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Technology Adoption: Faculty Perceptions of Administrative Support

Technology Adoption: Faculty Perceptions of Administrative Support. Innovations 2000 February 27-March 1, 2000 Orlando, Florida Slides on Innovations Conference page at www/league.org. Technology Adoption: Faculty Perceptions of Administrative Support. Child of………..

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Technology Adoption: Faculty Perceptions of Administrative Support

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  1. Technology Adoption:Faculty Perceptions of Administrative Support Innovations 2000 February 27-March 1, 2000 Orlando, Florida Slides on Innovations Conference page at www/league.org

  2. Technology Adoption:Faculty Perceptions of Administrative Support Child of……….. 1998 League conference presentation using the same survey and (almost the) same responders

  3. Presenters • Dr. Alice Villadsen, President Brookhaven College Dallas County Community College District Dallas, Texas • Dr. Sunil Chand, Executive Vice President Academic and Student Affairs Cuyahoga Community College Cleveland, Ohio

  4. So, What’s it all About?

  5. Topics for Today Sources of Funding Encouragement of Faculty Institutionalization Awards and Rewards Organization Current Status Lessons Insights

  6. 1998 Release Time Internal grants State Funding Industry Partnerships (e.g. IBM, Apple Kodak - hardware) College Foundation Volunteers Seed and start-up 2000 Tax levy Federal grants - Title III; FIPSE Gifts Systemic change Sources of Funding

  7. Encouragement of Faculty

  8. Encouragement of Faculty • 1998 • Internal financial and workload procedures • (RT, seed grants & stipends, overload) • Travel • Training • Smart facilities (offices, classrooms) • Technology Development Labs

  9. 1998 Internal financial and workload procedures (RT, seed grants & stipends, overload) Travel Training Smart facilities (offices, classrooms) Technology Development Labs 2000 Help Desk Academic Technology Plans Challenge Grants WWW access Consortia with other colleges Promotion & advancement Encouragement of Faculty

  10. 1998 Focus on initiation and experimentation 2000 Focus on development and growth; institutionalization Encouragement of Faculty (contd)

  11. 1998 Desk top PC’s Smart facilities Smarter facilities Connectivity (hard: internal and to web) Hard 2000 “A big DL Office and computer support - VCR’s, PC’s, Proximas, Zip drives, control panels” Elmos, Pentium II and III, LCD panels “Pervasive network facilities” Initiation to Institutionalization: Evidence from the Toys

  12. 1998 Desk top PC’s Smart facilities Smarter facilities Connectivity (hard: internal and to web) Hard 2000 “We now have four TV studios” Blackboard & CourseInfo 4.0 WEB-CT Ver. 2 Etudes MS Frontpage 2000 Asymetrix Toolbox Initiation to Institutionalization: Evidence from the Toys (contd)

  13. 1998 Desk top PC’s Smart facilities Smarter facilities Connectivity (hard: internal and to web) Hard 2000 Compel Perception (!) JavaScript Perl (of wisdom) Connectivity (soft: WWW, consortia, listservs, students) Soft Initiation to Institutionalization: Evidence from the Toys (contd 2)

  14. 1998 From systems, to... ….Teaching and Learning From Platforms to People 2000

  15. 1998 Innovation of the Year Showcasing individuals Conference, stipend, grant support RT Latest technologies More work None Individual 2000 Promotional growth units Advanced courses Camaraderie Group and workplace Awards and Rewards

  16. 1998 Don’t know Instructional Tech under academic officer or (s)he holds all Tech responsibility Joint reporting Team management CIO Titles, titles, titles... 2000 “Distance learning tries to coordinate with … Also have a Director of Instructional Tech...” “College Without Walls reports to Associate Dean of Instructional Development. Title III reports to… There is a Director of CWW and a Director of DL” Organization: Classroom Technology and Distance Learning Initiatives

  17. 1998 Don’t know Instructional Tech under academic officer or (s)he holds all Tech responsibility Joint reporting Team management CIO Titles, titles, titles... 2000 Separate Learning Technology and DL work closely together ‘That’s a real good question. At the moment I’m not sure anyone is...” Alternative Learning Division Where are the titles? What’s going on? Organization…. (contd)

  18. Constancy (in the Changing World)

  19. So, Where are We Now? • On-line courses: YES 100% • Range from 20 to 60+ sections each year • Credit and non-credit (just now beginning) • Average enrollment per section: 25 - 30 • Overall annual enrollments: 400 - 1800 • Growth: YES 100%

  20. So, Where are We Now? • Universal E-Mail To: Full-Time Faculty YES 100% Part-Time Faculty YES 50%; Soon 100% Students YES 40%; Soon 100%

  21. Dreaming…… but not Snoozing • Wireless • Netmeeting & Videoconferencing • Desktop video; desktop ATM • Portals • Virtual reality • Voice recognition • Academic applications software

  22. 1998 Training on technology Resources - funds; equipment for students and faculty RT Technical support for hardware, software, course and Web applications 2000 Training on teaching & learning strategies and their integration with technology; course design & management; “sustained faculty development” Resources RT Technical support: “stable servers” Reality: Lessons on What Works

  23. 1998 Allow time Engage faculty in technology decision making and leadership Deal with workload early on Don’t jam technology down Keep current 2000 Don’t let IT dictate the environment Allow time for experimentation, learning and implementation - up to 3 years to fully implement in a course Always have a backup plan; technology does not always work Connect students to students; create on-line, interactive communities Reality: Lessons (contd)

  24. 1998 Focus on learning, not on technology; bad teaching will create bad technology applications 2000 Focus on the education: identify learning goals and find technology to help achieve them; “these are art courses, not technological courses” Reality: Lessons (contd 2)

  25. 1998 Ensure planned and public commitment by the college Keep Board informed 2000 Tech courses “struggle to reproduce the interactions and chemistry of a traditional classroom. I’m concerned that I see signs of burnout in some of our technology innovators - we need to acknowledge and address this issue” I have no understanding of the thinking of District. Reality: Lessons (contd 3)

  26. So, What’s Up, Docs?

  27. What’s Up 1998 • Leadership must understand the innovations they promote • There are many unresolved issues

  28. What’s Up2000? Clear shift to Faculty- led Initiatives and Faculty Leadership

  29. What’s up, Docs? (contd) 2000 • More technology could be used • I have had mixed experiences using technology, both on the human and technical levels • Make (technology deployment) a concerted not sporadic effort; have course design/management in place before mounting a course

  30. What’s up, Docs? (contd 2) 2000 • Dramatically shorten the time to learn and infuse technology into the curriculum • Temper the rush with quality control • Plan and implement (not vice versa) • “Our focus regarding technology adoption is in the physical, not virtual, classroom” • Technology is better used to supplement rather than to replace traditional instruction

  31. So, What is up, Docs?

  32. “I am very proud to be a part of such a fine effort.”

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