The document outlines goals and challenges for the Educational Studies program, and a plan to address them through faculty development and instructional design over 3 years. The goals are to improve technology literacy of future educators, and graduation rates of underrepresented groups. Challenges include low student technology skills, lack of e-portfolios, and reliance on traditional teaching. The plan provides ongoing training and resources to help faculty integrate learning technologies like screencasting, e-portfolios, and digital textbooks into their courses to improve student learning. Progress will be evaluated each year through course assessments and content redesign.

1. Educational Studies Goals
1. To improve the technology literacy of future
educators by modeling exemplary use of
learning technologies in their teacher
preparation program
2. Improve program completion and graduation
rates of future teachers from community
college to 4-year college

2. Challenges addresses by faculty
development and instructional design
Hispanics and other underrepresented groups on a teaching
track are disproportionately failing to achieve transfer
readiness and graduating with a degree/credential.
Student technology literacy and integration for learning is low,
including a lack of student teacher e-portfolio system.
Lack of an instructional technology training resources for
faculty to improve their teaching and therefore student
learning.
Over-reliance on traditional teaching methods and lack of
faculty collaboration with technology to solve instructional
problems which do not meet students’ learning style needs.

3. Educational Studies Faculty
Development & Instructional Design
Train and support learning technology
for instructors and students.
Ongoing, sustained support
of consistent learning
technology skills is offered
to all Educational Studies
faculty and instructors
ePortfolios – establish Lead Instructor buy
in. Provide course level planning time
annually
Integration and modeling of handheld
devices in all courses
Purchase consistent software and apps
for instructors and students in all
courses
Course level planning time, annual
course audit of application
Ongoing LMS training of rich media
features beyond traditional uploaded
content the central location for all
coursework in program
eBooks course companion material are
being consistently and intentionally
infused program wide

4. Year One Goal Course Learning
Outcome AlignmentPhilosophy: Provide software,
planning time , and sustained
training over a 5-year period to
support instructional redesign
of an entire program
Strategy:
• Audit LO’s for entire program
• Lead faculty planning time to revise
and align course level LO’s

5. Screencasting training provided to
Lead Faculty to begin planning for
integration into each course
LMS video response feature
showcased to Lead Faculty for
potential grading options
ePortfolios are built in a foundation course
Year One Innovative Application
Screencasting integrated into Learning
Technology for Educators program
foundation course
Screencast software provided to all
Lead Instructors and students
ePortfolios course level planning time
provided during annual meeting
Course YouTube Channel concept
presented to Lead Faculty
ePortfolios artifacts discussion begins –
recommendation to use varied media
including screencast contentScreencast software discount secured
for all students in program

6. Year One
• Redesigned course sequence
• Developed additional instructional materials
for low scoring learning outcomes
• Screencast all course topics and located on a
streaming server to allow ease of reviewing
• Single YouTube Channel for ease of review
• Faculty authored eText design & layout by
instructional designer
Instructional Design
Conversation
Identified Instructional Problem:
low pass rate on writing pre-
requisite course

7. Year Two Goal Course Assessment
Alignment
Strategy:
• Lead Faculty planning
time
• Sustained training:
1. Digital textbooks
training
2. ePortfolio course level
integration planning
• Software provided
1. SnagIt Screencasting

8. Year Two Innovative Application
Annual Educational
Studies Faculty
Meeting
Sustained training:
• Screencasting + Video
Everywhere + YouTube
• Screencast course level
integration planning
• ePortfolio course level
integration planning

9. Year Two Instructional Design
Conversation
Identified Instructional
Problems:
1. Low quality of lesson
plans in multiple
courses,
2. Redesigning a course for
flipped delivery
3. Redesigning inherited
course materials

10. Year Three Goal Course Content
Redesign Institute
Strategy:
All faculty instructional
design, training,
preparation time
Summer Design Institute:
• Competitive Proposal
• Project specific
professional
development
• Equipment
• Software

11. To what degree have your incorporated
screencasting as an instructor?
To what degree have you assigned and
assessed an item for the Liberal Studies
ePortfolio?
To what degree have you integrated
screencasting into student assignments?
Year Three Innovative Application

12. Year Three
• Diagnostic App integration into
introductory unit
• Project based capstone
assessment
Instructional Design
Conversation
Identified Instructional Problems:
1. Outdated material
2. Lack of use of learning
technologies
3. Low modeling of technical
literacy