Chadia N. Abras PhD Director, Educational Technology & Distance Learning GOUCHER COLLEGE USA

 Faculty Training an Overview  Technology Training  Pedagogy of Online Instruction  Instruction Design  Mentoring & Training  Community-Centered Approach  Earlier Practices  Training course design  Implementation  Current Practices  Training course design  Implementation  Results, Comparisons, & Faculty Buy-in

An Overview

 Concepts of Training  Technology  Pedagogy of online instruction  Course design for online delivery  Training First Impressions by Faculty  Advances in Training  Training Course Design  Two part design

 Technology Training  Online courses for training  Use of the LMS & Wimba  Use of assistive technology when needed  Use of multimedia  Use of streaming audio and video  Use of Reusable Learning Objects (RLO) in instruction  Podcasting, blogs, and wikis  Interactive PowerPoint and Interactive Programs (lectures)  Preparation of Training Documents  Implementation in Training Courses.

 Approaches  Collaborative  Constructivist  Active learning  Project-based instruction  Building community  Guidelines for usability and sociability in online instruction  Online Courses for Training  Preparation of training documents  Implementation in training courses

STUDENT preparation instruction delivery technology course design course management instructor training

student PREPARATION instruction delivery technology course design course management instructor training Prepare the students on the use of technology

student preparation INSTRUCTION DELIVERY technology course design course management instructor training  Collaborative learning  Constructivist approach

student preparation instruction delivery TECHNOLOGY course design course management instructor training  Chat / VoIP  Threaded Discussions  PowerPoint Lectures  Etc…

student preparation instruction delivery technology COURSE DESIGN course management instructor training  Design for online delivery

student preparation instruction delivery technology course design COURSE MANAGEMENT instructor training  Feedback  Positive reinforcement  Assignment management  DB management  Chat area management

student preparation instruction delivery technology course design course management INSTRUCTOR TRAINING  Instruction design  Implementation  Management  Use of technology  Changing role Teachers are content experts, they are a bridge between knowledge and practice (Moore, 1997, p. 223)

 Mentoring as an Extension of Training  Mentoring as a training tool  Mentoring as continuous training  Communities of practice (CoPs) and their benefits in mentoring  Establishing mentoring programs

Participatory community-centered development approach (Preece, 2000) assessing the needs of the community nurture the community test sociability and usability select technology plan for sociability test prototype Evaluate

Participatory community-centered development approach (Preece, 2000) assessing the needs of the community nurture the community test sociability and usability select technology plan for sociability test prototype Evaluate

Participatory community-centered development approach (Preece, 2000) assessing the needs of the community nurture the community test sociability and usability select technology plan for sociability test prototype Evaluate

Participatory community-centered development approach (Preece, 2000) assessing the needs of the community nurture the community test sociability and usability select technology plan for sociability test prototype Evaluate

Participatory community-centered development approach (Preece, 2000) assessing the needs of the community nurture the community test sociability and usability select technology plan for sociability test prototype Evaluate

Empowering Faculty

 Faculty in Charge  Technology  Course design  Pedagogy  Creating community  Group activities  Creating learning objects  Training Course Design (3 Semesters)  Technology, beginner  Technology, advanced  Pedagogy, design, implementation, & management

 Technology  Training documents  Assessments  Proper use  Proper implementation  Pedagogy  Course design  Management  Implementation  Collaborative learning  Synchronous  Asynchronous  Nurturing  Feedback

Course Design Team

 Team Members  Instructional designer  Online instruction director  Two technology specialists  Content program director  Faculty member  Student worker  Training Course Design (1 Semester)  Technology needed for maintaining course  Pedagogy, implementation, & management

EMPOWER FACULTY COURSE DESIGN TEAM  Faculty in Charge  Content  Creation  Design  Technology  Group work  RLO  Activities  Faculty Trained  Technology  Pedagogy  Course Design  Management  Implementation  Faculty in Charge  Content  Team in Charge  Creation  Design  Technology  Group work  RLO  Activities  Faculty Trained  Pedagogy  Management  Implementation  Technology needed

 Choices Offered to Faculty  What the Majority Chooses  Widespread Implementation of Method in Existing Courses  Organization’s Buy-in  Faculty Support & Satisfaction  Student Support & Satisfaction