Teaching by example: A case for peer workshops about pedagogy and technology
- UNCW Author/Contributor (non-UNCW co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Colleen Reilly, Associate Professor & Coordinator Graduate Studies (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW )
- Web Site: http://library.uncw.edu/
Abstract: Many institutions and their information technology (IT) professionals expend significant time and resources
encouraging faculty members to integrate targeted technologies into their pedagogies. To further some
technology initiatives, IT professionals should consider working with department chairs and others to identify
faculty members who can serve as technology liaisons to their home departments; these liaisons can
encourage the integration of technology through workshops and other methods that target the pedagogical
concerns of their specific fields. Because they understand the disciplinary norms and can speak to their
colleagues about the concrete educational needs that technologies can help them meet, such technologically
savvy instructors (hereafter referred to simply as faculty peers) may interest their colleagues in using
technology. In return, IT can introduce the faculty peers, especially those who are new and untenured, to the
range of technologies and resources supported on campus. Cultivating mutually beneficial relationships
between IT and specific faculty peers can enhance the profiles of the latter on campus, while simultaneously
demonstrating the usefulness of the technologies that the institution supports.
In this article, I explain why faculty peers can be particularly effective at leading technology workshops, how
they can efficiently develop workshop materials, and what incentives may motivate their service.
Teaching by example: A case for peer workshops about pedagogy and technology
PDF (Portable Document Format)
28 KB
Created on 1/1/2009
Views: 1576
Additional Information
- Publication
- Reilly, C. (2005). Teaching by example: A case for peer workshops about pedagogy and technology. Innovate 1(3). Retrieved from http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=15.
- Language: English
- Date: 2009
- Keywords
- Computer assisted instruction, Computer literacy, Educational technology, Universities and colleges--Faculty--Training of
- Subjects
- Computer literacy
- Computer assisted instruction
- Educational technology
- Universities and colleges--Faculty--Training of