Instructional Support

The Critical Thinking through Writing initiative provides technical and pedagogical support for infusing the undergraduate curriculum with critical thinking through the use of small writing assignments. It is part of the university's SACS accreditation efforts. Each undergraduate major has a faculty ambassador who may be contacted for degree-specific information.

The WAC program is a faculty development initiative that provides funding for faculty to develop innovative teaching strategies. WAC offers annual workshops as well as some research support.

uLearn

uLearn (formerly WebCT Vista) is web-based software and can be used to create entire online courses or to complement classroom-based courses. uLearn is available to all faculty, staff and students at Georgia State.

Center for Teaching and Learning

This site contains information about the activities, resources and opportunities for improving the quality of instruction at Georgia State University.

University Educational Technology Services (UETS)

UETS is responsible for institutional instructional technology support, including instructional design services; creation of web-based course materials and uLearn support; digital media services; and technology training.

Georgia State University Library

The library provides leadership and instruction in accessing and using information to support the university's mission of teaching, research and service. Services and resources include customized instruction in research skills, information literacy and identifying and searching electronic resources; collaboration with course instructors to integrate information literacy skills into research assignments; and development of class and/or subject-specific guides, bibliographies, and research process help-sheets in print and online formats.

COE Instructional Technology Center (ITC)

ITC is designed for faculty, students and Pre-K-12 educators to encourage and support technology confidence and expertise in the areas of teaching, collaboration and consultation. Operated by the College of Education, the ITC offers a wide variety of services such as teaching resources for K-12, digitizing video and access to video studios.

Electronic Reserves System

Produced by Docutek, the Electronic Reserves System, known as ERes, is in over 400 colleges and universities worldwide. ERes offers single point access for students to search both digital and physical copies of course reserves. The ERes course page will be designed for your specific class. You may bring materials to the reserves desk or place your request online. We will retrieve library owned materials from our stacks and databases. Once your requests are received, library staff will digitize everything that meets copyright guidelines and create your course page.

The Exchange

The Exchange is a resource center with the latest technology, training and support for faculty and academic support staff. Similar to the Digital Aquarium, the Exchange has private and open work areas with PCs and Macs, conference tables, a recording studio and equipment available for checkout. Faculty can receive training on uLearn and vClass, and can learn how to create podcasts, multimedia presentations and videos. Visit www.gsu.edu/exchange.html for a schedule of course offerings.