The Collaboration Conference
February 2000
Growing Pains: What Happens
When Faculty Integrate
Technology Into Their Teaching
Paula Pedersen-Randall
Kathy Heltzer, & Helen Rallis
University of Minnesota, Duluth
What happens…???
Presentation Overview
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Introductions & goal setting
How faculty are integrating
technology at UMD
Small groups: Sharing your stories
Large group report back of “gems”
Our Stories: Kathy, Paula, Helen
Conclusion: Issues to consider
when integrating technology
Introductions
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Introduce yourselves
Survey participants
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Background
What you would like to
learn
How UMD faculty are
integrating technology
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Slides showing examples
How faculty learn to integrate
technology:
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Self taught
ITSS workshops
ITSS consulting
Tech Camp
Technology Certificate
From colleagues & students
What have been your experiences?
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In 3 groups share:
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How are you using
technology?
What have been your
growing pains/obstacles?
What have you tried to
overcome these obstacles?
Large group: share
“gems”
Our stories...
Helen
Paula
Kathy
Issues to consider
Who?
 Why?
 When?
 Where?
 How?
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Top Tips
(for relieving growing pains)
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Less is more
Start out badly
Get help:
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your teaching
the applications you use
the classroom & equipment
Re-evaluate your teaching
paradigm
Recognize your:
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university/IT
colleagues
students
Plan ahead:
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learning style
limits
stage of learning
Accept that:
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if something can go wrong,
it will
things that go wrong aren’t
necessarily bad
Online Resource
http://www.d.umn.edu/
~hrallis/ITSS/
TechTeaching/
GrowingPains.html