Transcript Technology Adoption: Faculty Perceptions of Administrative Support Innovations 2000 February 27-March 1, 2000 Orlando, Florida Slides on Innovations Conference page at www/league.org.

Technology Adoption:
Faculty Perceptions of
Administrative Support
Innovations 2000
February 27-March 1, 2000
Orlando, Florida
Slides on Innovations Conference page at www/league.org
Technology Adoption:
Faculty Perceptions of
Administrative Support
Child of………..
1998 League conference presentation using
the same survey and (almost the) same
responders
Presenters
• Dr. Alice Villadsen, President
Brookhaven College
Dallas County Community College District
Dallas, Texas
• Dr. Sunil Chand, Executive Vice President
Academic and Student Affairs
Cuyahoga Community College
Cleveland, Ohio
So, What’s it all About?
Topics for Today
Sources of Funding
Encouragement of Faculty
Institutionalization
Awards and Rewards
Organization
Current Status
Lessons
Insights
Sources of Funding
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1998
Release Time
Internal grants
State Funding
Industry Partnerships (e.g.
IBM, Apple Kodak hardware)
College Foundation
Volunteers
Seed and start-up
2000
• Tax levy
• Federal grants - Title
III; FIPSE
• Gifts
Systemic change
Encouragement of Faculty
Encouragement of Faculty
1998
•Internal financial and workload procedures
(RT, seed grants & stipends, overload)
•Travel
•Training
•Smart facilities (offices, classrooms)
•Technology Development Labs
Encouragement of Faculty
1998
• Internal financial and
workload procedures (RT,
seed grants & stipends,
overload)
• Travel
• Training
• Smart facilities (offices,
classrooms)
• Technology Development
Labs
2000
• Help Desk
• Academic Technology
Plans
• Challenge Grants
• WWW access
• Consortia with other
colleges
• Promotion & advancement
Encouragement of Faculty
(contd)
1998
Focus on initiation
and experimentation
2000
Focus on development
and growth;
institutionalization
Initiation to Institutionalization:
Evidence from the Toys
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1998
Desk top PC’s
Smart facilities
Smarter facilities
Connectivity (hard:
internal and to web)
Hard
2000
• “A big DL Office and
computer support VCR’s, PC’s,
Proximas, Zip drives,
control panels”
• Elmos, Pentium II and
III, LCD panels
• “Pervasive network
facilities”
Initiation to Institutionalization:
Evidence from the Toys (contd)
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1998
Desk top PC’s
Smart facilities
Smarter facilities
Connectivity (hard:
internal and to web)
Hard
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2000
“We now have four
TV studios”
Blackboard &
CourseInfo 4.0
WEB-CT Ver. 2
Etudes
MS Frontpage 2000
Asymetrix Toolbox
Initiation to Institutionalization:
Evidence from the Toys (contd 2)
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1998
Desk top PC’s
Smart facilities
Smarter facilities
Connectivity (hard:
internal and to web)
Hard
2000
• Compel
• Perception (!)
• JavaScript
• Perl (of wisdom)
• Connectivity (soft:
WWW, consortia,
listservs, students)
Soft
From Platforms to People
1998
2000
• From systems, to...
• ….Teaching and
Learning
Awards and Rewards
1998
• Innovation of the Year
• Showcasing individuals
• Conference, stipend, grant
support
• RT
• Latest technologies
• More work
• None
Individual
2000
• Promotional growth
units
• Advanced courses
• Camaraderie
Group and workplace
Organization: Classroom Technology
and Distance Learning Initiatives
1998
• Don’t know
• Instructional Tech under
academic officer or (s)he
holds all Tech
responsibility
• Joint reporting
• Team management
• CIO
Titles, titles, titles...
2000
• “Distance learning tries to
coordinate with … Also
have a Director of
Instructional Tech...”
• “College Without Walls
reports to Associate Dean
of Instructional
Development. Title III
reports to… There is a
Director of CWW and a
Director of DL”
Organization…. (contd)
1998
2000
• Don’t know
• Instructional Tech under
academic officer or (s)he
holds all Tech
responsibility
• Joint reporting
• Team management
• CIO
• Separate
• Learning Technology and
DL work closely together
• ‘That’s a real good
question. At the moment
I’m not sure anyone is...”
• Alternative Learning
Division
Titles, titles, titles...
Where are the titles?
What’s going on?
Constancy (in the Changing
World)
Cost-benefit
analyses?
1998
Yes: 11%
No: 22%
Huh?: the rest
2000
Constant; no
results
reported yet
New Job
Descriptions?
Yes: 25%
No: 75%
Constant, but
are JD’s in
operation
now?
So, Where are We Now?
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On-line courses: YES 100%
Range from 20 to 60+ sections each year
Credit and non-credit (just now beginning)
Average enrollment per section: 25 - 30
Overall annual enrollments: 400 - 1800
Growth: YES 100%
So, Where are We Now?
• Universal E-Mail To:
Full-Time Faculty
YES 100%
Part-Time Faculty
YES 50%; Soon 100%
Students
YES 40%; Soon 100%
Dreaming…… but not Snoozing
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Wireless
Netmeeting & Videoconferencing
Desktop video; desktop ATM
Portals
Virtual reality
Voice recognition
Academic applications software
Reality: Lessons on What Works
1998
2000
• Training on technology
• Resources - funds;
equipment for students
and faculty
• RT
• Technical support for
hardware, software, course
and Web applications
• Training on teaching &
learning strategies and
their integration with
technology; course design
& management;
“sustained faculty
development”
• Resources
• RT
• Technical support: “stable
servers”
Reality: Lessons (contd)
1998
2000
• Don’t let IT dictate the
• Allow time
environment
• Engage faculty in
• Allow time for
technology decision
experimentation, learning
making and leadership
and implementation - up to
• Deal with workload early
3 years to fully implement
on
in a course
• Don’t jam technology
• Always have a backup plan;
down
technology does not always
• Keep current
work
• Connect students to
students; create on-line,
interactive communities
Reality: Lessons (contd 2)
1998
2000
• Focus on learning, not on
technology; bad teaching
will create bad technology
applications
• Focus on the education:
identify learning goals and
find technology to help
achieve them; “these are
art courses, not
technological courses”
Reality: Lessons (contd 3)
1998
2000
• Ensure planned and
public commitment by the
college
• Keep Board informed
• Tech courses “struggle to
reproduce the interactions
and chemistry of a
traditional classroom. I’m
concerned that I see signs
of burnout in some of our
technology innovators we need to acknowledge
and address this issue”
• I have no understanding of
the thinking of District.
So, What’s Up, Docs?
What’s Up
1998
• Leadership must understand the innovations
they promote
• There are many unresolved issues
What’s Up
2000?
Clear shift to Faculty- led
Initiatives and Faculty
Leadership
What’s up, Docs? (contd)
2000
• More technology could be used
• I have had mixed experiences using
technology, both on the human and
technical levels
• Make (technology deployment) a concerted
not sporadic effort; have course
design/management in place before
mounting a course
What’s up, Docs? (contd 2)
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2000
Dramatically shorten the time to learn and
infuse technology into the curriculum
Temper the rush with quality control
Plan and implement (not vice versa)
“Our focus regarding technology adoption is
in the physical, not virtual, classroom”
Technology is better used to supplement
rather than to replace traditional instruction
So, What is up, Docs?
“I am very proud to be a part of such a fine
effort.”