Catalyst @ UWired

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During year 2 of the Catalyst Initiative

• The Catalyst Web site logged almost 1.7 million
  page views, an increase of more than 300.
• Educators registered as Catalyst Toolkit owners
  at a rate of 3.3 per day, up from 1.8 the
  previous year.
• Almost 16,000 unique students used Catalyst Tools
  for learning during January 2001, surpassing the
  prior years high by 9,000 students.

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And more . . .

• Catalyst workshop attendance climbed 35 to 948.
• Catalyst outreach efforts reached over 900 campus
  educators and staff.
• Drop-in visits to the CTLT remained high at 1700.
• The Catalyst Initiative reached 91 of academic
  departments.

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The Catalyst Website
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Catalyst Web Site
Redesigned for 2000!
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New content on Catalyst 3.0

• New learning pages with online workshop
  materials.
• New profiles highlight educators who use
  technology to enhance learning in large lecture
  classes.
• The Home Page now allows one-click access to
  our most popular resources.
• Weve expanded support for Catalyst Web Tools to
  include best practices.

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Web site statistics

• 1.7 million page views, up 300 from the previous
  year.
• 40.5 of Website usage takes place from 5 pm-9am
  when the CTLT is closed.

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Catalyst Web Tools
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New Catalyst Web Tools

• Our original toolkit
• WebQ
• Umail
• E-submit
• PeerReview v1.0

• New in 2000
• EPost
• iSubscribe
• PeerReview v2.0
• QuickPoll

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Catalyst Web Toolsstatistics

• 1,947 Tool owners
• 3,600 uses of tools
• 16,000 unique students using tools
• 19,000 page views per day at peak times

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Teaching with Technology Workshops
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New workshops in 2000

• Catalyst Toolkit
• Basic Graphics for the Web
• Using Microsoft PowerPoint
• WebQ for Research
• Creating Distance Learning Courses
• Catalyst Tools in Action Webcast
• Multimedia Streaming Video Clinic

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Workshop attendance

• 948 instructors attended workshops.
• Attendance has been rising steadily from 8.2
  instructors per class in Spring 2000 to of 20.4
  per class in Winter 2001.

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One-to-One Consulting
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One-to-one help in the CTLT

• We helped over 1,700 instructors in 2000.
• We expanded our facilities to include digital
  video production.

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Plans for the Future
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Partnered content

• PETTT Publish studies of unique learning
  environments on Catalyst.
• Digital Libraries InitiativeDeliver CONTENT
  software through Catalyst.
• Educational OutreachBuild out guides for
  creating distance learning classes.

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New content

• Improved Teaching Section
• The new Teaching pages will provide specific help
  for a variety of learning environments, from
  large lectures to distance learning classes.
• Support for multimedia content
• How To guides will take you through every step in
  creating streaming media.

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New Web Tools
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MyClass integration

• We are working to integrate Catalyst Tools into
  the MyClass project.
• Instructors will be able to create tools, get
  class lists, and create Web pages from one simple
  interface.

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SimpleSite

• This tool allows instructors to create course Web
  sites without Web editing software or FTP
  programs.
• Only a Web browser is needed.

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This tool creates an online collaborative
learning environment where students work on
problem-based projects.
VirtualCase
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Soon, many of our tools will allow instructors to
create images that can be directly manipulated on
the Web.
Dynamic images

• Students can even
• draw answers on
• the Web.

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On the horizon

• Synchronous chat and community-building tools.
• WebQ v3.0 with more interactivity and feedback.
• Online data collection and manipulation tools.

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Speed boost

• As of March 5th, 2001 our tools are running on a
  new server that makes them significantly faster
  than they were before.
• We are also working on some software changes that
  will increase the speed even further.

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Acknowledgements
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Wed like to thank our partners and supporters

• Computing Communications
• PETTTThe Program for Educational Transformation
  Through Technology
• UW Libraries
• Office of the Provost
• Office of Undergraduate Education
• Educational Outreach
• Office of Educational Assessment