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Faculty Issues in Distance Learning: A Case Study of the Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual University
Monday, 9:50 - 10:50 a.m.
KUC 316

Institutions of higher education are under great pressure to offer distance learning programs, but the faculty members who are requested to implement these programs are unprepared, unwilling, unrewarded, and unsupported by the university infrastructure.  This presentation will review a study that examined faculty issues related to distance learning in the context of the creation of the Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual University.  Data was collected from interviews, mining of documents, and the analysis of the results of a statewide faculty development needs assessment survey.
Carol W. Wilson and Sally Kuhlenschmidt
Western Kentucky University
Tim Hatcher and John Keedy
University of Louisville

 

Instructional Technology Adoption at UTK: Bringing it Full Circle
Monday, 11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
KUC 316

This session will discuss how the Innovative Technologies Collaborative (ITC) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) is implementing a comprehensive, multi-tiered faculty development initiative that leverages technology to extend teaching and learning with and beyond the classroom environment.  This approach to faculty development addresses all faculty, regardless of where they fall in the technology adoption cycle, from the early adopter to the laggard.  Programs described during this presentation include ITC course offering and related resources, teaching and learning Web site and electronic newsletter, Faculty First program, Teaching and Technology Institute, and an instructional development grant program.
Jean A. Derco
University of Tennessee

 

HRD Online Gateway (First Stop for Online Instructors and Learners)
Monday, 11:30 a.m. - Noon
KUC 316

Supporting several hundred students as well as instructors and graduate assistants requires a well-designed knowledge management system where important information is logical and systematically accessible when needed.  The HRD Online Gateway is an online Web site that has been created to support participants with this new type of delivery medium.  Through the use of HTML, CGI, JavaScript, streaming audio/video, and Flash, an interactive Online support system has been developed to meet the needs of those needing information for developing online courses.  Participants in this session will have an opportunity to learn with the HRD Online Gateway and its easy-to-navigate interface, as well as, ask the designer questions on the skills necessary to design and implement a knowledge management support system
David Hite
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

 

Illuminating Instructional Technology Support:  Spotlight on Faculty Instructional Technology Design, Development, and Delivery
Monday, 2:35 - 3:35 p.m.
KUC 316

Northwest Missouri State University's Center for Information Technology in Education (CITE) has incorporated a systematic approach for assisting faculty with the design, development, and delivery of instructional technology.  This presentation will illuminate Northwest's faculty instructional technology support system and spotlight examples of faculty instructional technology materials and online courses.
Darla Runyon
Northwest Missouri State University

 

Revised "Teaching Serving Learning" Institutes: Increasing Faculty Use of Instructional Technology
Monday, 3:45 - 4:45
KUC 316

This presentation will review the new format developed by Southeast Missouri State University for the Teaching Serving Learning summer institutes that have provided instructional technology training to 41 percent of faculty at the university.  To facilitate the goal of preparing faculty for online course development, the institutes were redesigned in 1999 to emphasize a flexible format based around a pedagogy course.  Discussed will be the increase in faculty participation and how the format fostered the development of more course Web pages at a higher level of sophistication.
Michael L. Rodgers and David Starrett
Southeast Missouri State University

 

New Direction in Foreign Language Learning: Faculty Development at the University of South Carolina
Monday, 4:15 - 4:45 p.m.
KUC 305

Reviewed in this session will be one of the newest services available to foreign language faculty at the University of South Carolina… a full-time Language Learning Center and a director who has training and experience in foreign language education and instructional technology.  Learn how the center provides an area where interested faculty can develop multimedia courseware, design and maintain Web pages, work with audio and video materials, and simply experiment with instructional technology in a non-threatening environment. Included in the presentation is a report on the center's progress, who is using it and how, and the results of faculty and student satisfaction.
Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz
University of South Carolina

 

Developing a Distance Learning Center
Tuesday, 9:50 - 10:50 a.m.
KUC 313

Jefferson Community College (JCC) has developed a distance learning center during the past two years.  The center offers classes between the three campuses and throughout the Commonwealth.  The presentation will explore Web-based classes, the use of ITV and other forms of distance learning.  The goal of the center is to become a break-even proposition, where it receives no tuition funds from the college except for full-time personnel costs.  The presentation will explore the development of the center and discuss the problems that have risen during the development; how the center markets it abilities and how partnerships are used with senior institutions to offer classes on campus via distance learning; laboratory based ET and IT classes, center approach to engineering technology; and a discussion of the positive techniques developed.
Vincent DiNoto
Jefferson Community College

 

Instructional Technology and Promotion, Tenure, and Merit: Development of University Guidelines
Tuesday, 9:50 - 10:50 a.m.
KUC 316

Instructional technology is still a new tool and the benefits, cost of creation, and cost of implementation are still being realized.  The need to reward faculty for their involvement with instructional technology, however, is both immediate and real.  The Southeast Missouri State University Information Technology Faculty Roles and Rewards Action Team has developed guidelines for evaluating the efforts of faculty involved in creating and implementing instructional technology.  The presenters in this session will discuss the process that was undertaken to produce the guidelines as well as their implementation and implications.
David A. Starrett, Cindy Anderson, Bruce Domazlicky, Steve Hoffman, Ted Loso, Jack Stokes, and Cathy Roeder
Southeast Missouri State University

 

Supporting Faculty Use of Online Course Management Systems
Tuesday, 11:00 - Noon
KUC 316

The number of faculty offering all or part of their courses online with Blackboard's CourseInfo course management system (CMS) has grown exponentially in the past year at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  This presentation will show how a relatively small group of individuals within the Innovative Technologies Collaborative support this growing endeavor through faculty training, online and phone support, Web-based resources, faculty feedback sessions, and by utilizing existing support systems for students.  ITC personnel will share their successes and lessons learned from introducing CourseInfo to faculty and administrators to building support systems for faculty and students.
Rhonda J. Spearman and Gina P. Roberts
University of Tennessee, Knoxville