FSI 1st Week Conclusions May 9, 2003

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FSI 1st Week ConclusionsMay 9, 2003
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Summary

• Ten pounds of experience and knowledge into a
  five pound sack
  
• Interactive mix to spice up the stew
• Need for advanced preparation
• Early identification of participants
• Pre-session for topics needed for startup
• Focus of fewer topics but in more depth
• Option for more time in one stretch
• Need for a 3 to 5 year vision

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3 to 5 Year Vision for Instructional Delivery at
Florida Tech
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Business Model/Value Chain
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Model of the Educational Structure
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Instructional Technology Impact ModelFocusing on
Instructional Delivery
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Opportunities for Florida Tech

• Incremental expansion of Instructional Technology
  by waves of faculty
  
• Focus on the pedagogy not the technology
• Expand the base of faculty experience and optimal
  usage of the right technology at the right time
  
• Understand our institutional target audience
  (client/customer) as well as the specific
  characteristics of each class

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Constraints on Various Student Populations
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Incremental Goals

• Establish the Center for Teaching and Learning
  Excellence
  
• Faculty Summer Institute
• Raise the competency of the 1st wave of faculty
• Focus on pedagogy and assessment
• Generate test projects or 1st phase of large
  projects
  
• Cycle through the next years activities
• CTLE and FSI

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Next Phase of Opportunities

• Generate Research Funding
• Expansion of faculty projects
• Funding for Instructional Technology research
• Incremental funding for joint projects
• Move CTLE FSI to Provost
• Secure more permanent funding
• Expand to Fellow other recognition
• Expand the use of Instructional Technology in new
  ways

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Opportunities to Customization and Leverage

• Focus on Learner (not on delivery)
• The way students learn (Learning Styles)
• Kohls Learning Styles

Accomodators
Divergers
Assimilators
Convergers
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Expanded Usage of Instructional Technology
Typical Course
Lesson Content by module/learning unit
Number of Lessons
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Nth Lesson -- Matching Learning Styles to Lesson
Content
Accomodators
Divergers
Convergers
Assimilators
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Choose Best Lessons for Optimal Use of
Instructional Technology Opportunities
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Added Benefits
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Conclusions

• Instructional Technology offers significant
  opportunities to enhance the total educational
  process
  
• Based on wise use / application of sound
  educational wisdom
  
• Shift focus from delivery to consumer (using
  pedagogy etc.)
  
• Match technology to both target populations
  best pedagogical practices

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Conclusions - continued

• Opportunities for leadership from this team
• Seek external funding recognitiopn
• Net impact
• Internal Competitive, retain students, improve
  educational process, improve faculty efficiency
  
• External Recognition, funding, increased
  tuition income