Comparing technology resource centers has been very interesting. At a community college setting, I found a variety of technology support staff (training coordinator, instructional technologists, instructional designers, academic systems specialists) each with a very disctinct role. Today I interviewed the Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning at Georgia Perimeter College. She still teaches […]
Category: Practicum
Faculty Development Workshop Update (2/27-3/4)
Still “tweaking” my lesson plans. I started working on the online instructional tutorial component of my practicum. It has really helped me to narrow my focus and clarify objectives. When you are posting instructions online, you tend to want to be as concise as possible. Going through the process of translating my “face to face” […]
Professional Portfolio Update (2/20-2/26)
I am not spending as much time right now on updating my portfolio. I’ve spent about an hour this week updating the web pages. I have to finish several more outstanding requirements before I can upload the final artifacts. Any changes I’ve made this week were related to navigation. One of the final requirements of […]
Faculty Development Workshop Update (2/20-2/26)
I think of my workshop like a puzzle. The picture is slowly but surely coming together. My past teaching experience was with middle/high schoolers, so it is very different to prepare instruction for adults. Not only adults, but adult “educators.” My workshop is based on effectively using the current learning management system (LMS). The technology […]
Technology Resource Center Evaluation (2/20-2/26)
My head is spinning trying to keep so many different ideas related to the administration of technology clear in my head! I’ve visited several technology resource centers trying to get a good picture of exactly “how they support their faculty/staff”. Their impact in general has been so far reaching that it is necessary to find […]
Practicum in Instructional Technology (2/13-2/17)
The performance requirements for Georgia Southern’s practicum in instructional technology are basically centered around 2 roles that are key to the effective implementation of instructional technology: the technology specialist and the technology program administrator. This week, to get a better understanding of the technology specialist role, I visited the instructional design lab at Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston GA. I interviewed […]
Staff Development Workshop
The target audience for my staff development workshop includes faculty that are currently “hesitant” to use technology. I prefer to have no more than 10 students in class in order to allow me to encourage active participation from each student. The workshop will be held in a computer lab and participants will be required to come […]