Academic Information Technology's Facilities for Faculty Training & Development


  • The Faculty Training & Development Laboratory

    • http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ait/ftdl/index.htm

    The Faculty Training and Development Lab (managed by AIT) gives faculty access to hardware and academic software, as well as training and support in the effective use of contemporary computer technology.

    Faculty receive assistance with specialized, state-of-the-art equipment and software for Web page development and management, video capture, digital imaging, optical character recognition, desktop publishing, creating 35mm slides, authoring multimedia, and mastering CD-ROMs or DVDs, as well as more basic applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software, and FTPing.

    Staff (including Web and multimedia design specialists) generate documentation, provide training, and support faculty in a variety of settings: small group instruction, individual tutorials, office visits, telephone calls, and e-mail.

    Our move to relatively remote temporary quarters-spaces that lack the "heart of the campus" location of the Once-and-Future-Library-has only increased telephone contact and requests for "house calls."

    Library Systems staff are available to provide technical support to faculty, resolving hardware, software, and application development problems.

  • The Multimedia Classrooms

    • http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ait/multimedia/index.htm

    Some faculty who are using technology to teach do so synchronously rather than asynchronously. The College's two Multimedia Classrooms are popular venues for this type of instruction. AIT staff schedule these spaces and maintain the hardware and software installed there. Staff meet with faculty to ensure that the classrooms are appropriately configured for their classes. They acquire and load the software that faculty require. These spaces are heavily booked. The classrooms also support WebCourse, the Faculty Workshop series, and the Virtual Core Project.
  • The Morton & Angela Topfer Library Café

    • http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ait/librarycafe/index.htm

    The Library Café supports faculty engaged in Web-based teaching by freeing them from the need to use class time to teach their students the technical "basics" for accessing the course sites instructors have created. Faculty send their students to the Café for one-to-one instruction, or arrange group training. For more information, see Section II, Assuring a Student Oriented Campus, The Morton & Angela Topfer Library Café, which follows.