The document discusses a session led by David Peter on the impact of Web 2.0 technologies on faculty development. It highlights the transformative potential of tools like blogs, wikis, and podcasts in enhancing professional development and teaching practices. The session emphasizes the need for just-in-time training and rethinking the time constraints associated with faculty development initiatives.

1. Session Information S-152 Key Presenter: David Peter, Director, CTL Vincennes University Session Format: Forum Session Title: Frontline Faculty Development Technology Tools Track: Emerging and Future Educational Technology Date and Time: Monday, Oct 20, 2008 (4:30 PM - 5:30 PM) Scheduled Location: 150 B, Lower Level

2. What impact do Web 2.0 technologies have on faculty development? Harnessing these technologies may be one challenge. From the perspective of the CTL, the use of blogs, wikis, podcasts, and social bookmarking has the potential to radically transform the landscape of professional development. Educators involved in teaching, learning, and faculty development discuss real-world examples of these technologies and see their uses in teaching, learning, and faculty development.

3. Frontline Faculty Development Technology Tools David Peter, Director Center for Teaching and Learning Vincennes University

4. Guiding questions What impact do Web 2.0 technologies have on faculty development? Do these tools provide more meaningful experiences and better educational outcomes than traditional methods?

5. Common terms, common definitions

6. Common terms, common definitions Define instructional technology From the faculty perspective Define information technology From the faculty perspective Define educational technology From the faculty perspective

7. Role and use and integration of technology

8. Role and use and integration of technology Compare and contrast views of and uses for technology Define or list Web 2.0 technologies Social Collaborative Transparent Networking

9. Compare and contrast views of and uses for technology

10. Views of and uses for technology Institutional, teaching (instruction), learning (learner) Instruction paradigm versus learning paradigm Role of technology versus content versus intended use

11. Define or list Web 2.0 technologies

12. Web 2.0 technologies Social technologies - creating, developing, sustaining communities Networking technologies - providing connections to shared interests Collaborative technologies - providing platform for shared space, creating focused deliverables Transparent technologies - no interference in daily, typical life, extension of normalcy

13. What impact do Web 2.0 technologies have on faculty development?

14. Why use technology? To improve processes (uniformity and standardization) To develop skills (exposure and awareness) To MEET the students’ expectations and, To IMPROVE THE QUALITY of instruction, teaching, and learning

15. How can technology develop faculty? Provide ‘just-in-time’ training Focus on breadth and depth (as needed or required) Demonstrate PEDAGOGICALLY appropriate uses of technology Infuse technology into the classroom through modeling

16. What impact does Web 2.0 have on faculty development? Overview of professional/faculty development Focused, timely Topical development Technology and faculty development - key elements for success

17. Advantages/strengths of Web 2.0 Role of use in teaching and learning Ubiquitous, pervasive, mobile, flexible, social, scalable Mimics student uses of technology, student perceptions of role of technology and student expectations Almost commonplace for students, shifting to faculty

18. Multiple modalities of delivery part of technology Audio Video Multimedia Print Interactive Simulations

19. Flexible delivery enhanced by technology Just-in-time (on demand) Individual focus (individualized) Small group focus, or (focus on process) Large group focus (general focus on process)

20. Next Steps

21. The greatest barrier or impediment to faculty development is TIME … time available for attending a 2 hour workshop, once a month, for one semester. We need to rethink TIME in faculty development.

22. Uses of technology Informational Pedagogically based, classroom strategies Teaching resources Just-in-time delivery Review

23. Impact of technology on faculty development Blogs Wikis Podcasts Social bookmarking

24. Focus With blogs, wikis, and podcasts Provide focused training Provide topical training Provide just-in-time training Provide refresher/sustainment training New technologies match new demands on faculty

25. Concluding Thoughts Regardless of the size of the impact, impact is made EVEN if only ONE faculty member is reached … the new technologies will ENCOURAGE faculty to return … we should PROVIDE professional development for ALL faculty, at ALL times, and at ALL locations … and Web 2.0 allows us to do this

26. David Peter, Director Center for Teaching and Learning Vincennes University Email: [email_address] Phone: 812-888-5815 URL: www.vinu.edu/ctl