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USING FACILITATORS FOR FACULTY TRAINING AND SUPPORT IN INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY. Presenters:. Sue Caley, Illinois Valley Comm. College Joan Stover, South Seattle Comm. College Ralph A. Lambert, Comm. College of Baltimore - Dundalk Barbara Mento, Comm. College of Baltimore - Essex
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USING FACILITATORS FOR FACULTY TRAINING AND SUPPORT IN INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Presenters: • Sue Caley, Illinois Valley Comm. College • Joan Stover, South Seattle Comm. College • Ralph A. Lambert, Comm. College of Baltimore - Dundalk • Barbara Mento, Comm. College of Baltimore - Essex • Penny Fanzone, Comm. College of Baltimore - Essex
DECEMBER 98 FACULTY SURVEY • 76 out of 77 Faculty Responded • 18 felt very comfortable with skill level and about incorporating technology into instruction • 9 felt very comfortable with skill level but uncomfortable about how to incorporate technology
DECEMBER 98 SURVEY, CONT... • 29 felt somewhat comfortable with incorporating technology into instruction, but still need help with skills and incorporating into instruction • 16 did not feel comfortable using technology
THE BIRTH OF A TEAM... • 1998 League Presentation by MATC • Lack of Technical Support Staff at IVCC • Rapidity of Technological Advances • Proposal Written in Fall 1998
COMPENSATION • Spring 99: Lead Facilitator received 6 credits of reassigned time and a laptop computer • Fall 99: Lead Facilitator received 8 credits of reassigned time
Objectives of FFT... • Hold individual and group consultations with faculty • Conduct workshops • Provide bridge for communication between faculty and computer services • Basic PC trouble-shooting • Training with equipment used during instruction
FFT ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Number of Faculty Web pages increased from 14 to 60 (Jan-May 99) • Held 20 workshops through FY 99 serving a duplicated headcount of 266 • Coordinated improvements in Smart Classrooms installed since Spring 99 • Developed and conducted First Annual Faculty Summer Institute
SELECTED WORKSHOPS • Using Your Web Page as a Learning Tool • Using Microsoft EXCEL for Grades • FrontPage 98 Basics • PowerPoint Basics • Using the Scanner and Digital Camera
FACULTY SUMMER INSTITUTE • Nine Full-time and 3 Part-time Faculty • FrontPage 98 Basics and Beyond • WebBoard • Scanner and Digital Camera • Web Graphics • Interactivity and the Web • Distance Learning Lessons Learned
FACULTY PERSPECTIVES... Rose Lynch, English Steve Alvin, History Steve Charry, History
RECOMMENDATIONS • Facilitators must be teachers • In-office support is IMPORTANT • Visit individual divisions once or twice per semester • Meet regularly with Computer Services and Academic Administrators overseeing the project • Make sure you have adequate release time and/or compensation to do the job