Teaching with technology, setting an example

Providing instructional technology support for faculty requires a range of skills, from knowledge of software and hardware, to an ability to communicate, teach workshops, and relate to faculty. Teaching experience is advantageous for the instructional technology specialist in that it can be used to extend discussions of technology to the meaningful use of the technology in the classroom. For these discussions to have authenticity, the technology specialist needs to have classroom teaching experience using software in a technology-equipped classroom. Unfortunately, for the instructional technology specialist, this experience is usually limited to brief workshops, and increasingly, one on one instruction with faculty. Two Instructional Technology Specialists from Williams College team-taught a four-week long Williams College Winter Study course for college students called "Teaching with Technology." The course focused on creating learning modules using Macromedia Flash and Dre...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: SIGUCCS
• Authors: Trevor Murphy, Mika Hirai
• Keywords: Information Management, Instructional Technology Specialists, Instructional Technology Support, SIGUCCS 2003, Teaching Experience