Talks MINDdrops

Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE)
Conference 2001
June 11, 2001

Faculty Support in a "Time of Inconvenience"

Dr. Bruce Bird

Center for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching
Anne Arundel Community College
101 College Parkway
Arnold, MD 21012

blbird@mail.aacc.cc.md.us

June 11, 2001

Introduction

AACC   http://www.aacc.cc.md.us/

CALT Experiments in Faculty Support

CALT Web Site        http://www.aacc.cc.md.us/calt

Directory        http://www.aacc.cc.md.us/calt/calt_table_of_contents.htm

Tutorials        http://www.aacc.cc.md.us/calt/tutorials.htm

Electronic Publishing      http://www.aacc.cc.md.us/calt/electronic_publishing.htm

Examples        http://www.aacc.cc.md.us/calt/examples.htm

Workshops        http://www.aacc.cc.md.us/calt/facultyworkshops.htm

Wandering Web Watchers        http://www.aacc.cc.md.us/calt/trip_reports.htm

Wandering Web Watchers - Online    http://www.aacc.cc.md.us/calt/wwwonline/wwwonlinev1n5.htm

One-On-One        

Teaching Templates        http://www.aacc.cc.md.us/calt/calt_teaching_templates.htm

Traveling Road Show

Suggestions

1. Try to make faculty comfortable with a team approach.

2. De-emphasize workshops. Emphasize projects.

3. Keep a historical perspective.

4. Be patient.

5. Be persistent

6. Offer incentives

7. Feel free to ignore the previous suggestions

 

Related Resources

IEEE Computer Society Learning Technology Task Force (LTTF)

Training Faculty to Use Technology

Illinois Online Network

Associated Colleges of the South

UMUC-Bell Atlantic Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology.

 

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