IBM Alliance
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF TOOL
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Glendale Community College formed an alliance with IBM to 
become a TechnologyTransfer Center in 1990. The Technology 
Transfer Center is a joint project of Academic Information 
Systems (ACIS) of the IBM corporation, the League for 
Innovation in the Community College, and participating 
colleges. There are eight other colleges that have a 
Transfer Center.

 IMPORTANT FEATURES OF TOOL
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The Instructional Technology Centers are a consortium of 
community colleges dedicated to providing model facullty 
centers for accelerating the growth of faculty use of 
computer technology to enhance the teaching and learning 
process. The ITC colleges seek to accomplish this purpose by 
facilitating the transfer of instructional technology to 
community college faculty and staff through the consortium 
net vork of regionally distributed resource and training 
centers.

WHO WOULD USE THIS TOOL?
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 The Transfer Center at GCC is located in the Innovation 
Center through which faculty and staff receive assistance 
with technical problems; as well as, software procurement, 
and training in the use of various applications of academic 
software with a focus on tools designed specifically for 
faculty in higher education. The Center also provides a 
place for faculty and staff to develop instructional 
programs that use technology. Faculty have assistance in the 
use of programming languages such as ToolBook and HyperCard, 
in addition to instructional design and graphic art, which 
along with the writing of the courseware provide a complete 
authoring solution.

HOW DOES THE TOOL SUPPORT EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND L EARNING?
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The main focus is in the development of multimedia 
instructional material and classroom solutions such as 
computerized testing The center provides the ability to 
produce videotapes and compact disks for classroom 
applications. Laser disks can also be produced for 
instructional programs and testing.

The Center provides a demonstration site for academic uses 
of multimedia technology with programs such as Ellis 
(English as a second language); Columbus: Encounter, 
Discovery, and Beyond; and Ulysses. These programs give a 
clear view of the magnitude and potential by teaching with 
multimedia

CONTACT PERSON
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Charles West, GCC             435-5151