about us

pICT – People, Information and Communication Technologies is supported by San Diego State University's Qualcomm Institute for Innovation and Educational Success and housed in the Division of Undergraduate Studies. Our goal is to develop SDSU's undergraduates' 21st century skills, knowledge and dispositions. We do that by designing programs and initiatives that develop our faculty’s capacity to integrate principles of learning, digital know-how and 21st century key competencies in undergraduate general education courses and across the undergraduate curriculum. We work in concert with the Center for Teaching and Learning, Instructional Technology Services, the College of Education and the Library.

Annual Benchmarks

• 2005/06 faculty cohort: 24 faculty fellows teaching 42 courses and impacting 3910 students annually (AY 2005/2006)

• 2006/07 faculty cohort: 20 faculty fellows teaching 20+ courses and impacting 4922 students annually (AY 2006/2007)
• 2007/08* faculty cohort (some overlap with 06/07 cohort):  12 faculty fellows teaching 12+ courses that have the potential to impact 8480 students annually (AY 2007/2008).

*The 2007/2008 faculty cohort will work for 1-3 semesters to develop courses that will 1) utilize a student learning outcome approach, that: 2) incorporates a developmental  iterative model to design a blended teaching approach, to 3) maximize student learning and economic efficiencies.

Annotated PowerPoint delivered at Qualcomm, August, 2007 includes detailed information about pICT's institutional impact.
Qualcomm Annual Report 2005/06
Qualcomm Annual Report 2006/07

Changes Afoot

pICT has been actively working towards institutionalizing its efforts since 2005. This took shape in 2007 with the establishment of the San Diego State Course Design Institute. Please bookmark the Insitutes website http://sdsu-pict-cdi.org where we have our blog, Faculty Fellows and where you can keep up with our latest endeavors.

Director Cathie Atkins
Assisant Director Suzanne Aurilio