EDUCAUSE | Faculty and EDUCAUSE Quarterly Articles

Faculty Development Programming: If We Build It, Will They Come?

ckeller — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:03:20 -0500

A faculty development survey analyzed what faculty want and need to be successful teaching online.

Toolbox or Trap? Course Management Systems and Pedagogy

elilly — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:49:15 -0500

The default design of commercial course management systems limits instructional creativity and pedagogical approaches, particularly for novice users.

An Antidote for the Faculty-IT Divide

ckeller — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:37 -0600

Good relations between IT and faculty can be promoted by understanding and addressing the cultural divides that exist between the administration and faculty.

Doing What I Don’t Know How to Do

ckeller — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:06:13 -0600

Leveraging a faculty learning community has helped me do things I didn’t know how to do with technology, including podcasting my lectures.

E-Mail in Academia: Expectations, Use, and Instructional Impact

ckeller — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:53:39 -0600

The following exploratory study investigated email communication between faculty and undergraduate students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Factors related to email behavior, expectations, and influence on instructional outcomes were explored through an electronic survey of undergraduate students and faculty. Results in this first study indicate that although faculty and students share similar ideas about the use of email in academia and recognize the potential of email communication as a means for enhancing instructional outcomes, it is not typically used for such purposes. Although additional research at other universities is necessary, preliminary data analysis and discussion follow including initial suggestions on improving faculty and student email communication as well as enhancing scholarly discourse and instructional outcomes via electronic mail.

Design and Development of a Faculty Technology Practices Directory

ckeller — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:24:49 -0600

A dynamic information base aids research into existing technology practices among faculty and fosters partnerships.

Faculty Perceptions of Technology Projects

ckeller — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:54:10 -0600

A study explored cost versus impact on teaching and learning of small and large technology projects.

Use and Users of Digital Resources

ckeller — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:37:37 -0600

A survey explored scholar’s attitudes about educational technology environments in the humanities.

Faculty Adoption of Educational Technology

drupal — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:49:24 -0600

Educational technology support plays a critical role in helping faculty add technology to their teaching.

Effective Live Online Faculty Development Workshops: One Model

drupal — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:29:44 -0600

Online Workshops accommodate distant participants and also encourage local experimentation.