"Using Technology to Study Cultures: The Al-Musharaka Faculty Collaborative"
Tuesday, October 25
Michael Toler, National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE)
Nancy Millichap, Midwest Instructional Technology Center (MITC)
(co-sponsors: IGS, International and Off-Campus Studies, Middle East Studies, IIT)
How does technology help to facilitate both greater access to the Arab and Islamic world and inter-institutional collaboration? What kinds of technology can be most useful in cultural studies, and why? Are there other area studies that engage in, or might benefit from, this kind of collaboration? Michael Toler and Nancy Millichap will explain the efforts of NITLE, the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education, to promote and facilitate technology-assisted, inter-institutional collaboration in Arab, Islamic and Middle East studies, and discuss the relevance of such efforts within the curriculum of a liberal arts college.
St. Olaf is a participating campus of NITLE, a network of 81 leading liberal arts colleges encouraging and supporting innovation and collaboration among its participants as they seek to make effective use of technology in teaching and learning. Michael Toler is program director of the Al-Musharaka Initiative and editor of the Arab Culture and Civilization Web Resource, and Nancy Millichap is director of MITC, NITLE's Midwest regional office.
