accelerating course development through collaboration
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Accelerating
Course Development
Through Collaboration
Accelerating Course Development Through Collaboration
• Phil Moss Director of Educational Partnerships & Planning
MERLOT
• Lisa Pirinelli-Dubuc Teaching, Learning, and Technology Program
State University of New York
• Debra Runshe Assistant Director
Center for Instruction, Research, and Technology
Indiana State University
Engaging and Emerging Faculty Development Processes
MERLOT- System Wide Partner
Lisa Pirinelli-DubucSUNY Teaching, Learning, and Technology Program
• 64 Campuses (serve over 427,000 students)o University Centers (Doctoral Degree Granting)o University Colleges o Technology Collegeso Community Colleges
• over 100 online degree and certificate programs• 4,300 online college courses offered annually• 100,000 student enrollments from around the globe• 2,000 world-class SUNY faculty
www.sln.suny.edu
System Wide Faculty Development Initiatives and MERLOT
• SLN – New Faculty Development Training Program• SUNY Teaching, Learning and Technology Cooperative• Teacher Preparation Learning Commons - Undergraduate
teacher prep programs (NCCC Teacher Academy)• National Center for Academic Transformation/SUNY –
Course Redesign Initiative
SLN Faculty Development
SLN Faculty Development
SLN Course Design Process
ANGEL LMS
SUNY Preferred LMS Platform(30/64 campuses use ANGEL –supported by SLN)
TLT Cooperative
MERLOT workshops for faculty and faculty developerso Online courses for faculty
4 weeks MERLOT for faculty developers Teaching with MERLOT – for beginners MERLOT for Searching, Sharing, and Scholarship
o Webinar Series(1 hour sessions) ■ What on earth is a learning object and introduction to MERLOT? Personal Collections Webinar:Stop Searching and Start Sharing Personalizing MERLOT
■ Getting Involved- MERLOT and the Scholarship of Teaching
o Annual CIT conference –Workshop Is your glass ½ full? Enhance your teaching with MERLOT
o MERLOT Online Support – SUNY TLT Websitetlt.suny.edu
SUNY TLT Resources
http://tlt.suny.edu/MERLOTForFacultyDevelopers.shtml
Teaching Commons
• Create a MERLOT institutional teaching commons for teacher prep programs
• NCCC Teacher Academy- pilot campus
SUNY Course Redesign Initiative
Grants Awarded ($40,000/three-year)1. Buffalo State, Economics2. Canton, Basic Communication3. Canton, Biology4. Erie, Developmental English5. Fredonia, Spanish 1016. Niagara, Statistics7. Old Westbury, College Algebra8. Oswego, College Algebra9. Potsdam, History10.Stony Brook, Physics
The goal is to achieve improvements in learning outcomes as well as reductions in instructional costs by redesigning large-enrollment, multi-section courses using technology-supported active learning strategies.
Accelerating Course Development Through Collaboration
Accelerating Course Development Through Collaboration
MERLOT- Institutional Partner
Debra Dunlap Runshe, Assistant DirectorCenter for Instruction, Research, & Technology
Accelerating Course Development Through Collaboration
MERLOT and Indiana State University:• Laptop Campus• Course Redesign• Online Learning• Blackboard LMS• New Faculty
Accelerating Course Development Through Collaboration
Accelerating Course Development Through Collaboration
MERLOT Institutional Initiatives
In consultation with MERLOT partners, affiliates,
and interested institutions, MERLOT has identified
the major academic technology initiatives that are
strategic priorities for higher education.
Accelerating Course Development Through Collaboration
MERLOT Institutional InitiativesSupport institutions’ effective and efficient development of quality plans, implementations, and assessments through easy discovery of exemplary practices and reference resources
Accelerating Course Development Through Collaboration
MERLOT Institutional Initiatives• Showcase authentic institutional case studies for using
MERLOT in advancing an initiative.• Collect tools & processes that MERLOT partners can
adopt or adapt.• Provide evidence that the MERLOT services are helping
deliver expected outcomes and value.
•Academic Transformation •ICT Literacy
•Accreditation •Institutional Repositories
•Better use of LMS •Institutional Research on Technology Use
•Developing Hybrid & Online Courses
•K-20 Initiatives
•Developing Online Degree Programs
•Laptop Initiatives
• Facilitating Graduation •Textbook Affordability
Accelerating Course Development Through Collaboration
Institutional Initiatives
Accelerating Course Development Through Collaboration
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