TRANSFORMING THE WAY FACULTY TEACH AT BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY
Three institutionally sponsored and centrally managed,
3-year faculty-development projects, implemented by Boise
State University’s Academic Technologies Department since
1998, have become major catalysts for large-scale
integration and adoption of educational technologies by
Boise State faculty, according to two educational
technologists. In an interview with Educational Pathways,
Ben Hambelton, Boise State’s director of Academic
Technologies, and Kevin Wilson, technical communicator,
explained how these three projects - titled "Bridging the
Chasm," "CoreOnline at Boise State," and "H3: High Tech,
High Quality, Hybrid" - have assisted faculty with
incorporating technology into instruction, transforming the
way faculty teach at Boise State.
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WHAT'S INSIDE BOISE STATE'S 8-WEEK SPRING SEMINAR ON HOW TO
TEACH HYBRIDS
The 8-week H3: Hybrid Seminar provided to all faculty
participating in the Boise State University H3: High Tech,
High Quality, Hybrid project is an "inquiry-based,
collaborative, and project-based learning environment in
which each module revolves around key redesign challenges
and questions, group discussions and activities, and the
creation of redesigned course materials (e.g., a syllabus,
schedule,learning activities, and modules). The seminar
includes 4 face-to-face sessions and a series of weekly,
online assignments and discussions." There are nine modules
in the seminar, each briefly outlined here.
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SLOAN-C SEEKS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CORPORATIONS AND HIGHER
EDUCATION TO FORM MEANINGFUL ONLINE TEACHING AND LEARNING
PARTNERSHIPS
Five primary categories that show promise for
corporate/higher education partnerships are provided by
Frank Mayadas, program director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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THE DIGITAL OPTIMIST
Faculty training, administrative numbness, cost issues, open
and community software development, electronic portfolios,
web conferencing software, and a new "academic ecosystem,"
are touched on briefly in this occasional column that
spotlights some of "big" topics related to online education.
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