The KNC assists U-M faculty, staff, and students who wish to explore, evaluate, and apply innovative information technologies to their scholarly endeavors. Students can access selected course listening material over the Web. The Learning Collaboratory tests and demonstrates collaboration technology in support of teaching, learning, and business activities. A computer and multimedia instructional facility for U-M's medical campus. The LRC facilities and services incorporate the latest instructional technology to provide health science computer and audiovisual materials for individual and group utilization.
Students are members of nationally funded research groups.
Areas of emphasis include literacy and language education, special education, teacher education, and technology. The Department of Media and Music Technology seeks to advance the aesthetics of technology-based arts through performance, the development of emerging technologies, and research. Collaboration and creativity are key components of the interdisciplinary study of music, dance, theatre, engineering, art, film, and video. The Media Union brings together information resources, information technology, production studios, and the combined talents of information professionals from across campus units to serve the University community. The Media Union is intended as an all-campus resource and a place to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration, integrative learning and exploration.