Welcome to the Faculty Innovation Center (The FIC)

The Instructional Technology Group, as part of the ITS Academic Technology team, is dedicated to the support and advancement of technology-enhanced teaching, learning, and research at Loyola Marymount University. The Instructional Technology Group supports the Faculty Innovation Center (The FIC) located in the William H. Hannon Library as well as faculty within each college. The FIC facilitates technology-enhanced teaching and research through a combination of one-on-one support, multimedia development assistance, workshops, and collaboration using the latest hardware, software and peopleware.

Contact the FIC with general questions, comments, requests, or to propose a FIC presentation regarding the use of technology in your pedagogy at 310.338.5731 or TheFIC@lmu.edu or chat with us.

You may access the FIC with your One Card at anytime when the library is open. If you need assistance from the Instructional Technology Analysts, visit us during our regular hours.

What's New?

Technology Spotlights

Explore how faculty are using instructional technology to enhance pedagogy and improve learning and research at LMU. Visit our Showcase page to learn more...

Apple Webcast: Education Content for iPad

The New Media Consortium (NMC) is hosting an Apple webcast on April 20 and May 2. In this webcast you will get an overview of online teaching apps and e-textbooks (including iBooks Author and iTunes U). For more information, go to this URL: http://www.nmc.org/events/apple-webcast-education-content-ipad.

PiP: Plugging into Pedagogy

In Fall 2011, twelve faculty members from across the campus were selected to participate in the Plugging into Pedagogy (PiP) project. These faculty chose a current assignment or created a new project or assignment and then evaluated their assignments from a pedagogical standpoint. In the next step, faculty will revamp the assignments by infusing a variety of technologies. Some of the participants are exploring the use of technology in the following areas:

  • Transforming the classical lecture-format popular within the STEM field to create a more interactive and interpersonal lecture-format.
  • Discovering ways that students can create interactive timelines (on their own or collaboratively) to track the development of each individual Enlightenment figure they research.
  • Developing a student collaboration project whereby students learn skills in video editing as they explore course concepts such as feminism, institutions, and narratives.
  • Creating an international commodity marketing simulation game for students to use in class.

Stay tuned for more PiP updates!

VDA Learning SpaceThe New Learning Space in the Von Der Ahe Building

A new style of classroom is now available for LMU faculty who desire to teach in a learning space that truly promotes innovation and collaboration. Interested in finding more about the room, or to reserve a time to teach class there?
Click here.


MYLMU Connect Organization Requests

You may know that MYLMU Connect is used for courses, but did you know that it is also used for organizations? Faculty and staff can request organizations to facilitate sharing and collaboration for both academic and business purposes. To request an organization, fill out our request form by clicking here.