Faculty Technology Institute

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The primary goal of all Faculty Technology Institutes are to teach faculty how to use technology more effectively to improve learning in the classroom. The breadth of instruction allows participants to select what will work best in their various classes and faculty graduates produce at least one course enhanced with technology when they complete the institute training. In addition, graduates participate in research projects aimed at determining student satisfaction at the introduction of the new teaching methodologies. This allows the College to better serve its student population. At the same time, the institutes establish an environment where faculty can explore ideas with peers from other departments often leading to new approaches to teaching with technology.

Why participate?

Increasingly, new students expect to find class environment rich in technology: electronic readings and class notes, interactive testing and simulations, online discussions and threads, and so forth. But more significantly, faculty should have chances to introduce new learning approaches and to explore their effectiveness. Attending a Faculty Technology Institute will enable faculty to be better able to use technology more effectively to enhance learning in the classroom. This will produce a much stronger educational environment and meet the needs of the new and existing students.

Application Requirements:

ALL Applicants are required to:

• Complete an application with the following information
  • Cover Sheet indicating your choice of computer type
  • Description of current use of technology in your teaching – please be specific, including information on what technology you use as well as how you employ that technology and why.
  • List of courses to be taught during upcoming Fall and Spring Semesters
  • Brief statement of intent – a description of why you would like to attend the Institute and what you hope to accomplish by attending the Institute. How do you plan to use the knowledge gained during the Institute to enhance your current teaching methodology? This should be a one to two page description.

Download the Application in Microsoft Word format

Deadline: Application MUST be emailed to beatties@cofc.edu no later than February 6, 2007. You will receive an email acknowledgment that your application was received. If you do not receive this acknowledgment within a week of applying please contact Teaching, Learning & Technology at 3-5569 or Susan Beattie at beatties@cofc.edu.

Participant Commitments:

Faculty selected to participate agree to:

• provide information about the age and use of current office computer. It may be necessary to give up the current office computer in exchange for the laptop provided in the Institute.
• submit a pre and post institute skills assessment.
• modify at least one course to include some aspect of technology.
• assist the instructional technologists with an investigation of the effectiveness of technology on enhancing learning by agreeing to collect data and report on some aspect of their use of technology in their lessons.