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Technology Use Plan

Seth AndersonInstructional TechnologistTeaching, Learning, and Technology

+Why we need a Technology Use Plan…

Determine the technology needs of the campus community.

Develop goals for technology use on campus.

Define the roles of faculty, staff, and students in achieving our technology goals.

Effectively gauge our level of success in achieving our technology goals.

Recipe quote from: Technology Planning: Recipe for Success by Larry Anderson and John Perry, Jr. Available on the internet at: http://www.nctp.com/html/tp_recipe.cfm

+Developing a Technology Planning Committee

Students

Faculty

Instructional Technologists

Classroom Support Personnel

Administrative Staff

Help Desk Personnel

+Technology Planning Process

Develop a Technology Vision What is the role of technology at the College of Charleston?

Determine Campus-Wide Goals for Technology How should technology be used at the College of Charleston? What technology standards are we trying to address?

Develop Steps Toward Achieving our Goals What processes do we put in place to ensure that we are

meeting our technology goals?

Create Structured, Meaningful, and Continuing Technology Assessment Are we meeting the technology needs of the campus

community?

+Vision Statement

We must provide a vision statement in order to explain the broad goals of our Technology Use Plan.

Suggested Vision Statement: Technology is increasingly salient in the lives of humans

around the world. In concert with its educational commitment to preparing students to be effective members of the global community, The College of Charleston will provide meaningful access to technology, both inside and outside the curricular context.

+Goals and Objectives

Our Technology Plan must include clearly defined goals and objectives.

Suggested Goals and Objectives: Provide all members of the campus community with

technology training opportunities. Provide all members of the campus community with access

to emerging technologies. Use technology to effectively enhance student learning. Provide the campus community with well-developed,

efficient technology maintenance and support. Research, adopt, and strive to meet nationally-recognized

technology standards.

+Needs Assessment

Structured assessment tool to provide “situational awareness” of the campus community’s current technology use as well as its needs.

We must assess technology use across the full spectrum of the campus community: Students, Faculty, and Staff.

Questions to address in our needs assessment include: How is technology currently being used? Are students, faculty, and staff well-trained in the use of

technology? Are faculty using technology in a pedagogically meaningful way? What hardware and software is being used by our campus

community? What benefits does the campus community perceive as being

associated with technology? What negative factors does the campus community perceive as

being associated with technology?(continued)

+Needs Assessment (continued)

A potential needs assessment instrument has been created: Link to Potential Needs Assessment Tool This particular assessment tool was designed to be

delivered to faculty each semester. Was developed to build a picture of “milestones” over time.

Where are we each semester? What is changing? Additionally, similar needs assessments should be

developed for students and staff. Once standards are adopted, assessment should include

some measure of the level of achievement of those standards.

+Staff Development

Faculty development provided in the form of the Faculty Technology Institute. Faculty are trained to use technology hardware and software

with an eye toward improving student learning.

Smaller, topic-specific workshops should be offered for all members of the campus community. Some workshops are currently available. More effective needs

assessment will help determine what additional workshops are necessary.

Self-training tools should be developed and kept up-to-date. There should be easy access to self-paced training tools for the

campus community. These tools should provide training on general technology tools

and practices as well as those tools and practices that are specific to the College of Charleston.

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+Staff Development (continued)

Participation in educational technology-related professional organizations should be strongly encouraged. Participating in these organizations will provide members of

the campus community with important resources as well as the opportunity to develop research and presentation material.

Professional organizations also foster a strong sense of collaboration and communication. This is important in helping determine “what works” in dealing with established and emerging technologies in the educational environment.

+Evaluation and Research

There must be regular, structured evaluation of the College of Charleston’s Technology Plan. Are we meeting our goals? Are we meeting the technology needs of the campus community? What parts of the technology plan are working? What parts are not

working? What changes to the technology plan are needed?

The Technology Planning Group should use the ongoing Needs Assessment results to help determine the effectiveness of the technology plan.

How do we compare to peer institutions? Does our plan have similar goals to those institutions that the college

has determined are “peer institutions?” Have peer institutions encountered similar shortcomings in the

development and application of a technology use plan? How did they surmount those shortcomings?

+Timeline

Spring 2009 Assemble Technology Use Plan Group Develop Technology Use Plan

Determine Vision Statement Determine Goals

Begin Researching National Standards

June 2009 Complete Technology Use Plan

Complete Research on National Educational Technology Standards, Adopt Standards, and Integrate into Technology Use Plan

Determine Process for Evaluation of Technology Use Plan Develop Marketing Plan for Technology Use Plan Develop Staff Training Resources

+Timeline (continued)

July 2009 Begin Marketing Technology Use Plan

August 2009 Distribute Needs Assessment Tool for Initial Baseline Roll Out Improved Staff Training Resources

December 2009 Distribute Needs Assessment Tool Technology Use Plan Group Meets to Evaluate Technology

Use Plan

+Timeline (continued)

Spring Semester 2010 Implement Changes Recommended by Technology Use Plan

Group

May 2010…then each subsequent December and May Distribute Needs Assessment Technology Use Plan Group Meets to Evaluate Technology

Use Plan

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Seth Anderson

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(843)953-7069