P3: Planning/Follow-Up and Support of Ed Tech Staff Development Activities

March 28, 2003

John S. Stanford

Staff Development Activities

Winter 2003 Workshops - Center for Teaching and Learning

Teaching in a Large Classroom - Jan. 22

Effective Use of Collaborative Learning in the Classroom - Feb 12

Using Visual Aids to Enhance Audience Learning - March 21

Sideline Lessons in Teaching Excellence: What Coaches Tell Us About Motivating Learners - April 15

Educational Technology Activities

Winter 2003 Workshops - Center for Teaching and Learning

Integrating Technology into Your Classroom - March 17

April 2003 Workshops - Instructional Technology Center

Introduction to Macromedia Fireworks Pt 1 - April 1

Easy JavaScript Anyone Can Learn - April 2

Introduction to Macromedia Fireworks Pt 2 - April 3

WebCT in a Nutshell , WebCT Quizzes - April 4

End of Semester Tasks in WebCT - April 10

Follow-Up and support from the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL):

The center supports serious discussions on teaching and learning. Funds board appointed faculty initiatives

related the scholarship of learning and other teaching enhancement activities. Provides on-going information

regarding the above available on the internet and provides on-going workshops. Workshop attendees will

be sent copies of the materials. CTL director is always available by e-mail. The director is available by

appointment to answer questions face-to-face. Director may form user groups of users who attended the

workshops so the senior people who are expanding and advancing can help others. Faculty usually self-select

peers to collaborate and congregate with, if they find they are doing something similar. CTL tries to facilitate

this also but can't force them to do anything. They usually have to do it themselves.

Follow-Up and support from the Instructional Technology Center (ITC):

ITC provides one-on-one consultation with faculty, personal assistance with projects, on-line resources and

development work for instructional web resources and multi-media applications. On-going support is provided

through the use of presentations, hand-outs, workshops and on-line tutorials as well as discussions on pedagogy.

ITC maintains a list of Faculty and Staff Course Pages so faculty member may see how their peers are using the

web as a teaching tool in their courses. Additional follow-up and just-in-time support is provided to faculty by

the technology coordinator of the department.