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Supporting Part Time Faculty with Online Learning Presented by Beverly Hartford, Susan Learney, Michael Crawford Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology httphttp://fcet/senecac.on.ca/fcet/cade2003
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Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology Faculty of Continuing Education & Training 3 Semesters Annually Each semester the Faculty supports 1200 online students 60 online teachers 110 different subjects
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Moving to Online – Why? Double cohort (grade 12 & 13 being combined in Ontario) Superbuild – pressure on the physical space, renovations, relocation of programs Students requesting this mode of delivery Competition for business, provincially, nationally & internationally
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Implementing Online Learning WISH LIST What would your wish list look like? Students?Students Administrators?Administrators Teachers?Teachers
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Our Wish List Training & professional development for teachers & staff Online development -(technical & instructional support) Each teacher has own email account, 1 Log in – 1 URL to access Portal access Learning object repository
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The Challenges A Learning Management Software that would fill our needs Unprepared faculty lacking skills to teach online Technical support not 24 hour @ day, 7 days a week No process in place to get the teachers “online”
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Part Time vs. Full Time Employed in business & industry Dedicated, but also have other loyalties Time restrictions, teach three to six hours a week Specialists in their field, not necessarily technical experts Traditional professional development sessions scheduled in the day time
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The Solutions Training and professional development opportunities made available to part time teachers 24 x 7 technical support made available, external service provider hired Centre for New Technologies In Teaching & Learning – Technical and Instructional Design Support for Faculty
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Solutions continued Streamlined process for teachers to receive email accounts and online access upon issue of employment contract Learning objects repository (slope) Portal my.senecacollege.ca
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Slope Shared Learning Object Portal Environment
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Centre for Distributed Learning Faculty & Staff Home Page Professional Development Opportunities
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my.senecacollege Portal
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Links Centre for Distributed LearningCentre for Distributed Learning Professional Development for Part Time FacultyProfessional Development for Part Time Faculty My.Seneca College Portal Page
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Contact Us Beverly.hartford@senecac.on.ca Program Coordinator Michael.crawford@senecac.on.ca Technical Support/Programming Susan.Learney@senecac.on.ca Instructional Designer Web Site for Conference Presentation
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Student Wish List Instant messaging with classmates Easy email system Website that is easy to navigate 24 hour tech support Curriculum online Good connections Convenient Choice Able to complete academics in a timely fashion Same system, one login, same look and feel Access to instructors Interesting courses online Obtain more and personalized help in grasping the concepts Variety of courses online Easy to use/customer friendly courses Feedback timely fashion Easy accessible help line “Try before I buy” Not have to buy a whole lot of new stuff (hardware/software)
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Administrator Wish List Increased enrollment Decrease costs Pass on the cost of computing technology to the student Standardize curriculum Develop once, deliver many times Free up classroom space Offer more classes CIO (Chief Information Officer) Reach unreachable students Set policy & infrastructure Intellectual property plan 5-year plan Supportive budget Staff development plan No technical worries Improve college impression/reputation Laptops for all faculty
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Teacher Wish List Training to use online teaching tools Technical support for students Higher compensation Collaboration with online teachers at other schools 24 hour student helpdesk Student information systems online Faculty development grants, professional development Prepared students Learn teaching methodologies for teaching online Preparation to transfer course content to online delivery mode Release time to develop content A reliable system Access to my own web page More tech support
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