ABSTRACT
Williams Instructional Technology (WIT) is a summer technology intern program hosted by the Office for Information Technology at Williams College. The WIT program started in 1997 as part of an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant. The goals of the program are to develop high quality web, video, multimedia, and other curriculum-related projects proposed by faculty to use in teaching; to provide an opportunity for faculty/student collaboration; and to provide technical and project development training for students. The faculty-proposed projects range from video/audio creation, 3D modeling, Geographic Information Systems, web design, animation, to data visualization. Project types undertaken and program management styles have changed over the ten years the program has been offered. This paper will present an overview of the WIT and examine the program's outcomes.
- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Web Site http://www.mellon.org/.Google Scholar
- Baja Atlas Project. Williams College Web Site. http://oit.williams.edu/wit/video/bajaatlas.cfm?baja=PuntaChivatoIslaSanMarcos.Google Scholar
- Center for Digital Story Telling. Website. http://www.storycenter.org/.Google Scholar
- Daily Messages. Williams College Web Site. http://www.williams.edu/messages/.Google Scholar
- Field Botany BIOL 220. Williams College Web Site. http://www.williams.edu/Biology/botany/Google Scholar
- Gallery of Planetary Nebula Spectra. Williams College Web Site. http://www.williams.edu/astronomy/research/PN/nebulae/.Google Scholar
- Lane Faison Video. Williams College Web Site. http://oit.williams.edu/wit/files/projects/2006/faisoninterviewexcerptforweb.mov.Google Scholar
- Office for Information Technology. Williams College Web Site. http://oit.williams.edu/.Google Scholar
- Physics Demonstration Database. Williams College Web Site. http://www.williams.edu/Physics/phast/.Google Scholar
- Renaissance Music and Saint Donatian. Williams College Web Site. http://oit.williams.edu/wit/files/christe.cfm.Google Scholar
- Tale of the Dogwood. Williams College Web Site. http://www.williams.edu/Biology/explodingflower/movies.html.Google Scholar
- Tanglewood. Web Site. http://www.tanglewood.org.Google Scholar
- Williams Instructional Technology. Williams College Web Site. http://oit.williams.edu/wit/.Google Scholar
Index Terms
- Williams instructional technology: summer students working on faculty projects
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