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What STAR Does. Main Lab: Multimedia stations, digital editing, analog editing, equipment checkout STAR*Training: Software workshops STAR*Services: Service for fees Web*STAR: Web development support STAR*Works: Office suite problem-solving Media Resource Center: Learning Resources. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Educause 2001 TAC Support Initiatives Star A. Muir, DirectorLearning Support Services
What STAR Does
• Main Lab: Multimedia stations, digital editing, analog editing, equipment checkout
• STAR*Training: Software workshops• STAR*Services: Service for fees• Web*STAR: Web development support• STAR*Works: Office suite problem-solving• Media Resource Center: Learning Resources
Educause 2001 TAC Support Initiatives Star A. Muir, DirectorLearning Support Services
The STAR Approach
• Student Mentors as First Point of Contact
• Student Mentors as Teachers & Learners
• Multiple Avenues to Learning
• Capitalize on Informal Knowledge
• Web-Based Lab Procedures
Educause 2001 TAC Support Initiatives Star A. Muir, DirectorLearning Support Services
Tracking Usage
• Tracking Important Statistics– Walk-in Totals– Walk-ins by Unit– Regular Workshop Attendance– Special Workshop Requests & Attendance
• Using Statistics– Space and Resource Issues– Problem Identification and Unit Followup
Educause 2001 TAC Support Initiatives Star A. Muir, DirectorLearning Support Services
Supporting TAC Needs
• New Unit Focused on MS Office Skills• Special Workshops Tailored to Meet Individual
Unit Needs• BYTE Week and TAC GTA Training• Mentor Alert! Overload Incoming…• Job Aids and Quick Guides• Faculty Reality Check• Year-End Portfolio Debriefing
Educause 2001 TAC Support Initiatives Star A. Muir, DirectorLearning Support Services
Contact Information
Star Muir, Director, Learning Support Services
Instructional Resource Center, MS 5E7
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030
(703) 993-2939, [email protected]
Media.gmu.edu
