On the Horizon
- Influences and Barriers to the Adoption of Instructional Technology
- Integrating Technology into the Classroom
- Institutionalizing Distributed Learning: Models of Practice
- The Associated Colleges of the South's Digital Archive of Music Classroom Resources
Influences and Barriers to the Adoption of Instructional Technology Monday, 9:50 - 10:50 a.m. KUC 314
As instructional technology becomes
ubiquitous in classrooms, faculty will be able to utilize new technologies
in their pedagogy. Some will accept new ways to teach with
technology while others resist. What are factors that influence
faculty to adopt this technology and find effective pedagogy to utilize
it? The Department of Learning Resources at the State University of
West Georgia asked its faculty about influences to technology adoption
while creating a plan to attack technology resistance. This
presentation will discuss the faculty response results, technology impact
at UWG, and cooperative efforts at the university to assist faculty to
adopt new technology in their instruction.
Tom Beggs
State University of West Georgia
Integrating Technology into the Classroom Monday, 11:00 - Noon KUC 314
Today's classroom is very different form
one 10 to 15 years ago. Technology not only makes classroom
instruction easier, it can also make more difficult. This
presentation will look at the steps taken at St. Cloud State University to
create interest in technology integration, identify faculty who are
interested in these opportunities, and discuss the options faculty have to
learn how to incorporate technology in their teaching.
Karen Jarrett Thoms
St. Cloud State University
Institutionalizing Distributed Learning Models of Practice Monday, 2:35 - 4:05 KUC 314
Steven E. Sorg and Carol J. Darling
University of Central Florida
This presentation will discuss the components that have led to the
University of Central Florida's planning and implementation of a very
successful distributed learning initiative. It consisted primarily
of fully and partially Web-based courses. In less than two years,
UCF has progressed from no coordinated, distributed learning program to a
highly developed, award winning program. Issues such as
institutional strategic planning, organizational structure, technical
infrastructure, faculty development for teaching online, learner support,
support for units , and impact evaluation will be addressed.
The Associated Colleges of the South's Digital Archive of Music Classroom Resources. Monday, 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. KUC 314
The Associated Colleges of the South has
created a music resource archive that includes multimedia music
dictionaries, interactive quizzes, sites on the history and construction
of instruments, and animations illustrating musical form and
analysis. This session will examine the process of sharing digital
materials within a consortium of the fifteen institutions in the ACS, with
the hopes of encouraging others to start similar collective efforts.
Patricia Gray
Rhodes College