The Office of Mediated Education (OME) is a central IT unit dedicated to providing innovative and reliable solutions to meet computing needs of K-State in the areas of teaching and learning as well as research, technology transfer and outreach. OME reports to the Vice Provost for Information Technology Services.
More than 55 full-time staff and part-time students make up the OME team. Our services and web applications are used daily at both the Salina and Manhattan K-State campuses as well as research and extension facilities. In addition to our services and web applications, the many OME teams support the growing needs of our diverse community.
The Identity Management (IDM) team provides central authentication for approximately 30 university applications including iSIS. Person DataBase (PDB), protected websites, dial-up services, K-State Online and K-State e-mail and calendar. The IDM team maintains the security of all electronic IDs (eIDs) and much more.
The ASAs (Application Services Administrators) are a group that oversees all of the OME servers. They manage all of the applications and serve as a conduit between OME and other departments on campus.
The Web Team offers many services including graphic design, web design and hosting. The Web Team also maintains the K-State Student Union website, University Life Cafe website, the K-State homepage and the President's website.
The Landon Lecture series website and streaming video is provided by the Electronic Media Services team. They also produce, encode, and duplicate DVDs and CDs for university departments such as Counseling Services and the Division of Continuing Education. See Web Hosting and Design, Live A/V Webcasting, and A/V Encoding and Editing for more information about the many Electronic Media Services.
Podcasting, collaborating with others from all over the world in a live online space, and creating and archiving classroom lectures and meetings and much more can all be effortlessly done with the help from the Web Presentation Services team. The WPS team works with both the K-State and Axio Learning community.
Our developers and quality assurance team develop and manage OME applications and are also brought into outside projects as consultants. Some of our development projects include: K-State Online, Axio Survey, SGA Elections, DCE/EIS, Online TEVAL and Electronic Theses, Dissertations and Reports (EDTR).
Many of our development projects and web applications are created from direct user feedback. “Users have been major contributors by helping design tools both in terms of features and interface. They have helped create and specify most of the features that our applications have and they will continue to do so via direct feedback and established communication channels. Their input is why many of our applications even exist,” said Scott Finkeldei, assistant director of OME.
We are constantly growing in both our projects and technologies. OME’s future includes projects such as Scholar’s Desk, K-State Single Sign-on, DCE Business Office, and the annual version release of K-State Online and Axio Learning. We are also working towards the many university international and global online education initiatives.
Please contact us with any questions about the Office of Mediated Education. We look forward to hearing from you.