TRAINING PROFESSORS IN INTERNET ENHANCED EDUCATION

TRAINING PROFESSORS IN INTERNET ENHANCED EDUCATION Mario A. Núñez -Molina University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Center for Internet Enhanced Education

Objectives
The presentation will provide a description of a training program focused on the development of learning environments on the Internet for the faculty of the Department of Social Sciences of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.

Department of Social Sciences at UPR-Mayagüez
Bachelors degree in five main areas of study: Psychology, Sociology, History, Political Science, and general Social Sciences
40 professors and 850 students

Training: Four Levels
First Level: Computer literacy
Second level: Web Page Design and Publication
Third level: Web Course Development Platform
Fourth level: Web based learning and pedagogy

Internet Enhanced Education

Computer literacy
identifying and managing files
scanning images and documents
using digital cameras and image editors
configuring a browser and using bookmarks
using file compression devices
searching and researching skills using search engines

Computer Literacy
Evaluating the quality of information obtained on the WWW
using email, mailing lists, chat rooms, discussion forums, and newsgroups
working with pdf files and acrobat reader.

Level II: Web Page Design and Publication
Conversion of word processing documents into web pages
FTP programs
online presentations using Powerpoint
Training on an HTML editor.

Level III: Managing a web course development platform
WebCT
Nicenet
Manhattan Virtual Classroom
Claroline

Level IV: Pedagogy and Internet Enhanced Education
teaching and learning styles
developing learning objectives
evaluating distance learning
interactivity and instructional design.

Center for Internet Enhanced Education (CECI)
http://ceci.uprm.edu

Center for Internet Enhanced Education

Components of the Center
Workshops: Trellix, WebCT, Nicenet, FrontPage
Online training materials
Technical support and consulting
Resources: web and mail server, email list, online journal (Hermes), portal based on sharepoint team services
CD-ROM with viewlets tutorials

Online Training Materials: Nicenet
http://www.uprm.edu/socialsciences/nicenet

Training Materials: Trellix Web
http://www.uprm.edu/socialsciences/trellix

Training Materials: WebCT
http://www.uprm.edu/socialsciences/webct

Training Materials: Resource Page
http://www.uprm.edu/socialsciences/eci

Web Server: Aracné
http://ceci.uprm.edu

Hermes: Online Journal
http://www.uprm.edu/socialsciences/ceci/Hermes.html

Manhtattan Virtual Classroom
http://manhattan.uprm.edu

Impact of the Project on the Department of Social Sciences
Development of ebooks
Web pages created by faculty
Creation of new courses
The Psychology of the Internet
Searching and researching on the Internet
Development of online courses
Development of a culture that values information and communication technologies

Conclusion
It is of utmost importance that universities offer support, training, and resources to faculty members who are interested in developing learning environments on cyberspace, because these efforts will result in their being able to provide students a more complete and effective education.

TRAINING PROFESSORS IN INTERNET ENHANCED EDUCATION

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