CUNY IT ConferenceJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice

December 4, 2009

A Peer-based Approach to Faculty Development in Teaching with Technology:

FITT and Beyond…

Session II: 12:40 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.

Session Structure

The Concept

The Faculty view

The Mentor view

The Educational Technologist view

Q & A

Introductions

David Hodges, Professor, Anthropology (faculty awardee)

Jennifer Tuten, Assist. Professor, Education (faculty mentor)

Gina Cherry, Senior Educational Technologist, ICIT

Nancy Guerrero, Educational Technologist, ICIT

Manfred Kuechler, Acting Associate Provost for IT

Credits to

Jennifer Raab, President, Hunter College

Vita Rabinowitz, Provost, Hunter College

Frank Steen, CIO, Hunter College

all award-winning faculty all faculty mentors

Shiao-Chuan Kung, Educational Technologist

and many others in ICIT and the library

Faculty Development Goals

broaden and expand pedagogically sound use of technology for teaching and learning beyond segment of “pioneers”

provide opportunities for faculty from all disciplines and at all technical skill levels

encourage faculty to share their knowledge and become mentors (snowball effect)

develop a sustainable model serving a large number

of faculty with limited staff

FITT awardee becomes mentor

FITT awardee becomes mentor

FITT awardee becomes mentor

General Strategy

bring support and advice “close to home”

combine technical and pedagogical advice

foster development of faculty’s own skills, encourage learning by doing

provide adequate hardware and software for office and home

provide reliable infrastructure (starting with Blackboard)

make sure help is always available (including evenings and weekends)

The Support Context

Technology Teaching & Learning Group Blackboard support educational technology assistance

Technology Resource Center walk in support (faculty only)

Classroom Technology Services (AV Center)

Help desk faculty/staff students

This was the concept, now the reality…

the faculty view

the mentor view

the educational technologist view

19projects

6 to 7 projects each

27 faculty

members

3 educational technologist

s

FITT 2009

The FITT Cycle

proposal preparatio

nkickoff

meeting

closing event

summer consultations

semester & beyond…

The role of the educational technologists

http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/icit/about-icit/icit-groups/technology-teaching-learning/tech-thursdays

Organizational Challenges

spawning off Tech Thursdays building departmental groups including the branch campuses

attendance at Workshop Mondays

meeting demand as requests get more complex and more varied

increasing cooperation between the various support groups

Institutional Challenges

Rewarding Innovative Teaching consideration for tenure & promotion release time stipends

Promoting Scholarship of Teaching with Technology

Setting up a comprehensive Teaching & Learning Center

More Information

Take a handout with contact information

Visit http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/fitt