The UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Collaborative

1. The UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Collaborative • Sixteen Campuses Working Together to Promote TLT Frank Prochaska, Executive Director prochask@northcarolina.edu 919-843-4538 Hilarie Nickerson, Program Coordinator hil@northcarolina.edu 919-933-8333 www.unctlt.org

2. About The University of North Carolina

3. About The University of North Carolina • By the numbers • 16 constituent campuses • 165,000 students • 9,000 full-time faculty members

4. About The University of North Carolina • Diversity of UNC institutions • smallestlargest • # of Students: 768 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,619 • # of Full-time faculty: 105 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,309 • Carnegie classifications • 5 Doctoral/Research (extensive or intensive) • 7 Master’s (comprehensive) • 3 Baccalaureate (general, liberal arts) • 1 Specialized school (fine arts)

5. About The TLT Collaborative • We are • A consortial organization created by the President of the University of North Carolina in 1999 as one part of a system-wide Information Technology Strategy initiative. • Vision • To serve as a catalyst for, and nurture excellence in, the productive application of technology for teaching and learning in the UNC system.

6. About The TLT Collaborative • Our mission is to promote • Communication • Research • Professional development • Resource sharing • Resource development • Policy development • in the area of teaching and learning with technology

7. DefinitionTeaching and Learning with Technology • We define the term TLT as • Teaching methods and learning environments that incorporate computer-based technologies • TLT can be • Online • -or- • In traditional classrooms

8. About The TLT Collaborative • Administrative organization • Four full-time staff positions • Executive director • Two program coordinators • Technology coordinator (vacant) • Board of directors • One voting representative from each campus • Non-voting representatives from faculty, libraries, system administration

9. About The TLT Collaborative • Structure and function Campuses President Direction Reporting Recommends Board Vice President,Information Resources Approves Direction Reporting Executive Director Direction Reporting Collaborative Staff

10. ActivitiesTLT Collaborative Programs • Current major initiatives • The Professional Development Portal • Faculty and Staff Development • Campus Support

11. Flagship ProgramThe Professional Development Portal www.unctlt.org/pdp

12. Resource Collection Best Practices Communities of Interest Flagship ProgramThe Professional Development Portal • Description • A web-based resource for professional development, available to UNC faculty, staff, and administrators.

13. Flagship ProgramThe Professional Development Portal • Resource collection — over 1000 entries! • A broad variety of existing professional development resources. Most are accessible directly from the Portal. • Focus AreasScope • Teaching and Learning UNC / Campuses • Human Resources North Carolina • Administrative Development National / International • Library (under development)

14. Flagship ProgramThe Professional Development Portal • Resource collection, continued • Review process • Content area experts select quality resources and review additional materials submitted by account holders. • Ongoing critiques, review, and commentary will keep content up to date.

15. Flagship ProgramThe Professional Development Portal • Best practices (coming soon!) • Annotated examples from UNC and other institutions • How to use these practices on your campus • Articles and explanations by experts • Communities of interest (on the way!) • A collaborative environment for the active dissemination, review, evaluation, and discussion of professional development in all aspects of higher education.

16. Flagship ProgramThe Professional Development Portal • Sample search

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18. Flagship ProgramThe Professional Development Portal • Search results: Description and URL

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20. Flagship ProgramThe Professional Development Portal • Services for account holders • Develop and save personalized searches • Submit new materials for consideration • Communities of interest • Services for campuses and departments • Allow creation of custom interfaces and searches

21. ActivitiesTLT Collaborative Programs • Current major initiatives • The Professional Development Portal • Faculty and Staff Development • Campus Support

22. MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and On-Line Teaching A national initiative to create a repository of reviewed online learning objects (simulations, tutorials…) that can be incorporated into courses UNC is a founding institutionalpartner, one of 23 institutional participants that sponsor faculty reviewers OutreachFaculty and Staff Development www.merlot.org

23. MERLOT, continued Over 6000 resources in 13 subject areas, plus sample assignments National conferences and training events for faculty and academic technology support staff Psychology Mathematics Biology Health Science Engineering Information Technology History Business Chemistry Teacher Education World Languages Music Physics OutreachFaculty and Staff Development

24. OutreachFaculty and Staff Development • Teaching and Learning with Technology Conferences (held annually) • Share information • Strengthen professional relationships • Identify common issues / best practices • Develop recommendations for future collaborative programs

25. OutreachFaculty and Staff Development • Conference evolution • May 2000 Retreat for campus TLT staff members • 80 participants • May 2001 Conference with 6 different tracks • 180 participants: campus TLT staff, faculty members, librarians, IT administrators and staff members, UNC system administrators • April 2002 Conference with several TLT themes, including faculty peer-to-peer sessions and workshops • 275 participants: as in 2001, with additional faculty members

26. OutreachFaculty and Staff Development • TLT Symposium • In partnership with North Carolina State University’s TLT Roundtable, this event in April 2001 brought four nationally recognized leaders in the TLT faculty support arena together with eighty UNC campus representatives. • Tom Lewis, University of Washington • John Moore, Virginia Tech University • Lawrence C. Ragan, Penn State University • Don Buckley, Quinnipiac University

27. OutreachFaculty and Staff Development • TLT workshops • TLT Group Flashlight Program (January 2001) • Training workshop to introduce Flashlight (30 participants) • MERLOT (January 2002) • “Train the trainer” workshop on using MERLOT to help faculty integrate technology into teaching and learning (60 participants)

28. ActivitiesTLT Collaborative Programs • Current major initiatives • The Professional Development Portal • Faculty and Staff Development • Campus Support

29. OutreachCampus Support • Grant programs • FY 1999-2000Competitive grant program awarded five grants totaling $141,000 to projects suggested by seven campuses. • FY 2000-2001$8,500 grants were awarded to each UNC campus ($136,000 total). • Project areas — chosen by the TLT Collaborative Board — focused on • Research into instructional uses of wireless technologies • Support for digital library services • Professional development on course management systems and other software

30. OutreachCampus Support • Flashlight Program / TLT Roundtables • Ten campuses have licensed Flashlight, which helps institutions study and improve their uses of educational technology. • Roundtable discussions help campuses develop TLT strategies, make decisions, and sustain change. • The TLT Collaborative purchased licenses and conducted training for campus representatives.

31. AboutThe TLT Collaborative • The immediate future (January–June 2002) • Strategic planning initiative • TLT Collaborative Board will engage in a strategic planning process to develop a plan by Summer 2002 to use in making decisions for FY 2002-03 and beyond. • Assessment initiative • Develop an online database of assessment resources including assessment tools. • Campuses can participate in discussion and support of individually-selected assessment projects.

32. AboutThe TLT Collaborative • Lessons learned so far • Collaboration in the TLT area among 16 very diverse sister institutions is indeed possible • One size does not fit all • Finding and establishing the self-identity of the Collaborative is important and difficult • Keep all participation voluntary

33. AboutThe TLT Collaborative • More lessons • Geographic location is a major issue in travel considerations • Facilitate information exchange among campuses • Provide opportunities that the campuses cannot provide on their own • Communicate, listen, communicate, listen…

34. The UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Collaborative • Sixteen Campuses Working Together to Promote TLT Frank Prochaska, Executive Director prochask@northcarolina.edu 919-843-4538 Hilarie Nickerson, Program Coordinator hil@northcarolina.edu 919-933-8333 www.unctlt.org