Computer technology pervades the daily lives of most students, and they expect to use it in their college courses—even in classroom settings. As a result, many traditional faculty who have little or no interest in teaching online courses are beginning to use information technology to enhance what they’re already doing. Many others are using IT as an impetus to re-think teaching and learning in the classroom. In the process, classroom teaching is being expanded and redefined. In this teleconference, viewers will learn
- how to use IT as part of a sound instructional design
- how to use computers to increase convenience and efficiency for instructors
- how to use online options to expand access to course content for students
- how to use email and various discussion forums to increase communication with and among students
- how to take advantage of Web sites and other ancillary online materials provided by textbook publishers and others
- how to use the class time that used to be consumed by activities which students now do online
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Panelists
Steve Rossen manages UCLA's Faculty New Media Center where he trains faculty to use Information Technology to teach both in a traditional classroom and online. To accomplish this, he organizes workshops, teaches online, consults, creates customized applications, organizes campus-wide forums, edits a webzine, and produces CD-ROMs. He has also written articles and books, including Teaching Online: A Practical Guide (Houghton Mifflin: November, 2000.) Rossen believes that integrating the web into the traditional classroom environment can significantly improve both teaching and learning.
Robert Rook is an associate professor and Chair of the Department of History at Fort Hays State University. He has used instructional technology (IT) as a research and teaching tool for several years, and has employed many of the approaches and techniques used "at a distance" to make his teaching in classroom courses more efficient and effective, also freeing up more time for his research agenda. In fact, Rook believes that IT may have its biggest impact in "hybrid" classroom courses, rather than in online distance learning. He has taught for ten years at the university level, plus ten years in secondary schools in the United States and abroad.
Donna Rebadow teaches psychology, health science, wellness education, physical education and business/personal computers at Paradise Valley Community College in Phoenix, one of the Maricopa Community Colleges. She began using instructional technology in her classes in the early '90s and has continued to expand her use of multimedia and the Internet to "open up" and increase learning for students. She says that IT allows her to spend more class time on higher order thinking skills, such as application. Rebadow has extensive experience leading workshops for faculty in the Maricopa colleges and at conferences throughout the US and in Canada.