Academic Instructional Technology And Distance Learning
Goal
Strategy And Technology In Distance Learning
Provide technical advise, expertise, and consultation to administration and faculty in support of distance learning initiatives
Objective
Increase Awareness
Increase awareness, use, and quality of technical and information support services.
Indicator
Visability
Increase visability of activities and technology applications.
Criterion
Add Distance Learning Activities
The Office will seek to continue the promotion and development of distance learning activities across campus.
Finding
Distance Learning Programs
Added two distance learning programs to degree inventory: MLS, Library Science; M.Ed School Counseling (hybrid).
Criterion
Certification
Increased certification of faculty members to teach online and certification of distance courses.
Finding
Faculty Certification
83 faculty members certified to teach online. Working towards an easier, technology-based solution.
Criterion
Increased Distance Enrollments
While the Office does not think that distance learners should be counted as separate from on-campus students, as time progresses and the economy changes, there will be an even greater demand for distance learning types of activities.
Finding
Distance Learning Enrollments
235 graduate sections and 71 undergraduate sections with a total of 306 online sections with enrollments of 2694 graduate, 2770 undergraduate, for a total enrollment of 5464. 22 graduate sections and 6 undergraduate sections of ITV with enrollments of 120 graduate and 44 undergraduate for a total of 164 ITV enrollments. 8 current online programs.
Indicator
Communications
Communicate office activities and technology trends.
Criterion
Increased Communications
The Office will seek to provide a short technology column in the Academic Affairs newsletter produced by the Provost''''''''s Office once per academic month. Increase of multimedia example across the university''''s web presence.
Finding
Techheads
Met with Techheads Group 9 times and have created Techheads Wiki as a documentation library for group documents, agendas, meetings, and correspondence beginning Spring 2008.
Action
Techheads
Will continue the current format and re-implement faculty version of the group. Offer joint meetings once per semester. Meet with ITRC Committee once per year.
Action
Multimedia Circus
Will find better way to offer the Circus utilizing multimedia technologies and increase faculty participation.
Objective
Technology Utilization
Assist in the design, purchase, and utilization of hardware and software in classroom-based and online technologies.
Indicator
Collaboration
Collaboration with academic and non-academic entities across campus.
Criterion
Techheads Group
Increasingly substantial meetings and collaborations with key campus technology participants.
Finding
Multimedia Production
Produced 4 multimedia programs for campus use. Produced website for common reader program.
Finding
AB5 Building Technology
Continued efforts relating to the outline provided to the President detailing the list of current distance learning capabilities and offerings, and costs associated with technology as well as work with UCS in providing a comprehensive list of planned technology and utilization (available on the Techheads Wiki). Offered show and tell meetings to key building committee members.
Finding
Multimedia Circus
While we had planned to offer a Circus show and tell of current and emerging technologies and their applications, we have not found a good time to do so and need to re-evaluate the way this information is disseminated.
Action
Multimedia Production
Work closely with new PACE Center to increase the awareness and utilization of campus resources towards creating media library of content for use in courses and other venues.
Action
Classroom Technology
Work with UCS, Techheads, and new Faculty Techheads groups to design an implement a matrix of room-based designed solutions to update/upgrade classroom instructional technology based on classroom type using AB5 technology as a model for this type of implementation.
Objective
Technology Evaluation
Identify and evaluate equipment and software for potential utilization within the University.
Goal
Creativity And Pedagogy In Technology Utilization
Provide encouragement to administration and faculty in the creative utilization of current and emerging technologies within the mission of the University
Objective
Technology Utilization
Assist in the design, purchase, and utilization of hardware and software in classroom-based and online technologies.
Indicator
Collaboration
Collaboration with academic and non-academic entities across campus.
Criterion
Techheads Group
Increasingly substantial meetings and collaborations with key campus technology participants.
Finding
Multimedia Production
Produced 4 multimedia programs for campus use. Produced website for common reader program.
Finding
AB5 Building Technology
Continued efforts relating to the outline provided to the President detailing the list of current distance learning capabilities and offerings, and costs associated with technology as well as work with UCS in providing a comprehensive list of planned technology and utilization (available on the Techheads Wiki). Offered show and tell meetings to key building committee members.
Finding
Multimedia Circus
While we had planned to offer a Circus show and tell of current and emerging technologies and their applications, we have not found a good time to do so and need to re-evaluate the way this information is disseminated.
Action
Multimedia Production
Work closely with new PACE Center to increase the awareness and utilization of campus resources towards creating media library of content for use in courses and other venues.
Action
Classroom Technology
Work with UCS, Techheads, and new Faculty Techheads groups to design an implement a matrix of room-based designed solutions to update/upgrade classroom instructional technology based on classroom type using AB5 technology as a model for this type of implementation.
Objective
Trends
Increase the awareness of technology trends.
Action
Distance Learning Offerings
Continue to converse and plan with academic partied towards the increase of offerings and faculty certification. This will lead to increases in distance learning enrollments.