EDUCAUSE | Faculty

Tune In April 18 for a Free Web Seminar on Identity Management at Duke University

pkurkowski — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:04:50 -0500

The EDUCAUSE Live! Spotlight on Identity Management series is a six-month series that will feature one or two speakers from a campus that have analyzed or solved a problem in a way that many people will find instructive.

The meaning of "student" is evolving at Duke University in response to many institutional and faculty outreach efforts. This trend is mirrored at many of Duke's peer institutions. In this free seminar on April 18, The Evolving Definition of “Student”: Identity Management at Duke University, presenters Klara Jelinkova, Director, Computing Systems, and Lynne O’Brien, Director, Academic Technology and Instructional Services, Duke University, will discuss the issues, concepts, and solutions surrounding identity management proposed and implemented at Duke University.

The event is free, but registration is required and virtual seating is limited. Register now.

Tune in March 25 for a Free Web Seminar on Teaching with Digital Collections in Undergraduate Curriculum

pkurkowski — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:35:38 -0500

Many academic digital collection projects are focused on special collections and college archives. Such projects seek to bring collections "out of the basement" and enable greater access to valuable and specialized research materials. However, undergraduate students and faculty often have very different needs and expectations of these digital materials than experienced researchers or the general public.

What does it take to implement a digital asset management system that not only improves access to collections but also allows faculty to integrate digital materials into their teaching? In this free March 25 EDUCAUSE Live! web seminar, Teaching with Digital Collections in the Undergraduate Curriculum, presenters Marianne Colgrove, Deputy Chief Technology Officer and Director of Web Support Services, Reed College, and Dena Hutto, Director of Reference and Instruction, Reed College Library, will share their experiences in implementing a CONTENTdm-based digital image collection for the classics and humanities.

Those unable to attend may wish to visit the archives after the event or browse related EDUCAUSE resources on DAMS, Digital Collections, Learning Objects, and Teaching.

A Few Millennial Sessions at Educause 2007

rmcdonal — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:03:12 -0500

At this year's Educause Annual Conference there were a variety of sessions on millennials. I thought I would list them all here for those interested in this topic. I may have missed a few, if so let me know.

McDonald, Sweeney, Thomas, Walters www.educause.edu/E07/Program/11073?PRODUCT_CODE=E07/SESS047

Deturck, Griscom www.educause.edu/E07/Program/11073?PRODUCT_CODE=E07/SESS019

Somerville www.educause.edu/E07/Program/11073?PRODUCT_CODE=E07/SESS061

Donald, Hardin www.educause.edu/E07/Program/11073?PRODUCT_CODE=E07/SESS098

Campbell www.educause.edu/E07/Program/11073?PRODUCT_CODE=E07/CI15

Gibbons www.educause.edu/E07/Program/11073?PRODUCT_CODE=E07/SESS113&ITIN=False

Open Source Version of UR Book on Topic docushare.lib.rochester.edu/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-4436

ELI2007 Podcast: The Millennial Instructor

Carie417 — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:21:28 -0600

In this 41-minute recording from the 2007 EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting, we'll hear from Carl Berger in a session entitled The Millennium Student: And Now, Evidence for the Millennial Instructor. Berger shares results from research at the University of Michigan that indicates a new millennial instructor is emerging, sometimes resembling the millennium student, and sometimes the traditional faculty member, but most often unique.

EDUCAUSE2006 Podcast: Spurring Innovation

Carie417 — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:52:15 -0600

In this 48-minute recording from the 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, we'll hear from Marjorie Forster, Peter Murray, and Christopher Phillips in a session entited Spurring Innovation Through a Pre- and Post-Award Research System. They'll explain the ins and outs of a new award system where proposal and award data are integrated with post-award accounting and billing.

Postercast: Building Community Among Faculty

cclark2 — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:11:40 -0600

Kim Mooney and Sondra Smith from St. Lawrence University in the north country of New York State talk about "Building Community Among Faculty: Best Practices Online." Recorded during their poster sessions at the ELI Annual Meeting in Atlanta.

Tools of the trade--Rhodes College, Memphis

wallen — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 12:20:00 -0500

The most recent issue of the Rhodes College (Memphis, TN) Magazine has an interesting article on technology at the college.

"Tools of the Trade

Technology is a pretty handy tool. Think

cell phones, computers, cars that phone

home. Technology is defined as the practical

application of knowledge. If you have the

knowledge to use it, it can help you. The trick

is not to let it use you."

Disciples that are briefly covered are Spanish, Music, Art and Art History, German, Physics, Chemistry, Psychology

The article is available in PDF form.

Faculty Development Issue: When (And How) To Introduce Faculty to Technology

markmorton — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:35:18 -0600

In October of 2005, I emailed about forty individuals who have expertise in faculty development as it pertains to instructional technologies. In my email, I asked them this question: in a workshop or training program that's designed to help instructors learn to use online technologies in ways that promote active, student-centered learning, at what point should those instructors actually be introduced to the technology? That is, should one discuss the technology before discussing the pedagogy, or should one discuss the technology after discussing the pedagogy, or should one blend together the discussions of technology and pedagogy in an iterative manner? As it turned out, there was a clear consensus among the 37 individuals who responded to my query; I discuss that consensus in the attached PDF, which comprises a synthesis of the responses as well as an appendix that includes all of the responses in their entirety. -- Mark
PS I've replaced the original PDF, which wasn't opening in all versions of Acrobat. It now should open in any version. -m

EDUCAUSE 2005: Swapping Award Stories with the Team from Virginia Tech

AllanADL — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 17:18:25 -0600

When I saw that John Moore, Shelli Fowler and Anne Moore from Virginia Tech (VT) were making a presentation at the conference I was so happy that I could meet more online friends and colleagues face to face. John, Shelli and Anne presented the third of a series of synchronous online events we called Educating the Net Generation Webinar Series and the third was titled "Faculty Development for the Net Generation". These live webinars were attended by participants from 14 universities across Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. At one point we had 230+ people online simultaneously and the series reached over 500 people. These sort of live online events, where more than one location have numbers of people in attendance, are called Multiple Venue Presentations (MVPs) and I had to develop some new ways to manage the participation and interactivity.

Not only was I planning a podcast with them, it was especially thrilling for we had received a Live Online Award called a LOLA for the Educating the Net Generation webinar series in the category of "Creativity in Synchronous Design". I was advised of this while at Educause 2005 and was able to record an acceptance speech while in the USA. I also had a particularly enjoyable time announcing the award, to Diana Oblinger's complete surprise, at an Educause Learning Initiative (ELI) meeting of about a 100 people.

Like the webinars series, this podcast felt like it had a cast of hundreds well that's a bit exaggerated, but it certainly was the most people I had interviewed at any one time so far. It started with just three but as other Virginia Tech team members jumped in with great contributions, the final podcast contributors involved were:

John Moore : Director Educational Technologies
Ed Schwartz Director New Media Center and Faculty Development Institute (FDI)
Anne Moore: Associate VP Learning Technologies
Shelli Fowler: Director Graduate Education Development Institute (GEDI)
Eddie Watson: Co-Ordinator of Instruction FDI
Jeshua Pacifici: Learning Systems Manager

It was also a particularly meaningful time for the VT team as they were presenting about the Faculty Development Institute (FDI) which was featured in and helped Virginia Tech win an Educause Award for Systemic Progress in Teaching and Learning. In part this award reads: "Today, 85 percent of the university academic departments participate in online distance education. More than 90 percent of the faculty have participated in Faculty Development Institute programs, leading to more than 100 course transformation projects over the past five years through grants totaling more than $3.1 million. The Math Emporium alone serves 6,000 students each semester. " This podcast had a lot to discuss.

The Educause awards are very prestigious and one of the conference highlights was the video announcemnt at one of the Keynotes. This award video showcases some really cutting edge initiatives and people. It is worth a watch. You will need the Real Player for this to work, but this video presentation can be seen online by visiting this web address.

Quotes and Highlights from this Podcast

The Faculty Development program has been running for 13 years
25% of the faculty attend each year and they get a computer and software as an incentive but take away a lot more
The Graduate Education Development Institute (GEDI) targets current student instructors and helps them become the future faculty and hopes "Teaching, learning and integration of technology become normative practice for 21st century academics and better engage the Net Generation and transform the Academy"
Faculty response: reaches more than 95% of the faculty and they are getting better teachers as exampled by the success of the Math Emporium. There also has been a dramatic increase in the number of workshops requested and attendance has increased for each type.
Helps faculty be more creative in their teaching even providing workshops for the CAVE environment. That is "Computer Activated Virtual Environments"
Increasing dialogue between faculty and support - 90,000 questions have been answered.
"We will not have good marriages between Learning and Research infrastructures with content areas unless we have reallly good investments in the the imagination of people on both sides of that aisle to do that"

If your organisation is facing professional development challenges then you will find this podcast helpful and thought provoking. This podcast is part of the Educause 2005 Conference Podcast program and can be found at this Conference Podcast web address. Please listen to it and consider the possibilities then add your comments.

Regards
Allan