Helping Faculty Figure Out Where WordPress Fits
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Today’s college faculty often finds itself overwhelmed, even confused, with the various options placed before them for storing and managing their digital “stuff”. This is especially true in the Community College setting where a majority of our faculty are part-time adjuncts. Our adjuncts often face greater time constraints and outside demands limiting their ability to learn about, understand, and set up / maintain their own faculty web page.
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- 1. HELPING FACULTY FIGURE OUT WHERE WORDPRESS FITS
- 2. Good Morning! ▸ Name: Bruce Caraway ▸ Teach in Computer Info Technology department at Lone Star College (Houston) ▸ Honored to participate in the inaugural WPCampus conference ▸ Love helping others learn about and to use WordPress
- 3. How Did I Get Here … 2009 2011 2013 Part time instructor for both Credit and Continuing Ed Adjunct Starting my 2nd year as Facilitator for our Adjunct Certification Program Adjunct Certification Facilitator15+ years in corporate IT Employee / Consultant / Mgr Corporate IT Assistant Professor at Lone Star College in CIT Dept Full Time WordCamp Dallas
- 4. How Did I Get Here … 2009 2011 2013 Part time instructor for both Credit and Continuing Ed Adjunct Starting my 2nd year as Facilitator for our Adjunct Certification Program Adjunct Certification Facilitator15+ years in corporate IT Employee / Consultant / Mgr Corporate IT Assistant Professor at Lone Star College in CIT Dept Full Time WordCamp Dallas
- 5. How Did I Get Here … 2009 2011 2013 Part time instructor for both Credit and Continuing Ed Adjunct Starting my 2nd year as Facilitator for our Adjunct Certification Program Adjunct Certification Facilitator15+ years in corporate IT Employee / Consultant / Mgr Corporate IT Assistant Professor at Lone Star College in CIT Dept Full Time WordCamp Dallas
- 6. How Did I Get Here 2009 2011 2013 Part time instructor for both Credit and Continuing Ed Adjunct Starting my 2nd year as Facilitator for our Adjunct Certification Program Adjunct Certification Facilitator15+ years in corporate IT Employee / Consultant / Mgr Corporate IT Assistant Professor at Lone Star College in CIT Dept Full Time WordCamp Dallas
- 7. How Did I Get Here … 2009 2011 2013 Part time instructor for both Credit and Continuing Ed Adjunct Starting my 2nd year as Facilitator for our Adjunct Certification Program Adjunct Certification Facilitator15+ years in corporate IT Employee / Consultant / Mgr Corporate IT Assistant Professor at Lone Star College in CIT Dept Full Time WordCamp Dallas
- 8. How Did I Get Here … 2009 2011 2013 Part time instructor for both Credit and Continuing Ed Adjunct Starting my 2nd year as Facilitator for our Adjunct Certification Program Adjunct Certification Facilitator15+ years in corporate IT Employee / Consultant / Mgr Corporate IT Assistant Professor at Lone Star College in CIT Dept Full Time WordCamp Dallas
- 10. *http://www.bls.gov/ooh/education-training-and-library/postsecondary-teachers.htm Today’s Higher Education Faculty ▸ 1,313,000 postsecondary faculty (2014) ▸ >177,000 new positions by 2024 ▸ Majority of these positions are part-time
- 11. Today's College Instructor - Tenured Faculty ▸ Tenured instructor perform original research ▸ experiments & analysis ▸ critical reviews ▸ publish
- 12. Today's College Instructor - Contingent Faculty ▸ Non-tenured ▸ Usually contract-based ▸ Full-time or part-time ▸ More focus on teaching ▸ Often assigned basic core courses
- 13. Today's College Instructor - Adjunct Faculty ▸ Part-time ▸ May work outside of college professionally ▸ May work on multiple campuses ▸ May work for multiple institutions ▸ Some work for online institutions
- 14. “an estimated 18.5 percent of college professors worked as part- time faculty members" in 1969… …as of 2011 contingent faculty made up "75.5 percent of the college teaching workforce, or more than 1.3 million people." 2014 Congressional Review
- 15. “THE SYSTEMS” OF HIGHER EDUCATION
- 16. HR / Employee Information System ▸ Holds info about the instructor (employee) ▸ Location info ▸ Contact info ▸ Private info i.e., salary, benefits, etc.
- 17. Student Information System ▸ Course catalog ▸ Student records ▸ Class registration system ▸ Registration history
- 18. 3rd Party / Publisher Learning System(s)
- 20. Learning Management System ▸ Faculty, especially new, spend lots of time here ▸ Default place to store: ▸ course info ▸ courseware ▸ syllabi ▸ course calendar ▸ gradebook
- 21. Shortcomings of the LMS ▸ "Walled Garden" ▸ Only enrolled students can “see” content ▸ Current semester students ▸ Subject to end-of-semester archiving
- 22. Today’s college faculty are overwhelmed, even confused, with the various options placed before them for storing and managing their digital “stuff”. LSC faculty member
- 23. ▸ 4883 Faculty ▸ Every faculty member offered a “Faculty Blog” ▸ Blogs run on WordPress Multisite ▸ Most blogs are static providing contact info, vitae, syllabi, etc.
- 24. Faculty Blogs Review 2013 ▸ Running a “really old” version of WordPress ▸ Themes selection was limited ▸ Limited awareness of the Faculty Blogs ▸ No promotion or incentive to use
- 26. Focus on Faculty Blogs - Phase 1 ▸ Upgrade WordPress installation ▸ Add responsive theme(s) ▸ Identify suggested content for a typical faculty blog ▸ Offer training and workshops
- 27. GOAL: SIMPLICITY
- 36. Syllabi
- 38. Vitae
- 39. Typical Faculty Blog Content ▸ Syllabi ▸ Vitae ▸ Courses Taught ▸ FAQ ▸ Discussion Forums ▸ Course Resources ▸ Your Suggestions???
- 42. lynda.com ▸ All LSC faculty have access ▸ WordPress courses recommended ▸ Anywhere and anytime
- 43. Instructor Blog Workshop ▸ 2 hour introductory course ▸ Help get them registered ▸ Walkthrough the basics ▸ Demonstrate the “simplicity” ▸ Build awareness
- 46. Next Steps (Phase 2) ▸ Improve the "find-ability" of faculty pages ▸ Auto-link from LSC department page to faculty page ▸ Continue to improve aesthetics ▸ Correct URL naming issues
- 47. Three Questions ▸ What if instructor leaves institution? ▸ What if instructor teaches at multiple institutions? ▸ What if the institution changes their LMS?
- 48. Thank You twitter: @brucecaraway email: bruce.caraway@lonestar.edu web: brucecaraway.com