Facilitating Faculty Engagement in Teaching with Technology
Abstract
Members of a SoTL Faculty Learning Community will describe initiatives at their institution to support and encourage faculty in the use of instructional technology as they design and deliver courses. The goals of the session are to provide participants with information about strategies for engaging faculty with teaching technology, identify barriers to faculty engagement in online teaching, and show far-reaching benefits of a Faculty Learning Community structure. Session attendees will be asked to engage in discussions as the panel reviews data on the effect of technology on student learning, describes how a move to Desire2Learn provided an opportunity to train faculty in online course design, summarizes results of surveys assessing faculty needs for technology and attitudes about the effectiveness of online education, and describes the goals and plans of a faculty learning community that is providing support for the development of online courses.
Location
Room 115
Recommended Citation
Hammock, Georgina; Hunt, David; Russ, Laura; Akins, Maureen; and Richardson, Deborah, "Facilitating Faculty Engagement in Teaching with Technology" (2013). SoTL Commons Conference. 76.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2013/76
Facilitating Faculty Engagement in Teaching with Technology
Room 115
Members of a SoTL Faculty Learning Community will describe initiatives at their institution to support and encourage faculty in the use of instructional technology as they design and deliver courses. The goals of the session are to provide participants with information about strategies for engaging faculty with teaching technology, identify barriers to faculty engagement in online teaching, and show far-reaching benefits of a Faculty Learning Community structure. Session attendees will be asked to engage in discussions as the panel reviews data on the effect of technology on student learning, describes how a move to Desire2Learn provided an opportunity to train faculty in online course design, summarizes results of surveys assessing faculty needs for technology and attitudes about the effectiveness of online education, and describes the goals and plans of a faculty learning community that is providing support for the development of online courses.
