1. “Any Time, Any Where” Faculty and Curriculum Development: Using Asynchronous Learning Tools Beyond the Classroom Cathy Dwyer and Constance Knapp Information Systems Pace University New York

2. The problem Participants are separated by great distances Have conflicting schedules Need secure log in Must learn new skills Need easy access to documents and resources Have to collaborate on group projects

3. The solution Re-use one technology for a similar situation Many administrative faculty tasks share characteristics of online courses Use distance learning tools (Blackboard, e-mail list serve, video conference) to support faculty and curriculum development

4. The Story of Three Projects Faculty training and instructor resource site Support blended course with new curriculum Major revision of undergraduate Information Systems Curriculum Allow faculty on campuses 25 miles apart to collaborate on IS major Teaching Portfolio Workshops Faculty development effort to assist in creating portfolios used for tenure and promotion

5. Blackboard sites Pace University is made up of five schools, including school of computing (CSIS) Several distance learning programs administered by CSIS (Nactel, Doctor of Professional Studies) CSIS blackboard server is used to host the CIS101 faculty site and the IS faculty site

6. CSIS Blackboard Server “Development” server, has been used for development of new courses University also has a “production server” that hosts undergraduate and graduate courses Go to http://bb5.csis.pace.edu/http://bb5.csis.pace.edu/ Sign on with username cis101 password guest

7. CIS 101 Faculty Resource Site Pace’s basic computer course, CIS 101 The problem: 1300 students in 60 sections per semester Mostly part time faculty for this course Four campuses separated by 30 miles The solution CIS 101 Faculty Resource Site

8. Resource Site Contents Syllabus and class schedule Training for first time online instructors Practice tests and model exams Solutions to homework and end of chapter exercises Publisher instructor resources Suggested discussion board topics and questions Links to other resources

9. Access statistics Combining Fall 2002, Spring 2003 statistics Every CIS101 instructor accessed the site Average number of uses was 13 per instructor Minimum number was 1, maximum number was 25

10. Student satisfaction Indirect measure of success of faculty resource site is increase in student satisfaction with CIS101 Comparing same instructor anonymous survey results Average increase in student satisfaction of 20%, some increasing by as much as 48%

11. IS Faculty Site Spring 2003 IS Department undertook major revision of program Conversion to all 4-credit courses Update of topics and content

12. The changes Changed the course sequence Dropped two courses Modified six courses Added one new course New curriculum rolled out this Fall

13. IS Department One department split between two campuses 35 miles apart One urban (downtown NYC) One suburban (Pleasantville in Westchester County) Face to face meetings were nearly impossible to manage

14. IS Faculty Blackboard Site Each full time IS faculty is an instructor on the site Host minutes and documents for revision Also extensively used list serve to communicate and send around drafts

15. How we used site Document repository Referred to site during video conferenced meetings Also used site during end of semester face to face meeting where we produced 6 revised and 1 new syllabi in one day

16. IS Faculty Access Statistics 80% of full time IS faculty have accessed the site Faculty used the site on an average of seven separate occasions Minimum of one access and a maximum of 22 This compares very favorably to participation in faculty meetings

17. Teaching Portfolio Workshop

18. What worked Works great as a document repository Created a “quick and dirty” knowledge community Any time, any where technology allowed greater participation and collaboration in curriculum and faculty development

19. What didn’t work Discussion board hardly used at all With IS faculty site, multiple instructor access made site very disorganized

20. Conclusions Need “friendly” Blackboard administrator High comfort level with Blackboard translated into greater acceptance and use of resource Practical and natural extension to the application of these tools