Welcome to the NESTT Learning Labs
August/20/2017 10:58 Filed in: NESTT
Welcome to the NESTT Learning Labs at Ball State Teachers College!
The Fall 2017 semester began with the opening of the NESTT Learning Labs on the 2nd floor of Teachers College. With thanks to former Dean John Jacobson and former Associate Dean Jim Stroud, and our student workers, the NESTT Learning Labs opened on the first day of classes!
NESTT is an acronym for New and Emerging Support for Teaching with Technology
The Goals for the Learning Labs are:
1. To ENGAGE faculty and candidates around ideas for the adoption and integration of technology within their instructional practices.
2. To PROVIDE safe spaces to be curious, creative, and inquisitive with technology.
3. To SUPPORT faculty in redesign of courses, assignments, and projects to take advantage of how different technologies can support student learning.
- This is done with the intent that faculty and candidates will develop their own technology knowledge and conceptualize technology integration as an embedded element of their instructional practice, not something to be added on or done at isolated times during a course.
4. To EMPOWER both faculty and candidates to utilize & use various technologies themselves instead of being dependent on others.
5. To MODEL pedagogies and practices that support learning. NESTT staff reflect on and practice technology coaching and mentoring models to support their own professional development
The NESTT Learning Labs are staffed by both undergraduate and graduate students. To support our goals, we have several technologies for faculty and candidates to explore. These include 3d modeling & printing, coding, robotics, augmented reality, virtual reality, creative play experiences, and several others.
The Fall 2017 semester began with the opening of the NESTT Learning Labs on the 2nd floor of Teachers College. With thanks to former Dean John Jacobson and former Associate Dean Jim Stroud, and our student workers, the NESTT Learning Labs opened on the first day of classes!
NESTT is an acronym for New and Emerging Support for Teaching with Technology
The Goals for the Learning Labs are:
1. To ENGAGE faculty and candidates around ideas for the adoption and integration of technology within their instructional practices.
2. To PROVIDE safe spaces to be curious, creative, and inquisitive with technology.
3. To SUPPORT faculty in redesign of courses, assignments, and projects to take advantage of how different technologies can support student learning.
- This is done with the intent that faculty and candidates will develop their own technology knowledge and conceptualize technology integration as an embedded element of their instructional practice, not something to be added on or done at isolated times during a course.
4. To EMPOWER both faculty and candidates to utilize & use various technologies themselves instead of being dependent on others.
5. To MODEL pedagogies and practices that support learning. NESTT staff reflect on and practice technology coaching and mentoring models to support their own professional development
The NESTT Learning Labs are staffed by both undergraduate and graduate students. To support our goals, we have several technologies for faculty and candidates to explore. These include 3d modeling & printing, coding, robotics, augmented reality, virtual reality, creative play experiences, and several others.