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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
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FITT 2009
The FITT Cycle
proposal preparatio
nkickoff
meeting
closing event
summer consultations
semester & beyond…
The role of the educational technologists
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