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CTE’s Summer Institute on Teaching and Learning with New(er)
Technologies
May 27-29, 2009 8:30am to 4:00pm
Supported by the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean for Undergraduate Studies, the UM Mobility Initiative, the Center for Teaching Excellence and the Office of Information Technology
This hands-on institute is offered for members of the faculty who want to increase student learning through pedagogies that implement new(er) technologies. Faculty who would like to have dedicated time, support,
direction, and feedback as they increase student learning with these pedagogies are invited to apply. Faculty participants will benefit from feedback, guidance and colleagues’ experience as they develop ways to make new(er) technologies part of their pedagogy. The institute will help faculty address specific challenges—and meet specific learning outcomes—in their classrooms.
With support from the Mobility Initiative, CTE will reserve a limited number of spaces for faculty to investigate and implement m-Learning (mobile learning) as part of the UM Mobility Initiative. These participants will explore enhancements to pedagogy with mobile devices like the iPhone.
Faculty participants will receive a $1,500.00 stipend.
The Institute
During the 3-day institute, faculty will investigate relevant theories of pedagogy, review extant instructional technologies (by way of peer showcase), and develop a plan for implementing new technology into a 2009-2010 undergraduate course.
During the first day of the institute attending faculty will discuss connections between technology and pedagogy and refine their proposals to adopt a new technology in an upcoming class. Discussions will address materials from a reading packet compiled by CTE and distributed several weeks before the institute. Subsequent mornings will be devoted to presentations by experienced adopters of technologies to enhance student learning. Participants will devote afternoons to individual and collaborative work on their projects. On the final day each participant will present her/his proposal for implementation.
By the end of the summer phase of the institute participants will:
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Have increased understanding of the
applications, advantages, and limitations of various campus-supported
instructional technologies (e.g., ELMS tools, blogs, wikis, twikis,
podcasting, clickers, electronic portfolio tools)
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Have selected an appropriate tool for
improving undergraduate student learning in a course and begun the
process of developing a technology-enhanced pedagogy for a 2009-2010
undergraduate course
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Have established an on-going community of
practice focused on integrating technology into courses
During the 2009-10 academic year
In order to sustain the foundational work of the institute, CTE will provide ongoing support throughout the pilot year. Institute participants will be able to seek consultation, address problems with implementation, and adjust the applications of selected technologies. The summer institute faculty members will meet as a peer learning community several times each semester to discuss their progress, share resources, and provide review and input. Each faculty member, having identified and adopted a new technology, will serve as a resource for his or her academic unit, stimulating further innovation across the campus, which will improve teaching and learning in other courses.
Institute participants will present their experiences and findings with the University community at the spring Innovations in Teaching and Learning conference on campus, and they will be expected to contribute their work for dissemination by way of conferences and journals of scholarship of teaching and learning.
The Application
Applications due 20 April 2009.
Selected participants will be notified
during the first week of May..
Applicants should submit a preliminary proposal (see
below) for improving an existing course with technology-enhanced
pedagogy. During the institute, faculty will discuss connections
between technology and pedagogy in order to guide and refine their
proposals.
Faculty selected as participants agree to:
- Implement a new technology in at least one course during the ’09-’10
academic year.
Commit to sharing their work with each other as part of a peer
learning community, meeting several times a semester.
- Present their experiences and findings at the Innovations in Teaching
and Learning conference during the spring 2010 semester.
- Report their experiences and findings at the end of the spring 2010
semester.
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