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
Add Distance Learning Programs
Decided to hold off on EdD online program until Spring 2010
Criterion
Certification
Increased certification of faculty members to teach online and certification of distance courses.
Finding
Faculty Certification
Working towards online certification modules in grant with Lonestar. Certified 30 additional faculty members.
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.
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.
Action
Multimedia Circus/Blackboard Day
Offering a campus-based conference showcasing faculty applications and best practices in online pedagogy and delivery as well as a show-and-tell of current and emerging technologies and support systems.
Action
Techheads
The mission of Techheads is to foster the exchange of information, planning, and collaboration across the University while increasing awareness and utilization of technology, technology applications, and technology understanding.
The membership is made up of key campus representatives who are professionally engaged, daily, in the promotion and application of instructional, computing, and broadcast technologies as determined by the Director of Academic Instructional Technology and Distance Learning.
Meet monthly with key campus players from academic departments and computer services to forward discussion and implementation of media technologies.
Supporting documents on Blackboard techheads wiki.
Action
Multimedia Production
Work closely with PACE and UCS in recording several presentations for use in courses and other venues.
Action
Certify Faculty
Certified 30 additional faculty members to teach online
Action
Lonestar Grant
Secured $75,000 of $150,000 grant in cooperation with Lonestar College and Spring ISD towards the development of online modules to be utilized in the instruction of p-16 educators in teaching online. Put together a local team of 10 faculty and staff.
Action
Build Department
Build existing department of one to current staff of 9. Hired e-college as an outsourced solution in offering online courses and materials.
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.
Action
Multimedia Circus/Blackboard Day
Offering a campus-based conference showcasing faculty applications and best practices in online pedagogy and delivery as well as a show-and-tell of current and emerging technologies and support systems.
Action
Techheads
The mission of Techheads is to foster the exchange of information, planning, and collaboration across the University while increasing awareness and utilization of technology, technology applications, and technology understanding.
The membership is made up of key campus representatives who are professionally engaged, daily, in the promotion and application of instructional, computing, and broadcast technologies as determined by the Director of Academic Instructional Technology and Distance Learning.
Meet monthly with key campus players from academic departments and computer services to forward discussion and implementation of media technologies.
Supporting documents on Blackboard techheads wiki.
Action
Multimedia Production
Work closely with PACE and UCS in recording several presentations for use in courses and other venues.
Action
Lonestar Grant
Secured $75,000 of $150,000 grant in cooperation with Lonestar College and Spring ISD towards the development of online modules to be utilized in the instruction of p-16 educators in teaching online. Put together a local team of 10 faculty and staff.
Action
Build Department
Build existing department of one to current staff of 9. Hired e-college as an outsourced solution in offering online courses and materials.
Objective
Technology Evaluation
Identify and evaluate equipment and software for potential utilization within the University.
Action
Techheads
The mission of Techheads is to foster the exchange of information, planning, and collaboration across the University while increasing awareness and utilization of technology, technology applications, and technology understanding.
The membership is made up of key campus representatives who are professionally engaged, daily, in the promotion and application of instructional, computing, and broadcast technologies as determined by the Director of Academic Instructional Technology and Distance Learning.
Meet monthly with key campus players from academic departments and computer services to forward discussion and implementation of media technologies.
Supporting documents on Blackboard techheads wiki.
Action
Build Department
Build existing department of one to current staff of 9. Hired e-college as an outsourced solution in offering online courses and materials.
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.
Action
Multimedia Circus/Blackboard Day
Offering a campus-based conference showcasing faculty applications and best practices in online pedagogy and delivery as well as a show-and-tell of current and emerging technologies and support systems.
Action
Techheads
The mission of Techheads is to foster the exchange of information, planning, and collaboration across the University while increasing awareness and utilization of technology, technology applications, and technology understanding.
The membership is made up of key campus representatives who are professionally engaged, daily, in the promotion and application of instructional, computing, and broadcast technologies as determined by the Director of Academic Instructional Technology and Distance Learning.
Meet monthly with key campus players from academic departments and computer services to forward discussion and implementation of media technologies.
Supporting documents on Blackboard techheads wiki.
Action
Multimedia Production
Work closely with PACE and UCS in recording several presentations for use in courses and other venues.
Action
Lonestar Grant
Secured $75,000 of $150,000 grant in cooperation with Lonestar College and Spring ISD towards the development of online modules to be utilized in the instruction of p-16 educators in teaching online. Put together a local team of 10 faculty and staff.
Action
Build Department
Build existing department of one to current staff of 9. Hired e-college as an outsourced solution in offering online courses and materials.
Objective
Trends
Increase the awareness of technology trends.
Action
Multimedia Circus/Blackboard Day
Offering a campus-based conference showcasing faculty applications and best practices in online pedagogy and delivery as well as a show-and-tell of current and emerging technologies and support systems.
Action
Lonestar Grant
Secured $75,000 of $150,000 grant in cooperation with Lonestar College and Spring ISD towards the development of online modules to be utilized in the instruction of p-16 educators in teaching online. Put together a local team of 10 faculty and staff.
Action
Build Department
Build existing department of one to current staff of 9. Hired e-college as an outsourced solution in offering online courses and materials.