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The Academic Technology Support Department at the CSU Office of the Chancellor has developed and supports resources to help the CSU faculty, staff, students, and administrators be more successful in teaching and learning.
The CSU OCELOT site (Online Center for Excellence in Learning and Online Teaching) is a collection of collections
of online teaching and learning resources developed by the CSU for CSU faculty, staff, students and administrators.
Light Bridge utilizes rich video lessons, video
conferencing, and online resources to
strengthen teacher education programs and
support teachers training in the classroom.
Visit Light Bridge
The ECC is an extensive collection of superior
online bibliographic and full text databases available
through contract to CSU campuses.
Visit the Electronic Core Collection
IMAGE provides access to CSU collections of
images from a wide variety of fields that are
available for both teaching and research.
Visit IMAGE
PHAROS provides access to library catalogs,
online reference resources, scholarly databases,
electronic journal collections, e-books, internet
search engines, and e-commerce web sites.
Visit PHAROS
The Center for Alternate Media (CAM)
The Center for Alternative Media is a CSU system-
wide database developed by and housed at the San
Bernardino campus that allows all CSU campuses
to share alternate media resources, such as
electronic textbooks, for students with disabilities.

A public site is currently in development and is expected
to be available by the end of 2007. The public site will
make resources related to alternate media available to
all students, staff, faculty and other interested persons.
Inquiries regarding the Center for Alternate Media may be
directed to Mark Turner (Director) at cam@calstate.edu
or (562) 951-4353.
MERLOT is a collection of online learning
materials along with annotations such as peer
reviews, assignments, and user comments.
Visit MERLOT
Biomechanics of Human Motion is an online
course providing analysis programs to display
theories of linear kinetics, angular kinetics, and
more advanced subjects.
Visit Biomechanics of Human Motion
MERLOT-TwT is an online searchable database
to improve the integration of technology into
academic programs, and user comments.
Visit MERLOT-TwT
Biology Labs On-Line offers a series of
interactive, inquiry-based biology simulators
and exercises designed for college and AP high
school students.
Visit Biology Labs On-Line
The Virtual Language Laboratory project is a collaborative effort by CSU campuses to develop
and present online course materials that students can access on campus, at home, or elsewhere.
Visit the Virtual Languages Laboratory
The Earth and Environmental Sciences Labs are
simulation activites for environmental sciences
including Earthquake and VirtualRiver.
Visit the Environmental Science Labs
Painless is a scenario-based pain management
simulation which helps students learn about
pain medication interactively.
Visit Painless
Exchanges is the online journal of teaching and
learning in the CSU.
Visit Exchanges
The Office of Community Service-Learning's
website
provides a comprehensive overview of
service-learning programs going on throughout
the CSU.
Visit CSL
   

Math & English Success These interactive websites provide authoritative information, preparation tools, and customized guidance and advice for the EAP and for meeting the California State University’s ELM and EPT requirements.
Visit CSU Math Success


Visit CSU English Success
CATS provides professional development and collaboration opportunities to CSU academic technology Staff.
Visit CATS
VOILA VOILA is a web-based authoring tool that
allows the user to create a lesson in which a series
of video clips or images are used to demonstrate a
concept or practice.
Visit VOILA
The Systemwide Academic Technologies
Procurement Team
(SWAT) was established to
negotiate with vendors and produce a CO-
managed centralized repository of information
on academic technology products, vendors, and
services.
Visit SWAT
   
AMSPEC provides access and support for large
financial databases used by faculty and students
in business and economics.
Visit AMSPEC
The CSU GIS Specialty Center provides a broad
range of GIS services to encourage and enhance
the use of geographical information in
education and research.
Visit CSU GIS Specialty Center
The SSDBA acquires, stores, documents, and
preserves data from social science-related
research studies for use in secondary analysis by
students, staff, and faculty.
Visit SSDBA
   
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