Exemplary Leaders for Extraordinary Times Jump-starting Faculty Web Sites: A Success Story League for Innovation Nov. 19, 2002 Judy Miner Dan Mitchell Cindy Vinson

Exemplary Leaders for Extraordinary Times DE ANZA SNAPSHOT Located in Silicon Valley Serves 26,000 students per quarter Employs 300 full- and 500 part-time faculty Average of 2,500 class sections per quarter

Exemplary Leaders for Extraordinary Times Statement of the Problem Varying definitions of “web support” Broad spectrum of faculty interests Lack of web site standards

Exemplary Leaders for Extraordinary Times Developing a Solution: Problem Analysis How faculty developed web pages –Instructional dean’s perspective –Web Master from De Anza –Review of web sites How might faculty develop web pages –Data base driven solution –Templates –Content management tool

Exemplary Leaders for Extraordinary Times Developing a Solution: Problem Analysis Look for someone who already has solved the problem Is the solution –Practical –Economical –Scalable –Sustainable

Exemplary Leaders for Extraordinary Times Developing a Solution: Manila Practical –I can do it Economical –$ for a server (yes server) license Scalable (talked to several developers) –Bakersfield developer build site for California office of Ed. –Build web sites for teachers in Arizonia Sustainable –Dan Mitchell running server at De Anza –San Jose community organization

Exemplary Leaders for Extraordinary Times Developing a Solution: Service Level Agreement Build faculty web site templates (two) Create training and support site Included timeline for Feb. training start date 150 Basic informational web sites by July 1 Deans promote and hold trainings VP share costs

Exemplary Leaders for Extraordinary Times Developing a Solution: Project Team Project Facilitator - Cindy Vinson Faculty Project Manager - Dan Mitchell manage process Consultant (produce templates) Trainer (design and deliver training) System Admin. (admin support) Network and Systems (Back ups) Development team for templates –Accessibility consultant –Instructional designer –System admin. –Trainer 2 –Faculty project manager –Project facilitator –Consultant

Exemplary Leaders for Extraordinary Times Developing A Solution: Costs Server$4,500 Software 299 Project Manager 5,000 Consultant 6,000 Staff time Total money spent$15, faculty served and approx. 5,400 students $2.95 /per student and costs go down each year!

Exemplary Leaders for Extraordinary Times Developing a Solution: Implementation Manila site for project team Switch to our server from campus server Pilot test training Full scale training Constant behind the scenes tweaking Project evaluation

Exemplary Leaders for Extraordinary Times Summary: Cindy’s Perspective Culture change at De Anza –Training –Instructional design –More tools –Hybrid instruction Huge interest in Content Management software for enterprise wide web sites Move from distance education vs. classroom to learning outcomes

Exemplary Leaders for Extraordinary Times Resources De Anza faculty web sites directory De Anza faculty support site Manila web site Frontier Developers for Hire