure.

This initiative is a collaboration between Teaching & Learning, college IT staff, Innovative Learning, and ITaP. It builds on existing relationships within colleges when possible, and Innovative Learning educational technology experts trained students and their supervisors. Victory Soe, a Senior Instructional Technologist in the Computer Science department, leads the team.

For additional questions, contact: Sheila Hurt, Senior Program Director, Boiler Success Team at sfhurt@purdue.edu.

Innovative Learning is Purdue West Lafayette’s hub approach to connect instructors to the resources they need to engage students, develop courses in any instructional modality, and enhance learning across the University. Members include the Center for Instructional Excellence, Libraries and the School of Information Studies, Purdue Online and Teaching and Learning Technologies. To learn more, visit www.purdue.edu/innovativelearning or email InnovativeLearningTeam@purdue.edu.

Purdue Fort Wayne faculty with similar needs can reach out to PFW’s Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) at celt@pfw.edu, 260-481-6354, or CELT’s website for resources and to request one-on-one consultations. Technical support questions should be directed to PFW’s IT Services Help Desk helpdesk@pfw.edu or 260-481-6030.

Purdue Global: Direct teaching-related questions to askctl@purdueglobal.edu. Technical support questions should be directed to TechSupport@purdueglobal.edu or 866-522-7747 (toll-free).

Purdue Northwest faculty can reach out to PNW’s Office of Instructional Technology at oit@pnw.edu (for instructional technology assistance) and/or PNW’s Center for Faculty Excellence at cfe@pnw.edu (for pedagogical assistance). Technical support questions should be directed to PNW’s Customer Service Center at csc@pnw.edu.