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Dr. Rhonda D. Blackburn Mr. Chris W. Bigenho

How To Get Your Faculty Engaged!. Dr. Rhonda D. Blackburn Mr. Chris W. Bigenho. Introduction. Rhonda D. Blackburn Assistant Director, Instructional Technology Services Texas A&M University 45,000 students 4,000 faculty and staff. Instructional Technology Services. Staffing 9 FTE

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Dr. Rhonda D. Blackburn Mr. Chris W. Bigenho

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  1. How To Get Your Faculty Engaged! Dr. Rhonda D. Blackburn Mr. Chris W. Bigenho

  2. Introduction • Rhonda D. Blackburn • Assistant Director, Instructional Technology Services • Texas A&M University • 45,000 students • 4,000 faculty and staff

  3. Instructional Technology Services • Staffing • 9 FTE • 2 Graduate Assistance • Support – University-wide facility • Faculty • Graduate Teaching Assistants • Staff supporting faculty

  4. Mission ITS was established to foster effective use of instructional technology in teaching and learning at Texas A&M University • Faculty Workshops • One-on-one faculty training and assistance • Course design consultations • Problem resolution • Course orientations • Work area • On-line resources

  5. Introduction • Chris Bigenho • Director of Educational Technology • Greenhill School • Pre-K to 12 Independent School - Dallas • 1250 Students • 260 FTE plus part-time employees • 135 FT Faculty

  6. Greenhill Technology Department • Staff • 8 FTE Support, technical, development • 3 Computer faculty – Each division • Support: Students, Faculty, Staff • Parent community • Educational support • Administrative support

  7. Support Tasks • Network • Hardware • Production software and projects • Administrative software and product development • Educational software

  8. Activity Listen to Instructions

  9. FrustrationsandAdvantages

  10. Training Session Terminology Instructor focused Relevance Group Group members Too much input Lack of control Individual No input Deceptively easy Inferior technology Frustrations

  11. Training Session Efficiency Vibrant personality Success is possible Easy Group Input Collaboration Knowledge construction Individual Self pace “The struggle” Knowledge construction Advantages

  12. Engagement?

  13. Individual Online- training tips/manual Online- training clips/demos Online examples Printed manual Group One-on-one 1-2 hour workshops Full-day workshops Institutes Departmental workshops Online workshops Training Modalities

  14. The Journey at TAMU ITS was developed in September 2000 and the training division was formed. • Started with teaching the technology • WebCT Standard Edition, Camtasia, Impatica • The technology was embedded in the technology • NOW – faculty are asking for the pedagogy • How can I develop my class to effectively teach my subject matter?

  15. The Journey at TAMU Through discussing technology best practices we have expanded the minds of the faculty. Now they want to know! Moving forward: Survey (faculty and students)

  16. The Journey at Greenhill Technology department/network established 1996 • Training Then… • Mandate 10 hours technology training per year over 5 years • Training was skill based • MS Office (Word, PPT, Excel) • File Maintenance • Network and Web Navigation

  17. The Journey at Greenhill • The Shift… • Teacher websites • Technology Skills survey • Focus on learning theory • Training now… • Development of community of practice • Workshops focus on learning, collaboration and knowledge construction through technology. Subject mater: Learning Theories

  18. Motivation and Buy-in • Timing/schedules • Relevance • Competitive spirit • Mavens • Faculty next door • Seeing demos/conferences/seminars • Student pressure FOOD

  19. Take Home Message Faculty should • not use technology for the sake of using technology • engage their students in the construction of knowledge facilitated by the use of technology. • use best practices when designing their courses.

  20. Engaging the Faculty • Excitement! • Understanding! • Motivation! • Outcomes! • Evaluations!

  21. Rhonda Blackburn Assistant Director Instructional Technology Services Texas A&M University 004 Heldenfels; 3002 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3002 979.862.3977 rblackburn@tamu.edu http://itsinfo.tamu.edu Chris Bigenho Director Technology Department Greenhill School 4141 Spring Valley Road Addison, TX 75001 972.628.5479 bigenhoc@greenhill.org http://www.greenhill.org Thank y’all

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