eLIS Support for Faculty

eLearning and Instructional Support (eLIS) provides a variety of services to faculty who are interested in enhancing their teaching through the use of technology. Faculty are welcome to email (eLIS@lesley.edu) for an appointment or drop-in with questions (University Hall 3-076 and 3-033).

eLIS offers support in the following areas:

• Web and Technology Enhanced Courses
• Hybrid Courses
• Online Courses
• myLesley
• Microsoft Training
• Web 2.0 Tools (Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts, etc.)
• Off-Campus Materials and Resources
• General Information
• Additional Support Services for Faculty, beyond eLIS

Web and Technology Enhanced Courses

• Help you select and integrate technology appropriate for your course(s) and/or program. Consult with you and teach you how to use technology appropriate for your course(s)
• Develop customized workshops and resources as needed; Work with you or your program to facilitate the appropriate integration of technology; Establish and evaluate pilots of new technological tools or resources; Assist with the development of Academic Technology Grants.
• Consult and provide instruction on the use of technology relating to photo and other media.

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Hybrid Courses

• Training in and support for course design and development; contact for enrolling in hybrid course design seminar.
• Support for teaching in a hybrid format; Assistance with ongoing design or instructional issues related to hybrid courses.

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Online Courses

• Training in and support for course design and development; Contact for enrolling in online course design seminar.
• Support for teaching in an online format; Assistance with ongoing design or instructional issues related to online courses.
• Contact for student-related issues with online courses; Program-related advising support for online students; Ombudsman to faculty for any general problem or miscellaneous issues for online students; Contact for course evaluations for online courses.
• Assistance with questions regarding recruitment and admissions for online programs.
• Web page development and support.

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myLesley

• Training on the basic use of myLesley.
• Consulting on best practices in building communities in myLesley.
• Individual or small group consultation on the use of myLesley.
• Assistance copying courses within and uploading content into myLesley.
• Management of community/orientation for online students.

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Microsoft Training

• Training faculty and staff in the use of Microsoft Office products.

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Web 2.0 Tools (Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts and Others)

• Research on and demonstration of Web 2.0 tools.
• Assisstance learning to use webinar tools and support when offering webinars through Collaborate.

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Off-Campus Materials and Resources

• Assist course mentors with the selection and purchase of software and resources for use in off-campus courses.
• Test and identify new software and online resources to be used in off-campus courses.

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General Information

• Assist faculty who are unsure of whom to contact; Questions about times/locations/registration of workshops; General information about the department.

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