PanCanadian Educational Technology Awards Program Leading Learning in the 21st Century

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PanCanadian Educational Technology Awards
ProgramLeading Learning in the 21st Century
Norm Vaughan
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Overview

• This presentation will
• Facilitate a discussion around the issues of
  faculty technology integration programs,
  specifically
• examples of programs currently being used in
  post-secondary institutions
• ideas on how external partnerships can be used to
  support and sustain these programs
• Provide a case study of a technology integration
  program at Mount Royal College which is supported
  by PanCanadian

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Overview

• Four year undergraduate college
• Comprehensive credit program base
• 11,000 credit students
• Large credit-free operation 48,000 registrations
  in continuing education, language institute,
  international education and Conservatory of Music
  operations
• 80 of credit students from local area

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Academic Development Centre
Instructional Design
Distributed Learning Centre
Faculty Development
fostering teaching excellence and innovation
Media Productions
START Program
Technical Training
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MRC-Technology Integration Programs
Kahanoff Curriculum Technology Project Awards
Learning Technology Integration Program
PanCanadian Educational Technology Awards
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Overall Program Objective

• The principal objective of the program is to
  provide directed opportunities for faculty to
  learn how to integrate learning technologies into
  their teaching practices. The program has three
  major components
• Project Shadow faculty participating in
  educational technology projects and activities
• Project Mentor faculty serving as mentors for
  educational technology projects and initiatives
• Get Connected The Summer Institute faculty
  attending an intensive summer workshop

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Project Shadow Objectives

• To provide new technology users with
  opportunities to be exposed to various activities
  which relate to educational technology
  development and use.
• 3 awards per semester
• Faculty apply for an award
• Faculty receive 3 hours of release time
  (equivalent to one course) for a semester to
• Shadow educational technology projects by
• attending production meetings
• assisting team leaders with project related tasks
• involvement in workshops and user groups

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Project Shadow Outcomes

• Faculty involved in this program gain a better
  understanding of what educational technology is
  all about.
• Expectation that upon completion of the semester
  the faculty member will generate a funding
  proposal to develop her or his own educational
  technology project.
• Winter 1998 Semester - 3 faculty members
• Fall 1998 Semester - 3 faculty members
• Winter 1999 Semester - 5 faculty members
• Fall 1999 Semester - 2 faculty members

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Project Shadow Participants

• Winter Semester 1998
• Beth Everest English department
• attended a series of introductory computer skills
  workshops
• developed an internal
• proposal to build a Web based
• Creative Writing course
• (Professional Writing
• Certificate Program)
• proposal accepted and the
• course was developed
• over the 1998 to 1999 school year

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Project Shadow Participants

• Winter Semester 1998
• Mark LaFave Phys. Ed. Department
• shadowed the development of a Web/CD-ROM Nursing
  Physiology project (Paula Price)
• learned how to produce digital images and video
  clips
• developed an internal and Learning Enhancement
  Envelope (Alberta Government) proposal to create
  a Web based Spinal Assessment course (Athletic
  Therapy Certificate Program)
• internal proposal accepted and the course was
  developed over 1998 to 1999
• applied and accepted for the PanCanadian Summer
  Institute

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Project Shadow Participants

• Winter Semester 1998
• Mark Gardiner Philosophy Department
• developed a Philosophy software evaluation form
• developed an internal proposal to create a Web
  based Intro to Logic course (General Arts
• Transfer Program)
• internal proposal accepted and the
• course was developed over
• the 1998 to 1999 school year
• applied and accepted for the
• PanCanadian Summer Institute

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Project Mentor Objectives

• This program first identifies the skills,
  experience, and knowledge needed to support
  selected educational technology projects and
  initiatives within the College.
• It then provides release time for faculty
  members who have technology expertise and
  experience to assist project development teams or
  to facilitate faculty user groups.
• 3 awards per semester
• Faculty are nominated for an award
• Faculty receive 3 hours of release time
• (equivalent to one course)

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Project Mentor Outcomes

• This program provides faculty with
• recognition within the College
• valuable opportunities to use and expand their
  own educational technology knowledge base
• Winter 1998 - 2 faculty awards
• Fall 1998 - 2 faculty awards
• Winter 1999 - 1 faculty award
• Fall 1999 - 2 faculty awards

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Project Mentor Participants

• Winter Semester 1998
• Jack Dobbs Counseling
• Facilitated a weekly Web User Group featuring
  demonstrations by MRC faculty of best practices
  of Web use and support for individual and group
  Web based project work.
• Jack has just begun a doctorate program
• in educational technology at the U of C.

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Project Mentor Participants

• Winter Semester 1998
• Paula Price Health Studies
• mentored Mark LaFave (Project Shadow)
• faculty member of the
• PanCanadian Summer
• Institute Advisory
• Committee

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Project Mentor Participants

• Fall Semester 1998
• Shirley King Centre for Health Studies
• Facilitated a bi-weekly PowerPoint User Group
  featuring demonstrations by MRC faculty of best
  practices of PowerPoint use within the classroom
  and support for individual and group PowerPoint
  skill based workshops.
• Shirley has begun taking graduate
• courses in educational technology
• at the U of C.

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Summer Institute Objectives

• Get Connected The Summer Institute provides
  faculty with the opportunity to
• Learn about the pedagogical implications and the
  relationship between curriculum and educational
  technology.
• Learn how to prepare and format content for
  integration into a technology-based educational
  tool.
• Build and pilot, a technology-based courseware
  project.
• Have rich and meaningful dialogue with
• faculty peers from other post-secondary
• environments about issues related to
• educational technology.

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Summer Institute Outcomes

• Internal faculty awards to cover the cost of
  tuition to the Institute and a cash award upon
  completion of a project pilot with students in
  the fall semester.
• A total of 29 participants attended the
  PanCanadian Get Connected The Summer Institute
  in 1998
• 17 external participants
• 2 MRC credit-free instructors
• 10 MRC faculty

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Summer Institute Participants

• Summer 1998
• Chad LondonPhys. Ed. and Leisure Services Dept.
• Created a web based assessment module to support
  sport administration students on external
  practicums
• developed an internal proposal to
• create a completely web based
• course structure to support the
• practicum students
• internal proposal accepted and the
• course will be developed over
• the 1999 to 2000 school year

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Summer Institute Participants

• Summer 1998
• Margaret Montgomery Centre for Health Studies
• Created a web based module to support nursing
  students
• Module contains a number of
• case simulations

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Summer Institute Participants

• Summer 1998
• Izak Paul Chem, Bio Env. Sci. Department
• Created a web based module on body movements for
  human anatomy students
• Module contains a number of
• streamed video clips in order
• to bridge theory into practice

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Summer Institute Participants

• Summer 1998
• Brian Sevick Chem, Bio Env. Sci. Department
• Created a web based module on Alberta sport fishs
• Incorporated a number of
• graphical images from
• Alberta Fish Wildlife
• Services

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Summer Institute-Information

• Summer Institute Web Site
• http//www.mtroyal.ab.ca/summer_institute/

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ADC - Information

• Academic Development Centre
• http//www.mtroyal.ab.ca/programs/academserv/ADC/i
  ndex.htm

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• Technology is the campfire around which we will
  tell our stories.
• Laurie Anderson

Contact Information Norm Vaughan -
nvaughan_at_mtroyal.ab.ca - 240-6220