Today marks the “Digital Groundbreaking” for Colgate’s Digital Learning and Media Center (DLMC), opening in the Fall, 2012 semester on the fifth floor of the Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology. The renovation is made possible by a generous gift from Dr. Anita Grover, MD ’74 and Tom Hargrove, P ’14.
The Collaboration for Enhanced Learning (CEL) and the Digital Media Team have been working with faculty over the past ten years, making do with the technologies and spaces available, from the basement of McGregory Hall, to borrowing space from our generous colleagues in Little Hall, to a temporary setup in the Batza classroom, Case-Geyer 560).
During this time, we have seen dramatic growth in the number of courses and student projects involving digital media assignments, evidence for the claim that effective communication with digital media is an emerging critical skill for the Liberal Arts graduate.
2004 – 19 student video projects
2008 – 109 student video projects
2010-2012 – averaging 200 projects per year
The Digital Learning and Media Center will provide a collaborative, dynamic space where students and faculty can work together on digital media projects, where faculty can teach interdisciplinary courses that incorporate digital media assignments, and where technologists and librarians can deliver workshops to faculty, staff, and students alike.
The Digital Learning and Media Center is strategically located in two ways: first, it will be instantly visible upon entering the 5th floor of Case-Geyer; second, it will be adjacent to a suite of offices that will be occupied by members of CEL and the Digital Media team, who will be available to assist students with their projects.
The facility will provide one-stop shopping for students, where they can:
- · check out equipment to record content (cameras, audio recorders, etc);
- · receive instruction from faculty, IT and Library experts;
- · edit their work on high-end Macintosh computers;
- · present the final product using state of the art projection and audio facilities.