About Us

Learning & Scholarly Technologies supports UW faculty, researchers, students, staff, and clinicians in their uses of technology to invent new frontiers in research and education.

Our Mission

LST supports and advances the use of technology by the entire University of Washington community to meet the daily demands of teaching, learning, research, and work.

We develop our tools, spaces, and services collaboratively, tapping the expertise of faculty, students, and staff to meet both individual and campus-wide needs. Ongoing evaluation of our offerings ensures that they remain innovative and effective.

Our Values

The professional and student staff at LST share a passion for helping our clients accomplish their work and achieve their goals. Our passion is in turn guided by four values:

Encouraging a Culture of Innovation

We feel it is important to provide the means, support, and encouragement for innovative approaches to teaching, learning, and research. Innovation matters, whether it is created by one person or an entire department or school.

Designing for the UW Community

Our tools, spaces, and services are inspired by feedback, ideas, and suggestions from our clients. LST is committed to a creative and adaptable design process that involves our clients every step of the way, because it results in the innovative and effective technologies that clients want and will use.

Personalizing the Technology

Technology is a method to accomplish a particular teaching, learning, research, or work goal; it is never an end in itself. For this reason, we strive to work with our clients to find a way to accomplish their goals, using a technology solution that meets their needs and skill-level.

Partnering to Promote Change

LST is committed to collaborating with campus units and individually with faculty, students, and staff. By listening, remaining flexible, and engaging with others, we can most effectively harness technology for the benefit of the University of Washington community.

Our services

Available to the entire campus community, our services fall within three distinct categories: Catalyst Web Tools, Technology Spaces, and Knowledge Services.

Catalyst Web Tools

Catalyst Web Tools are developed through a user-centered design process to meet the specific needs of faculty, staff, students, and researchers for Web-based tools to support teaching, learning, research, and work.

Technology Spaces

The Technology Spaces are designed to meet diverse client needs, which range from access to computing, to wired classrooms, to cutting-edge networked communication, collaboration, and research.

Knowledge Services

Knowledge Services encompass a variety of client support, instructional, community-building, and research activities that assist UW faculty, staff, students, and researchers in accomplishing their everyday tasks using technology. These activities also help us improve and expand our solutions in order to better serve the entire UW community.