Faculty Peer To Peer Mentoring Presentation

Infusing E merging T echnology into the Curriculum: Faculty Peer-to-Peer Mentoring

Infusing E merging T echnology into the Curriculum: Faculty Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Dr. Jerold Miller , Director of Teacher Education and Professor, Graduate School of Education Dr. Andrew Shean , Learning Technology Consultant & Adjunct Professor Aung Zayar Lwin , Associate Director of Learning Technology, Teaching and Learning Institute

Alliant International University San Diego Campus San Francisco Campus Los Angeles Campus Mexico City Campus

A genda

Project Genesis - development of idea

Implementation Process - collaboration and design

Critical Success Factors - relationships

Survey Results - effect on learning and engagement

P ilot V ision

Designed to support the integration of emerging technologies with online courses.

*Sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Institute

B u dget

T imeline 2007 - 2008 Pilot Project Final Report & Recommendations Program Evaluation survey Technology Implementation in Courses Matching Technologies with Courses & Content Technology Demonstrations (Mentor) Identify Volunteer Faculty Identify & Evaluate Emerging Technologies Mentor Team Appointed May April Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sept Task

Collaboratio n

Meetings

Teach, Model, Best Practices

Support and Consult

Survey

Tools o ut there…

Wikis: A wiki is software that allows users to easily create, edit, and link web pages. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites.

WebQuests are learning environments where students read, analyze, and synthesize information using the Internet. Although WebQuests are not new, they may include other current technologies such as Podcasts, YouTube video, and links to current websites.

Social Bookmarking is a way for Internet users to store, organize, share, and search bookmarks of web pages. Social bookmarking connects many contemporary and emerging technologies.

Content Area Software or Applications may be appropriate for use in some courses. Examples include simulation software, statistical packages, or database/spreadsheet software.

F aculty M entoring

Mentee Selection

Intrinsic Motivation

Risk Takers

What Mentees Want!

Babs

C ritical S uccess F actors

Cultivate relationships

Mutual learning

Leadership!

Open mindset, consistent communication

Not busy work, meaningful and efficient

S urvey R esults

Technology resulted in students communicating with other students and faculty seamlessly and more often.

The wiki allowed them to integrate their ideas and, interestingly, facilitated their self perception as a real team working on a group project. I think the wiki is the tool that helps generate the team spirit that faculty yearn when assigning team projects. The students added, deleted and integrated as an authentic team should.... When used (the wiki) on individual projects, the quality of the output was consistently better than when they submit in-class assignment (do not understand the dynamics here)

Use of PowerPoint, video; team presentations in which they used clips from YouTube. Specifically, teams of 3 students worked on presentations and were able to be as creative as they chose to be-- incorporating video, film clips, PowerPoint. Students were more in touch with me.

I really enjoyed watching the integrating process in their group projects. I also like reviewing their process of improving their individual work by looking at the "recent changes" capability on the wiki. The review of the "discussions" was also interesting.