TechTalks Event
Tools for Teaching and Learning Online�
with guest experts Joan Getman & Nick Laudato
April 29, 1999
Audio
• Streaming
MP3
• Download
MP3 (Download
Tips)
Remember back a couple of years ago when, with the exception of a few "early adopters," you couldn't give technology to most faculty? Now the demand on IT resources for teaching and learning information technology is simply exploding. It's probably the hottest topic on campus... and off campus as well.
What do you think is the basic infrastructure that faculty needs for teaching and learning online? What should they know versus what should you be doing for them? Are you having trouble getting your faculty to ask you for help, or do you have the opposite problem? How can you best handle the faculty/ staff issues that derive from using the latest technology tools for teaching? Is the "sage on the stage" versus the "guide on the side" battle being fought on your campus? What is your role? Are we there yet? Or should we be waiting just a little bit longer for better technology, with which it might be so much easier for faculty to work? Should each department have its own instructional support specialist or is that kind of support best provided centrally? And there is a very important related question: Should your campus or each faculty member be developing their own tools, or should you be adopting integrated teaching and learning systems?
Join CREN co-hosts Howard Strauss and Judith Boettcher as they interview this event's experts about "Tools for Teaching and Learning Online" and address not only questions like the ones above, but questions you email in to expert@cren.net.
Guest Experts
Joan Falkenburg Getman is Manager of the Academic Technology Center at Cornell University. Nick Laudato is Associate Director, Instructional Technology of the Center for Instructional Development & Distance Education at the University of Pittsburgh. Each of our experts is actively involved by writing articles for or presenting at conferences of higher education-related IT associations such as CREN or EDUCAUSE. Joan is also involved with a relatively new association, New Media Centers.
 Joan Getman, Cornell University |
 Nick Laudato, University of Pittsburgh |
�
|
Our experts have asked that we link on this page to some Cornell
University examplars. Each of these hyperlinks will open a
new window for you.�
Some CourseInfo Course Sites.�
ENTOMOLOGY 215 - Spider Biology PROJECT GUIDE - Four Week Seminar during Fall of 1998 Some Customized Course
Sites.
Click on the red "stroll" to see the course content. MICROBIOLOGY 209/291 - General Microbiology Click on the "Immune Wars" in the left column to see a humorous exercise. ASTRONOMY 101 - The Nature of the Universe Clock on the "Web Simulations" link to see some Java simulations |
Related Online Resources
Because the online information relating to this week's topic is so vast, rather than providing links to specific articles or books, we are providing links for you to larger, "meta" resources.
Additional Companies
Journals, Conferences, Lists- NAWeb is the annual conference of the World Wide Web Courseware Developers discussion list. It's online conference proceedings are an excellent resource.
- The Technology Source: This pioneering online, peer-reviewed journal's goal is to assist educators as they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools in teaching and in managing educational organizations. CREN just happens to be its featured Site of the Month for April 1999!
- WebDevShare is an annual conference held at the University of Indiana which focuses more on the administrative end of things, but we all know that there's an interface, right? Its online proceedings are also a great resource.
- The New Media Centers: This group's goal is helping institutions of higher education enhance teaching and learning through the use of new media. It has a special focus on corporate/institutional collabora- tions.
- TLT: The American Association of Higher Education (AAHE) created and "spun off" it's Teaching, Learning & Technology affiliate. TLT seeks to improve the ways in which information technology and resources can be used to improve teaching, learning, and research.
- WAOE: The Worldwide Association of Online Educators: This relative newcomer to the field, a truly international group, has a mission that includes "Combining dedication to online learning with fun and cultural exchange."
