Instructional Technology Agenda u Looking Back – u NITLE Consultant Overview u Looking Forward – u Upcoming Sessions

Celebrate u Training Schedule Based Around Themes u Developed a 5-Year Campus Instructional Technology Plan (CITP) u Met with departments to discuss needs u NITLE consultant u Started ad-hoc Instructional Technology Planning Group u Met With Alums u Resource Page u CIC Consortium u Cargill Grant u Distance Learning Orientation Development & Pilot u Quality Assurance Online Courses

National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) u March 2014 u Participants President 7 Cabinet Members 23 Faculty 22 Staff 12 Students

Faculty Experience u Technological skills, comfort, and interest vary widely across faculty & students u Range of student technological backgrounds hinders use of technology in the curriculum u My.Wartburg LMS – mediocre at best – awkward – missing features u Leanness of academic information available to support advising students u Classroom technology – satisfactory

Faculty Experience Cont. u Time-poor -shortage of time available to learn to use technology Need more support staff to provide training and advice Response time for technical trouble shooting is longer than a class period allows u Students have more advanced personal technologies than faculty causing a difference in experience u Faculty are able to integrate technology into teaching but may not be to the extent desired Faculty expect the responsibility and labor burden of using technology as a tool Need more support staff to provide training and advice Response time for technical trouble shooting is longer than a class period allows u Students have more advanced personal technologies than faculty causing a difference in experience u Faculty are able to integrate technology into teaching but may not be to the extent desired Faculty expect the responsibility and labor burden of using technology as a tool

Looking Forward u Survey – Fall 2014 u Implement and Revise CITP for u Assess Progress u Professional Development u Move toward Department Technology Plans u Technology Conference u Cargill Grant u ELITE u Technology Fleet u Vogel Library

Sessions Wednesday - Science Center 102 u 1:30-2:00 NITLE Overview u 2:10-2:50 ELITE Program and Benefits for you u 3:00-3:30 Instructional Technology Preliminary Training Schedule Thursday- Science Center 102 u 3:00-3:45 New features in my.wartburg