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Oakland UniversityStudent Technology Center
Oakland University
Current population – 18,000+ students
Plans to grow to 25,000 students by 2010 Medical school
Doctoral Research-Intensive University
90% commuter, 10 % residential
Division I athletics - 1998
Located in Rochester, MI
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Why a Student Technology Center??
Students were proficient with Facebook, but were they proficient in technology?
Division of Student Affairs – A support service for everything, right???
How could we help students gain the skills for classes & the workforce?
Vision for a Student Technology Center??
BGSU presentation at Educause
Technology Academic Skills Center
BGSU collaboration
Opening the STC
Proposal co-written with Asst. VP of Student Affairs
Started the planning after Educause – March 2005
The Big Three:
#1 Space
#2 Funding – Michigan Economy
#3 If we build it, will they come??
Services Provided at the STC
Walk-inOne-on-one/GroupsBy appointment
Mentoring
General Statistics
Original Projections
2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 Projection
0500
1,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,500
1,000
2,200
3,200
3,900
Mentoring Sessions
General Statistics
Original Projections
2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 Projection
010,00020,00030,00040,00050,00060,00070,00080,000
4,500
43,000
53,000
71,000
Student Visits
Services Provided at the STC
Digital CamerasDigital CamcordersTablet PC’s
Equipment Loans
General Statistics
Original Projections
2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 Projection
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
1,600
400
1,100 1,3001,340
Equipment Loans
Services Provided at the STC
Emerging TechnologiesFaculty collaborationsDepartmental collaborationsBeg/Inter/Advanced Workshops
Workshops
Available Equipment
Available Equipment:32 PC’s8 iMacs20+ software titlesColor Laser Printers, Scanners and 3 Plasma TV’sSeparate room with a classroom management system
Supported Software
Microsoft Office 2007Dreamweaver CS3Windows XPFireworks CS3Flash CS3Photoshop ElementsPremier Elements
Mac OS X TigeriMovieGarage BandiDVDiWebiPhoto
Google Docs
Second Life
iGoogle
Wiki's
Picassa
YouTube
Internet Apps / Web 2.0ePortfolio
SAIL
Moodle
OU Personal Web Space
OU Portal
OakShare
OU Websites
PC - Supported Software Apple - Supported Software
Student Engagement
Keeping students on campusStudent collaborationsGroup ProjectsStudent Organizations
Marketing the STC
StudentsMBA group developed strategic marketing planOnline marketingSocial networkingEmail CampaignsSurveys
FacultyPersonalized letterSyllabus insertBrochures/FlyersEmail Campaigns
Staffing the STC
Training
Started with Director & 6 student employees
Has grown to Director, 10 student employees & 2 co-op professionals
What majors we hire
Hiring philosophy
Staff at the STC
Real World Experience
How do we keep students until graduation?
Financial Implications
Initial Funding
Annual Funding
Operational
Hardware/Software
Future of the STC
Return on Investment (ROI) project
Sustainable funding source
Technology & Leadership
Grants
Growth
Questions?
www.oakland.edu/stc
