Yes iCan!

Helping Faculty Successfully Integrate Technology in their Courses

Mauricio CadavidInstructional Designer

CSU San Bernardino

‘Tentative’ Agenda

• Introduction• Recognizing different levels of need• Difficulties I have faced

• What’s my (personal)

approach?

• Discussion

Challenges

This is not about YOU, this is about ME; unless you want to make it about YOU, then that is okay be ME…

Individual results may vary!

Who Am I…

The First Steps• Recognizing the different levels of need

• Beginner, intermediate, advanced…

• Asking simple questions:• What course?• How many students?• Modality? (f2f, hybrid, online)• When does it start?• What are the assessment plans?

• Identifying any potential issues off the bat!

Challenges!!!• Lost in translation– Language/terminology• ADDIE Model, UD, ADA, Synchronous, Compliance,

Accessibility, Virtual, Module, any others?

• Lack of:– Direction– Goals– Objectives

• Perceptions of Online/Hybrid teaching• Purpose– Having to vs. Wanting to

• Course content• False idea of how much it can be done

Challenges!!!

Reservations about technology– LMS – Software – Security – Cheating – Reliability of the system – Accessibility – Any others?

Challenges!!!

My ApproachChecklist Never start with “I know…” Allow the faculty to “remain” in control of the initial

conversation Do not introduce technology until you find out more

about their:CourseTeaching styleTeaching approachSyllabusCourse scheduleCourse objectives

• Ask the faculty about their:– Expectations– Worries/challenges– Own level of technology proficiency– Allotted time to work on the course

• Work together on an “action plan”– Include an accountability schedule

Finally…

My Approach cntd.

Finally, I share my ‘philosophy’ of education:

My Approach cntd.

My job is to make sure that technology does

not come between what you need to teach and what

students need to learn

THANK YOU

Mauricio CadavidOnline & Distributed Learning

April 5, 2013