TechKnowledgy Exchange

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TechKnowledgy Exchange
A Cure for Viral
Resistance
Lorna Gagneux Manager, Technology Resource
Center Oliver Hansen Dean, Learning Technologies
and Support Services
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How does your faculty react to new
technology?
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Do theyseem resistant to technologytraining?Ha
ve to chase themdown?
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Resistance Issues

• Don't have time to work with technology resources
• Applications are too complex
• Applications are too expensive to purchase for
  use at home
• Technology staff can't relate to instructional
  strategy like peers
• "Its easy for you, you're in technology"

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What resistance issues has your institution
experienced?
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Look to CIT Assets

• Round table discussions provided comfort zone for
  instructors to discuss their issues and
  requirements with peers
• Noticed that instructors using technology
  resources are generally innovators"
• Learned which resources are being used and why
• Listened to related technology hurdles (network
  issues, resources)

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Techknowledgy Exchange

• A collaborativeconversation for faculty input
• CIT introduced usto 3D holographictechnology
• Techknowledgy Exchange brought 3D to campus for
  faculty input

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Techknowledgy Exchange

• Faculty provides insight into instructional
  strategy and hurdles for technology
• Techknowledgy Exchange on PRS and NetSupport
  revealed the differing needs among departments

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Techknowledgy Exchange

• Faculty input on possible desktop and laptops
  choices
• Techknowledgy Exchange provided some surprises
  about selections and insight into reasons

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Techknowledgy Exchange

• Provided debriefing for fellow attendees on
  best of CIT experiences
• Debriefing led to Techknowledgy Exchange with
  faculty and staff
• Q A from audience extends the CIT experience
  from a variety of perspectives

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Merge Resistance Issues with CIT Assets

• User-friendly resources cut down on time and
  complexity issue
• Look for FREE applications that instructors can
  download at home
• Seek out the Department innovator(s)"
• Provide one-on-one proficiency training for
  innovator(s)"
• Establish departmental innovator(s)" as trainer
  to peers

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Breaking Down the Resistance

• Departmental innovator(s)" establish
  instructional requirement
• Select user-friendly applications to use, FREE
  is even better
• Technology staff work one-on-one with
  innovator(s)" until instructional requirement is
  complete and they are proficient in the use

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Breaking Down the Resistance

• Provide technology staff support to peer to peer
  training within department(s)
• Faculty more accepting of new technology working
  with their peers
• Relate better to their instructional needs
• Comfort zone in learning from their peers

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What methods have you used to engage faculty
with new technology?
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The Cure Techknowledgy Exchange

• Leslie Wojciechowicz
• Math learning objects
• Synthetic Division
• Horizontal Asymptote
• Vertical Asymptote
• Leslies interdepartmental workshop assisted
  Development Math department in developing
  learning objects
• Roxann King Developmental math learning objects

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The Cure Techknowledgy Exchange

• Scott Sinex SMART Technologies AirLiner
• Technology staff trainedPhysical Sciences
  Department Chair in the use of SMART
  Technologies AirLiner wireless slatetechnology
• Dr. Sinex trains his staff in the use of
  AirLiner from both technical and instructional
  strategy perspectives

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Tools Used

• Media Encoder
• Where to get it
• Screen Capture Movies
• Webcam Movies
• Sympodium and SMARTNotebook
• SMART Technologies
• Capture, annotate, export
• AirLiner Wireless Slate
• SMART Technologies

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The Cure Techknowledgy Exchange

• What are your faculty using and why?