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Spring 2004 Institute
The spring 2004 institute was a three day technology immersion for adjuncts and was held in March of 2004. The institute was modeled on the successful two-week long summer institute for full-time faculty. The three-day workshop introduce d participants to WebCT, Office Suite software, electronic library services, wireless and smart classroom technology. Participants developed specific plans to incorporate technology into the courses they teach.
Institute Goals
After completion of the institute, faculty will be able to:
- Incorporate effective technology tools in their teaching
- Produce a redesigned, technologically enriched course
- Create learning communities
- Assess the impact of technology on learning in their courses
- Incorporate theories of design in their courses
- Incorporate pedagogical principles in their courses
- Investigate legal and ethical practices in teaching with technology
- Incorporate web research strategies
- Incorporate effective communication theory in their courses
- Use WebCT as the Course Management Software
- Use Dreamweaver as the main web editor
- Use PowerPoint for class presentations and lecture notes
- Use Photoshop to create and or edit images and graphics
- Use a smart classrooms and the campus wireless network
- Digitize course materials by scanning and converting file formats
- Create self assessment modules for their courses
- Create student assessment modules for their courses
Outcomes
Institute participants will serve as future institute presenters and serve as mentors to future participants.
Institute Faculty and Staff
- Mendi Benigni, Academic Computing Liaison, WebCT Administrator
- Seth Anderson, Academic Computing Liaison, School of the Arts
- Mike Carlyle, Academic Computing Liaison, School of Business
- Jannette Finch, Academic Computing Liaison, School of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Jim Fleming, Academic Computing Liaison, School of Sciences and Math
- Jolanda P. van Arnhem, Academic Computing Liaison, School of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Mary Helen Hendrix, Director Academic Computing Liaisons
- Jared Seay, Reference Librarian, Library
- Sheila Seaman, Assistant Dean of Public Services, Library
Note: the Academic Computing Liaisons are now known as Instructional Technologists. The name change was made in the Summer of 2006.
Sponsors and Partners
- Academic Computing
- Center of Effective Teaching and Learning
- Library
- Administrative Computing
- Academic Affairs
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Education
- School of the Arts
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Science and Math
- Dell Corporation
- Apple Computers
Institute Participants
- Mary Burkard, Educational Services
- Irene Critikos, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (FREN)
- Daniel Dickerson, School of Education (EDEE)
- Michael Haga, School of the Arts
- Marsha Hass, School of Business & Economics (ACCT)
- Genevieve Hay, School of Education (EDEE)
- David Hinton, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (POLS)
- Gilbert Lauzon, School of Sciences and Mathematics (MATH)
- Rita Livingston, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HIST)
- Jose Moreira, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SPAN)
- Robbie Shumate Polston, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (COMM)
- Peter Spangler, School of Sciences and Mathematics
- Joseph Stevenson, School of Sciences and Mathematics (CSCI)
- Ann Wallace, School of Education (EDEE)
- James Ward, School of the Arts (ARTM)
- Mary Zanin, School of Sciences and Mathematics (BIOL)
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