Taming the Wild Dog

Bear with me as I brainstorm some more.....

Title: Taming The Wild Dog -- Fostering campus-wide buy-in for instructional technology engagement

Goal: Present a spectrum of programs/activities/opportunities that contribute to building partnerships and fostering communication leading to innovative faculty development opportunities, improved collaboration between support units, and sharpened understanding of the benefits of educational technologies by administrators.

Questions

• Overarching Question: From the perspective of the campus leadership, why and where would a campus need to invest people, time, and money to accomplish the goals?

• What programs are contributing to positive faculty development right now?
• Where do faculty want to learn about instr. technology?
• How do you penetrate the faculty "interior" and gain acceptance?
• How do you become partners with groups "different" from your own?
• How do you share resources to benefit the greater good?
• How do we pay for new initiatives?
• How will this improve our institution?
  

Assessment (My weakness)

• Is there improved communication between groups? [evidence of new collaborations?]
  
• Is there a development of programs with diverse participation (taking the ed. tech. development out of the silo and including diverse groups in the design, development and implementation of transformative practice)?
• Are faculty happier with the new initiatives? [focus groups, surveys]
• Are there more courses online (are the campus supported technologies being utilized more)?
• Are students reporting that they are learning more or better due to incorporation of instructional technologies? [Senior Surveys, Student Advisory Boards, focus groups, course evaluations]
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Now submitting this for group feedback..... Please feel free to make changes to any or all of this!