From ingerman at skidmore.edu Fri Aug 1 05:05:18 2003 From: ingerman at skidmore.edu (Bret Ingerman) Date: Fri Jul 16 16:34:45 2004 Subject: Senior Instructional Technologist position available Message-ID: <6B1445A4-C418-11D7-AB92-0003937CAEB8@skidmore.edu> Greetings from New York! In case any of you have folks that might be interested in moving to the east coast, I thought I would pass along this opportunity. Looking forward to seeing many of you at EDUCAUSE this fall! --Bret ----------------- Senior Instructional Technologist Skidmore College?s Center for Information Technology Services Academic Technologies Department seeks a Senior Instructional Technologist that will partner with faculty and academic staff in the use of instructional technologies, and the effective integration of these resources into their teaching and research. The position provides consulting, training, design and support for faculty using technology to enhance instruction and strengthen the curriculum. The successful candidate must have experience with instructional design or educational technologies at an institution of higher education and must be able to teach, present and communicate effectively before faculty and other audiences from a variety of disciplines. This is a full-time position available immediately. Responsibilities to include: ? Provides support by managing instructional technology projects; locating, recommending and assisting with the development of curricular materials ? Responsible for identifying and testing new technologies, recognizing trends, gathering and analyzing data and recommending instructional technology development plans ? Plans, coordinates and conducts special topics workshops in the use of technologies in instruction for faculty ? Provides leadership in the development of technology-enhanced curriculum and courses and serves the faculty to educate, inspire, encourage, motivate and provide support in their use of instructional technologies The successful candidate needs the ability to work with people of varying levels of computer knowledge and must be able to explain technology to non-technologists, reflecting a professional attitude. Must have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills; ability to work well individually and as a team member and possess demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize and meet deadlines. Proficiency in the following software programs is a plus: WebCT course management system, Dreamweaver, HTML, Photoshop, Fireworks, Adobe Acrobat and the ability to work across both Mac and Windows platforms. Bachelor?s degree in Instructional Technology, Educational Technology or related field required; Master?s preferred. The individual must have previous experience working with faculty at an institution of higher education. Experience with web-based learning and instruction, courseware design and authoring tools is essential. Review of applications will begin immediately and will remain open until filled. Send a cover letter and resume to: Human Resources-I41CF, File #CL, Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Skidmore College encourages applications from women and men of diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. ---------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bret Ingerman Chief Technology Officer and Director, CITS Skidmore College email: ingerman@skidmore.edu 815 North Broadway phone: (518) 580-5909 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-1632 fax: (518) 580-5905 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From irvw at linfield.edu Tue Aug 5 20:58:04 2003 From: irvw at linfield.edu (Irv Wiswall) Date: Fri Jul 16 16:34:45 2004 Subject: Nomadix servers Message-ID: <2147483647.1060117084@[192.168.1.101]> Folks, Anyone have any experience with Nomadix servers or similar devices that you'd care to share? -Irv From jdriskell at ups.edu Thu Aug 7 08:50:37 2003 From: jdriskell at ups.edu (James M. Driskell) Date: Fri Jul 16 16:34:45 2004 Subject: Sample 6509 Config Message-ID: <001101c35cfb$a54e3aa0$2d627cc0@windows.ups.edu> We are replacing our Cabletron SSR core router with a Cisco 6509 and I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share a 6509 config file with us. Our network is a star topology with every subnet terminating into the core router. The core also provides an uplink to the internet, via a packet shaper, fire wall and border router. Any help will be appreciated. Jim Driskell Network Manager University of Puget Sound From sprungde at whitman.edu Fri Aug 15 18:09:45 2003 From: sprungde at whitman.edu (David Sprunger) Date: Fri Jul 16 16:34:45 2004 Subject: Classroom recording: web? DVD? Message-ID: <52E1C9DF-CF86-11D7-84A2-000393B6F4BA@whitman.edu> Hello all-- Greetings from Whitman College Technology Services. We've got an issue that has us partially stumped, and we're interested to see what some of you may be trying. We have a few faculty members in our Rhetoric department that want to record their students' in-class presentation. The purpose is so that the students can then watch and review their own presentations. For the past several years, we have been using a simple VHS camcorder to do this, but now we're looking to upgrade our technology. One reason we want to do this is that we want to make it as easy and convenient for students to watch their videos. As many of you know, watching videos of yourself is a trying experience, and we want the students to have fewer excuses to avoid watching their videos. Another concern is the faculty concern. They want whatever the operation of the equipment we implement to be as close to "one-click" as possible. VHS camcorders work like that, the new solution should too. For those of you who want to read particulars of what we've already tried, see below-- but our basic question is this: are any of you trying to do something like this beyond just VHS, Hi8, or miniDV? Anybody doing live DVD or VCD recording? How about some sort of video-to-file-to-web process? What are your thoughts, experiences, or advice? Thanks in advance, David Sprunger Multimedia Specialist Whitman College Technology Services **************************** What we've tried/thought of already: We've thought of two possible avenues: DVD/VCD recordings or... "something" on the web. I say "something" because it's not really clear to me how that would work. Our CTO has seen some really high-end equipment (big big bucks) that records the video, automatically encodes the video for the web (probably Real or Windows Media), loads it on to a server and has it instantaneously ready for viewing. Sounds great right? I am skeptical about such a system, as there are so many variables. Our network is reliable but often over-taxed by the amount of use it gets. I'm sure that if a student has a choice between waiting a million years while the poor-quality, skip-ridden video downloads or streams vs just not watching it, they will choose not to watch it. Remember we want to make it as super-easy for students to view as possible. Which leads me to another point: even with a scaled down video-web solution, how much will we require the faculty to do with such a setup? It strikes me that there would be *a lot* more than one-click happening with something like this. I could add several other concerns, but rather than that I should just add: is anybody out there trying something like this for the web? How is it working? What are the particulars of your setup? If we rule out the web, (which for now, we did) that leaves DVD or VCD. We tried buying a Hamilton EX888 VCD Recorder-- what a piece of junk. Supposedly it makes videos that are viewable in any drive that can play VCDs. None of our Macs or PCs could read them without serious hacking-- and even once they did, there was no audio! We tried it on a conventional DVD player, and it played video and audio, but they were out of sync. I should add we hooked up a camcorder to this and were trying to do live recording. The instructions state that you can do this, but I guess that's not quite true. We're going to try DVD recording, using Panasonic pro-sumer equipment... we'll see how that goes. From ingerman at skidmore.edu Fri Aug 1 05:05:18 2003 From: ingerman at skidmore.edu (Bret Ingerman) Date: Thu Oct 5 10:00:23 2006 Subject: Senior Instructional Technologist position available Message-ID: <6B1445A4-C418-11D7-AB92-0003937CAEB8@skidmore.edu> Greetings from New York! In case any of you have folks that might be interested in moving to the east coast, I thought I would pass along this opportunity. Looking forward to seeing many of you at EDUCAUSE this fall! --Bret ----------------- Senior Instructional Technologist Skidmore College?s Center for Information Technology Services Academic Technologies Department seeks a Senior Instructional Technologist that will partner with faculty and academic staff in the use of instructional technologies, and the effective integration of these resources into their teaching and research. The position provides consulting, training, design and support for faculty using technology to enhance instruction and strengthen the curriculum. The successful candidate must have experience with instructional design or educational technologies at an institution of higher education and must be able to teach, present and communicate effectively before faculty and other audiences from a variety of disciplines. This is a full-time position available immediately. Responsibilities to include: ? Provides support by managing instructional technology projects; locating, recommending and assisting with the development of curricular materials ? Responsible for identifying and testing new technologies, recognizing trends, gathering and analyzing data and recommending instructional technology development plans ? Plans, coordinates and conducts special topics workshops in the use of technologies in instruction for faculty ? Provides leadership in the development of technology-enhanced curriculum and courses and serves the faculty to educate, inspire, encourage, motivate and provide support in their use of instructional technologies The successful candidate needs the ability to work with people of varying levels of computer knowledge and must be able to explain technology to non-technologists, reflecting a professional attitude. Must have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills; ability to work well individually and as a team member and possess demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize and meet deadlines. Proficiency in the following software programs is a plus: WebCT course management system, Dreamweaver, HTML, Photoshop, Fireworks, Adobe Acrobat and the ability to work across both Mac and Windows platforms. Bachelor?s degree in Instructional Technology, Educational Technology or related field required; Master?s preferred. The individual must have previous experience working with faculty at an institution of higher education. Experience with web-based learning and instruction, courseware design and authoring tools is essential. Review of applications will begin immediately and will remain open until filled. Send a cover letter and resume to: Human Resources-I41CF, File #CL, Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Skidmore College encourages applications from women and men of diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. ---------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bret Ingerman Chief Technology Officer and Director, CITS Skidmore College email: ingerman@skidmore.edu 815 North Broadway phone: (518) 580-5909 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-1632 fax: (518) 580-5905 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From irvw at linfield.edu Tue Aug 5 20:58:04 2003 From: irvw at linfield.edu (Irv Wiswall) Date: Thu Oct 5 10:00:23 2006 Subject: Nomadix servers Message-ID: <2147483647.1060117084@[192.168.1.101]> Folks, Anyone have any experience with Nomadix servers or similar devices that you'd care to share? -Irv From jdriskell at ups.edu Thu Aug 7 08:50:37 2003 From: jdriskell at ups.edu (James M. Driskell) Date: Thu Oct 5 10:00:23 2006 Subject: Sample 6509 Config Message-ID: <001101c35cfb$a54e3aa0$2d627cc0@windows.ups.edu> We are replacing our Cabletron SSR core router with a Cisco 6509 and I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share a 6509 config file with us. Our network is a star topology with every subnet terminating into the core router. The core also provides an uplink to the internet, via a packet shaper, fire wall and border router. Any help will be appreciated. Jim Driskell Network Manager University of Puget Sound From sprungde at whitman.edu Fri Aug 15 18:09:45 2003 From: sprungde at whitman.edu (David Sprunger) Date: Thu Oct 5 10:00:23 2006 Subject: Classroom recording: web? DVD? Message-ID: <52E1C9DF-CF86-11D7-84A2-000393B6F4BA@whitman.edu> Hello all-- Greetings from Whitman College Technology Services. We've got an issue that has us partially stumped, and we're interested to see what some of you may be trying. We have a few faculty members in our Rhetoric department that want to record their students' in-class presentation. The purpose is so that the students can then watch and review their own presentations. For the past several years, we have been using a simple VHS camcorder to do this, but now we're looking to upgrade our technology. One reason we want to do this is that we want to make it as easy and convenient for students to watch their videos. As many of you know, watching videos of yourself is a trying experience, and we want the students to have fewer excuses to avoid watching their videos. Another concern is the faculty concern. They want whatever the operation of the equipment we implement to be as close to "one-click" as possible. VHS camcorders work like that, the new solution should too. For those of you who want to read particulars of what we've already tried, see below-- but our basic question is this: are any of you trying to do something like this beyond just VHS, Hi8, or miniDV? Anybody doing live DVD or VCD recording? How about some sort of video-to-file-to-web process? What are your thoughts, experiences, or advice? Thanks in advance, David Sprunger Multimedia Specialist Whitman College Technology Services **************************** What we've tried/thought of already: We've thought of two possible avenues: DVD/VCD recordings or... "something" on the web. I say "something" because it's not really clear to me how that would work. Our CTO has seen some really high-end equipment (big big bucks) that records the video, automatically encodes the video for the web (probably Real or Windows Media), loads it on to a server and has it instantaneously ready for viewing. Sounds great right? I am skeptical about such a system, as there are so many variables. Our network is reliable but often over-taxed by the amount of use it gets. I'm sure that if a student has a choice between waiting a million years while the poor-quality, skip-ridden video downloads or streams vs just not watching it, they will choose not to watch it. Remember we want to make it as super-easy for students to view as possible. Which leads me to another point: even with a scaled down video-web solution, how much will we require the faculty to do with such a setup? It strikes me that there would be *a lot* more than one-click happening with something like this. I could add several other concerns, but rather than that I should just add: is anybody out there trying something like this for the web? How is it working? What are the particulars of your setup? If we rule out the web, (which for now, we did) that leaves DVD or VCD. We tried buying a Hamilton EX888 VCD Recorder-- what a piece of junk. Supposedly it makes videos that are viewable in any drive that can play VCDs. None of our Macs or PCs could read them without serious hacking-- and even once they did, there was no audio! We tried it on a conventional DVD player, and it played video and audio, but they were out of sync. I should add we hooked up a camcorder to this and were trying to do live recording. The instructions state that you can do this, but I guess that's not quite true. We're going to try DVD recording, using Panasonic pro-sumer equipment... we'll see how that goes.