Spartz presents at national conferences

Jason Spartz, director of Instructional Technology for the College, attended the annual EDUCAUSE conference in Anaheim, Calif.

Tegrity, a leading class capture company, recruited Spartz to provide daily presentations at the Tegrity booth regarding Saint Mary’s use of class capture technology. Spartz also took part in a planning meeting as a program committee member for the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2011, which will take place in March.

Spartz also participated in the Consortium of College and University Media Centers (CCUMC) annual conference in Buffalo, N.Y. While there, he moderated a panel discussion on “Successful Applications of Videoconferencing in Education” and presented a session titled “5Ts: An Online Learning Gateway at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.” This session covered many of the lessons learned from a Department of Education funded grant initiative that supports Teachers Teaching Teachers through Technology (5Ts). This two-year grant program is now in its second year.