Teaching faculty how to use technology : best practices from leading institutions / Rhonda M. Epper and A.W. (Tony) Bates.

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TextSeries: American Council on Education/Oryx Press series on higher educationPublication details: Westport, CT : Oryx Press, 2001.Description: xviii, 156 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

1573563862 (alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

378.1/734 21

LOC classification:

LB1028.3 .T38 2001

Contents:

Ch. 1. The New Economy Meets the Ivory Tower / Rhonda M. Epper -- Ch. 2. Benchmarking Best Practices in Faculty Instructional Development / Marisa Martin Brown and Ron Webb -- Ch. 3. Institutionalizing Support for Faculty Use of Technology at the University of Central Florida / Joel L. Hartman and Barbara Truman-Davis -- Ch. 4. The Evolution of Faculty Instructional Development in the Use of Technology at College Boreal, Ontario / Chantal Pollock, David Fasciano and Louise Gervais-Guy / [et al.] -- Ch. 5. Designing Advanced Learning Communities: Virginia Tech's Story / Anne H. Moore -- Ch. 6. Developing Faculty Use of Technology: The Bellevue Community College Experience / Kae R. Hutchison -- Ch. 7. The California State University Center for Distributed Learning / Charles Schneebeck and Gerard L. Hanley -- Ch. 8. Beyond Button-Pushing: Using Technology to Improve Learning / A. W. (Tony) Bates.

Summary: Teaching Faculty How to Use Technology covers the critical developments in the use of technology for college teaching in North America and worldwide. Despite the huge investments in campus network infrastructures, the most daunting challenge in implementing technology in college teaching is the training of faculty in the use of these new technologies. Key challenges for this critical task are discussed, including such issues as funding, technical and pedagogical training/support, organizational structures, reward systems, workload issues, multi-institutional collaboration, collective bargaining, and intellectual property.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	University of Macedonia Library Βιβλιοστάσιο Α (Stack Room A)	Main Collection	LB1028.3.T38 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0013140009

Teaching Faculty How to Use Technology covers the critical developments in the use of technology for college teaching in North America and worldwide. Despite the huge investments in campus network infrastructures, the most daunting challenge in implementing technology in college teaching is the training of faculty in the use of these new technologies. Key challenges for this critical task are discussed, including such issues as funding, technical and pedagogical training/support, organizational structures, reward systems, workload issues, multi-institutional collaboration, collective bargaining, and intellectual property.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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