About

The Arizona State University, University Technology Office, Applied Learning Technologies Institute (alt^I ) is dedicated to the advancement of higher education through research, collaboration, and action. The Institute brings together faculty, researchers, students, and professionals, working hand in hand with programmers, engineers, designers, and support staff, toward a common goal; ensuring the success of all learners. Recognizing that insight, flexibility and contact are essential to the development and continuous refinement of an effective learning environment, alt^I functions in concert with the University Technology Office to enable a use inspired, research supported mechanism for innovation. At our core, alt^I is comprised of colleagues from a wide spectrum of backgrounds and experiences, from instructional designers to server-side programmers, graphic artists to applied researchers, gifted students to exceptional faculty and instructors, and a variety of hybrid talent in between. alt^I is an intentionally eclectic mix of expertise, experience, and perspective. Our approach balances the need for stability and reliability with a strategic emphasis on research, development, and innovation. We recognize the importance of attention to accessibility, individual differences, social and cultural awareness and ultimately, our responsibility toward enhancing and enabling lifelong learning.

alt^I is comprised of six core, interrelated and integrated units:

• Research and Community Outreach; ensures and enables an environment in which the educational impact of technology is continuously explored, evaluated, discussed, disseminated and ultimately, applied.
• Learning Technologies; assists instructors with the effective integration of technology into learning environments.
• New Media Studio; produces and supports high quality and relevant digital media that advances the goals of excellence, access and impact, and the overall vision for the New American University.
• Distributed learning; extending the educational environment across a continuum of technology supported instruction in the classroom, blended with Internet, and accessible at a distance.
• Technology Integration; responsible for the development and integration of new technology solutions with the ASU Learning Platform.
• Media Distribution Systems; provides design, implementation and support for the storage, delivery, and distribution of digital media assets; ensuring and enabling research-based, responsive, dynamic and robust Learning Platform.

We believe that a large institution is indeed able to establish a responsible and responsive, nimble and stable, approach to technology innovation, integration, and support. alt^I serves as a direct-connect, high-touch, collaborative entree to real-life application of technology in education. Most importantly, alt^I represents a collaborative effort among faculty, students, researchers, and the community.