Academic Technology Update Chair Retreat Aug

Emerging Themes The Strategic Plan identifies three emerging themes: 1.Mission – “We strive to preserve and enhance an atmosphere in which scholarly research, imaginative methodology, global awareness and an enthusiastic quest for truth serve as the basis of a vital teaching- learning process and the development of lifelong learning.” 2.Engagement – “We are committed to expanding the role of Information Technology in helping to reshape how students learn, how faculty members teach and how information is stored, accessed and transmitted.” 3.Global – “We will provide learning that synchronously spans distance and asynchronously offers more course and program variety online.” 6/16/20152

Faculty Input Academic Planning Committee Report Faculty Survey Results One-on-One 6/16/20153

Academic Planning Committee Student Technology Software Training Obsolescence of Student Hardware Student Engagement IT-Faculty Disconnect Faculty Audience for Workshops Faculty Resistance to Technology Global Education Remote Support Open Source Technology 6/16/20154

Survey 2009 Participation – 208 Responses Covered the following 5 areas: –Learning –Support –Use of Technology –Barriers –New Topics List of questions and summary can be found in the chair retreat group on St Johns Central 6/16/20155

Learning Most HelpfulFTPT Experimenting on your own84%82% Talking with colleagues77%67% Face-to-face technology courses 66%64% Internet Searches63%62% Consulting with IT61%71% 6/16/20156

Use of technology 6/16/20157

Barriers Time required to learn about technology32% Network/Internet connection problems24% Time required to use technology in class23% Lack of current hardware23% Lack of current software20% 6/16/20158

Topics of interest 6/16/20159 Digital video or audio editing software (Podcasting) 65% Publishing tools (e.g. Adobe Acrobat) 60% Image editing software (e.g. Photoshop) 56% Web conferencing software (e.g. MS Live Messenger) 55%

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Portable Professor More in-line with Class schedule Customized workshops for your department Evening and Weekend workshops on request 4 Audio/Video Podcast edit stations added Contact Technology Learning Center - X6402 6/16/201511

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Faculty Using Gateway How are they using: Blog Posts to receive feedback from their students Wikis are used for group student projects Participation tracking Homework What they like: Wikis and Blogs are easy for students to understand Wikis and Blogs allows students to express themselves in complete thoughts Introverted students that don’t like raising their hands, can express themselves in writing More Storage Space Good Central Place Homework Submission is easy to use 6/16/201513

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See The Demos Tell Me More Gateway Portable Professor Office /16/201522