Faculty Development

Supporting Faculty Adoption of Emerging Technologies: Wanderlust or Creating a Campus Roadmap?

• Julie Little, EDUCAUSE, Moderator
• Dolly Young, Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Tennessee,
• Jean Ann Derco, Executive Director, Educational Technology, University of Tennessee
• W. Gardner Campell, Professor of English, University of Mary Washington
• James Groom, Instructional Technology Specialist, University of Mary Washington

Closing General Session
2008 Southeast Regional Conference
Jacksonville, FL
June 4, 2008

• faculty learning communities tied to the mission of the university
• alternative modes for outreach (underground movements)
• food, alcohol
• brown bags, enticing by doing short tech intros over the period of lunch
• require fac to submit proposals for summer development projects
• core literacies for technology
• faculty come to the table when tech solves a problem, so how do we create those problem spaces
• what you call it matters, 'workshop' is a dirty word, call it 'faculty prep'
• developing online learning communities to compliment faculty learning communities
• engage librarians in faculty development
• need to build long term trust relationships with faculty before they will engage in the risk-taking of exploring new methodologies
• Theme-based events to create ambience at workshops (e.g. Indy 500)
• getting faculty to present their work to other faculty, getting them to talk to each other about what they do
• helping faculty to understand where to go for what kind of help

Jeffrey S. Nugent, Associate Director, Center for Teaching Excellence, R. Martin Reardon, Asst Prof and Joan Rhodes, Asst Prof, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Study conducted by these people exploring research on how ...

http://www.educause.edu/ELIStudent%2FFacultyQuestionnaire/10538

"In the midst of other priorities, scholls can choose to view this emerging pressure for change from their student body in either a positive or negative light.  On the positive side, through the growing use of the Internet outside of school, educators have the opportunity to expand their reach and to engage students in new and thoughtful ways.  On the negat.....

Quote from Pew study, called The Digital Disconnect.

Key Findings:

• disconnect between how students use the internet for school and how they use it during school, under teacher supervision

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Key Questions:

www.jjorstad.blogspot.com

The back-to-school issue of EDUCAUSE Review, focusing on faculty development, is now available online. Read articles from Gardner Campbell on experiencing a “computer romance”; Patricia McGee and Veronica Diaz on getting a handle on all the latest learning technologies; Anne H. Moore, Shelli B. Fowler, and C. Edward Watson on designing change for faculty, students, and institutions; and Joel L. Hartman, Charles Dziuban, and James Brophy-Ellison on assessing roles in shaping and supporting the assimilation of IT into the teaching and learning process.

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In this podcast, we feature an eight minute interview with Bradley A. Cohen, Assistant Director and Coordinator for Curriculum Development at the University of Minnesota. This interview was recorded at the 2007 ELI Fall Focus Session in Boulder, Colorado where Mr. Cohen presented a session entitled, "Faculty Development and the Net Savvy Student".

Brad Cohen discusses the digital divide and shares guiding principles the University of Minnesota uses to deliver an integrated suite of faculty development programs designed to help faculty meet the needs of net savvy students. The University of Minnesota's approach is informed by the data routinely collected from their students and faculty, the literature, and their practice.

Claremont McKenna College's FITness program (Fitness In Technology) allowed faculty to rapidly integrate teaching with technology and help struggling students catch up. Grants from the Mellon Foundation and the Fletcher Jones Foundation funded specialized programs to help students meet faculty expectations of their technical knowledge, skill, and application. It's a unique approach that garnered unanimous faculty buy-in.

In this 14 minute interview with Mike Malsed, Assistant Director for Student Technology Services at Claremont McKenna College, he discusses the development, implementation, and success of the FITness program. The conversation was recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Western Regional Conference in San Francisco, California where Mike was delivering a presentation entitled, From FITness to Fantasy Congress: The Growth of FITness Within Faculty and Student Projects.