The NITLE model, led by Rebecca Davis and Bret Olsen, focuses on advancing liberal education in the digital age through community-based initiatives and digital technology adoption among undergraduate-centered institutions. NITLE provides various programs and services, including managed technology services, professional development, and peer networking to support faculty and staff in integrating technology into education. Examples of campus implementations and resources, along with collaborative opportunities, highlight the importance of digital tools and pedagogical strategies in modern education.

1. The NITLE Model Rebecca Davis (Associate Director, NITLE Programs) Bret Olsen (Instructional Technologist) Click here to take your picture. Click here to make a text box. Use this tool to select & resize. Use this tool to point. Make shapes.

2. Introduce Yourselves

3. NITLE is a community-based, non-profit initiative Mission : to advance liberal education in the digital age Focus : undergraduate-centered colleges, universities, and other organizations that share the mission Goals : strategic, effective adoption of digital technologies; innovation in institutional and individual practices.

4. NITLE Programs & Services NITLE Information Services Provides managed technology services for institutions NITLE Network Builds community between peers Offers collaboration support services NITLE Institute Provides professional development for faculty & staff

5. NITLE Information Services: DSpace Digital repository services Quick set up Includes back-end application and server support No need to buy hardware or train staff for back-end support roles. Related professional development offerings Peer community

6. Examples of Campus DSpace Use Kalamazoo College, College Archives , http://dspace.nitle.org/handle/10090/25 Whittier College Course Reserves , http://dspace.nitle.org/handle/10090/4596 Franklin & Marshall College Museum of Art Collection , http://dspace.nitle.org/handle/10090/720 Visual Resources Collection , http://dspace.nitle.org/handle/10090/631

8. Pennsylvania Folk Art Collection “This collection presents highlights of The Phillips Museum of Art’s exceptional permanent collection of Pennsylvania Folk Art, as well as several fine examples of 18th century portrait painting. . . . made possible through the generous support of an institutional digital initiatives grant.”

9. NITLE Network Peer communities allow campuses to share expertise and experience. Connect in a variety of ways. Face to face Email lists Monthly Online events Twitter

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11. NITLE-IT For those who are charged by their institutions with supporting or advancing pedagogical uses of technology on campus. Participants exchange ideas, provide peer support, and share information on a regular basis. [email_address] Special Topics for Instructional Technologists (monthly) Instructional Technology Leaders Meeting Online Conference for instructional technologists Community discussion on ways to deal with economic downturn

12. NITLE Chinese Community Conferences: Technology-Assisted Approaches to Teaching Chinese (November 2007) Chinese discussion list and Moodle space Leads to cross-campus collaboration, e.g., three faculty from University of Puget Sound, DePauw University, and Amherst College in joint panel presentation at 2009 CLTA Chinese Studies Seminar group, June 2009

13. Professional Development Conferences Bring faculty and staff together around ways technology is impacting the community Face to Face: First Year Seminars: Integrating Technology, June 2009 Online: Mapping for Sustainability, April 2009

14. Monthly Online Series Special Topics in Digital Teaching Digital Storytelling Teaching with Digital Games Grassroots Video Teaching with Blogs Special Topics: Teaching Tools for the Global Age Video-Conferencing for Global Education

15. Workshops to Go Face to face Online 3 live meetings Highly interactive Asynchronous work 10 participants Ongoing access to materials Word Cloud created by http://www.wordle.net

16. Current Topics for Online Delivery Digital Repositories: Using DSpace Emerging Technologies and the Liberal Arts Campus Manakin : Developing Interfaces and Interactivity for DSpace Social Software for Education: Collaborative Learning and Research Practices Teaching with Learning Management Systems: Moodle , Sakai Virtual Collaboration Web-Based Video-Conferencing Web 2.0 Storytelling

17. Workshops to Go Catalog Introduction to Digital Teaching Emergent Forms of Digital Teaching Tools for Digital Teaching Images Audio Visualization and Analysis Tools Video Multimedia Presentation and Publishing Learning Management Information Management

18. Emergent Forms of Digital Teaching Podcasting for the Liberal Arts Classroom Virtual Collaboration Social Software for Education: Collaborative Learning and Research Practices Multimedia Narrative: Communicating with Stories Gaming and Teaching: Virtual Environments for Liberal Education Pedagogical Implications of Wireless and Mobile Technologies Web-Based Video-Conferencing: Teaching, Learning, and Collaborating Project Management and the Liberal Arts Campus Web 2.0 Storytelling Grassroots Video

19. Information Management Digital Repositories: Using DSpace Handling Information Overload Manakin: Developing Interfaces and Interactivity for DSpace Digitization Strategies, Technologies, and Practices