IT Response, Mount Holyoke College
1. Developing course web pages for
a psychology course would provide
a centralized online presence for course information and would
facilitate
communication between the faculty member and students and amongst
the students.
The content of the pages could include syllabus, bibliography,
required
readings, discussion lists, tutorials, quizzes, and links to library
sources
necessary to conduct research.
Using web course development software,
such as WebCT, would simplify
the process of creating the web pages by the faculty member. To
encourage
collaboration between students in the course, the faculty member
could
organize teams of students and could establish web pages for each
team.
The teams could have their own discussion lists, publish their
research
projects on this web site, and review each other's work. The web
site could
be restricted to only those enrolled in the course.
Other technology that could be incorporated
into the course includes
interviewing procedures and policies. Students could use tape
recorders
or video cameras and transcribing equipment. They could share
their interviewing
experiences and questions in class or via the web pages. When
appropriate,
and with proper releases, they could include clips from interviews
on the
web pages.
2. Currently, I am the Training Coordinator
for Library, Information
and Technology Services. This position includes overseeing the
training
needs of the Mount Holyoke College Community. Working in cooperation
with
the technology consultants in Curriculum Support and Instructional
Technology
(CSIT), I serve as a liaison to the faculty interested in incorporating
technology into the curriculum. This function includes evaluating
the technology
and training needs of the faculty, researching new technological
options
and connecting faculty to skilled students assistants.
This position coordinates the training
workshops for faculty, staff
and students. In addition to teaching some of the workshops for
faculty
and staff, I train and supervise a dozen student web technologists
who
teach the student-to-student workshops and offer consulting services
to
the Mount Holyoke College community in the Special Project Labs.
3. My goals for this collaborative
project center around communication.
This is an opportunity for faculty, technology consultants, librarians
and students to communicate their needs, expectations and goals
to each
other. In this process, the participants can share their knowledge
of the
discipline of psychology, research methods, information retrieval
and management,
technology and educate each other to the options available for
this project.
All this will be focused upon the educational needs and expectations
of
the students.
A second goal from this three-year
process is to make faculty aware
of LITS' library and CSIT liaison program. The liaison program
is a tool
for faculty to use when crafting a course or undertaking research.
In addition,
the liaisons will become more familiar with the faculty and the
disciplines
they work with and will be able to use this knowledge in anticipating,
evaluating and researching library and technology solutions.
4. Resources needed to further develop
this project include staff time,
hardware, software and funds for training the participants.
Susan Fliss