University Information Technology Services for Faculty

University Information Technology (UIT) is a Tufts-wide service dedicated to the strategic planning, implementation, and support of technical products and services to facilitate teaching, learning, research, administration, and outreach across the university. UIT services for faculty are concentrated in the areas of education and research technology and focus on consultation services, faculty development events, and technical tools. A summary of these services is listed below.

UIT Service	Education	Research	General Productivity
Advanced networking - Internet2
Clickers - consultation on audience/classroom response systems
Electronic mailing lists (Elist)
Faculty development opportunities for teaching, learning, & research
Geographic information systems (GIS) -consultations, courses, analysis & map design
Grant proposal consultation
High-performance computing & bioinformatics
Instructional design consultation & support
Monitoring, planning & implementing emerging technologies
Research data storage
Software licensing & acquisition
Statistical and research computing consultation
Tools for visualization and 3D virtual environments
Tufts Digital Library & Repository (cosponsored with Digital Collections & Archives group)
Videoconferencing
Virtual private network (VPN)
Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) -concept and content mapping
Web-based tools for communication & collaboration - Spark wikis (custom web sites), blogs, podcasts, forums, maps, media markups

Resource guides

The following rich resource guides are provided to assist you with your technology needs:

Pathways To Technology
http://it.tufts.edu
Jointly sponsored by ITS and UIT, Pathways is a quick, user-friendly way to get information and links to everything related to technology on the Medford campus.
UIT Encyclopedia for Teaching with Technology
http://encyclopedia.uit.tufts.edu
The encyclopedia includes timely & dynamic information, examples, and pictures of practice related to the use of instructional technologies for teaching and learning.

For more information

For more information on educational technology, contact:
Gina Siesing
Associate Director for Educational Technology
gina.siesing@tufts.edu
617-627-3082

For more information on research technology, contact:
Lionel Zupan
Associate Director for Research Technology
lionel.zupan@tufts.edu
617-627-4933

For more information on general productivity tools, contact:
UIT Support Center
UITSC@tufts.edu
(617) 627-3376

For more information on faculty development events, contact:
Rebecca Sholes
Senior Faculty Development Consultant
rebecca.sholes@tufts.edu
(617) 627-4065

Collaboration & partnership with Medford Information Technology Services

For most general computer/technical needs, faculty in Arts & Sciences and Engineering are supported by Information Technology Services (ITS, http://ase.tufts.edu/its), through their local frontline service providers (FSP). Although UIT also provides additional technical services, including email, antivirus software, internet, telephones, and network storage, those are not included in the list above because, ITS provides the direct support for Arts & Sciences and Engineering faculty who use those services.