Faculty, Faculty Development, and E-Learning
ELI Innovations & Implementations – Online@UCF
| Title: | ELI Innovations & Implementations – Online@UCF (ID: ELI5005) | | Origin: | Contributed by EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (2005) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | The University of Central Florida's Online@UCF initiative serves tens of thousands of students across Florida and engages 75 percent of UCF faculty. It offers 15 online degree programs, 10 online graduate certificate programs, approximately 1,300 fully online and blended courses, and hundreds of other courses that enhance face-to-face instruction with online resources. In AY 2003–2004, almost 44 percent of UCF's roughly 44,000 students enrolled in at least one fully online or blended course. Online@UCF has achieved this success through three units. Instructional designers in Course Development & Web Services (CDWS) work with faculty to increase their knowledge and use of best practices in fully online, blended, and Web-enhanced learning; the Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) provides planning and administrative support for online learning faculty and students; and the Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness (RITE) documents the success of these efforts in the form of improved learning outcomes as well as high rates of faculty and student satisfaction. Together, these units have established Online@UCF as an effective practice model in the development and support of online learning. ELI's Innovations & Implementations series highlights innovative teaching, learning, and technology practices in higher education. Each Innovations & Implementations piece provides a practical overview of an innovation, focusing on its significance and implementation issues. Use Innovations & Implementations to explore innovative practices that might be of value to your institution. | | View this resource: | |
The Roles of Mentors in Electronic Learning Environments
| Title: | The Roles of Mentors in Electronic Learning Environments (ID: CSD3569) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2004) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | This article describes the roles of mentors to meet the need for mentors in electronic learning (eLearning) environments. The existing literature has documented factors impeding effective eLearning and the multiplicity of the faculty's roles that demands too much time on the faculty within eLearning environments. This article argues for the need for mentors to assist instruction and facilitate learning within eLearning environments. The roles of mentors built around the multiple roles of the faculty are then identifi ed as teaching assistants, social connectedness initiators, and technical supporters. A guideline for mentors outlining mentors' roles, responsibilities, and contributions was proposed. This guideline may be adopted by mentors as a fundamental job-aid in practicing mentoring. An example of implementation of mentors in an eLearning environment, which resulted in higher learning achievement, was also presented. In conclusion, it is suggested that mentors should be employed within eLearning environments for assisting students overcoming eLearning barriers and achieving effective learning within eLearning environments. | | View this resource: | |
Multidimensional Faculty Support for Distance-Learning Initiatives
| Title: | Multidimensional Faculty Support for Distance-Learning Initiatives (ID: NCP0303) | | Author(s): | Janice Biros (Drexel University) and Michael Ellis Scheuermann (Drexel University) | | Origin: | Presented at NERCOMP Conferences (2003) | | Type: | Presentations/Speeches | | Abstract: | Effective support for faculty who integrate distance learning into their pedagogical constructs requires not only ongoing but also broad-based, timely, and multidimensional support. Some offerings might include boot camps, departmental sessions, faculty development centers, user groups, workshops, technical support groups, one-on-one sessions, exemplar demonstrations, and more. | | View this resource: | |
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