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Overview
A handful of progressive teachers and administrators are integrating technology in new and creative ways at their colleges and universities, raising the bar for all schools. In his latest book, editor Les Lloyd (Teaching with Technology) has sought out the most innovative and practical examples in a range of key application areas, bringing together more than 30 technology leaders to share their success stories. The book's 18 chapters include firsthand accounts of school technology projects that have transformed classrooms, services, and administrative operations. The four major sections are "Best Practices in Teaching and Course Delivery," "Best Practices in Administrative Operations," "Technical or Integrative Best Practices," and "Future Best Practices."
Best Technology Practices in Higher Education is an invaluable resource for technology and information staff, and for provosts and presidents who need to gauge how their schools stack up and to challenge staff to embrace the best that new technology has to offer.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781573879972 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Information Today, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 06/12/2012 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 3 MB |
Table of Contents
| Figures | xi | |
| Tables | xiii | |
| Dedication | xv | |
| Foreword | xvii | |
| Introduction | xix | |
| Part 1 | Best Practices in Teaching and course delivery | 1 |
| Chapter 1 | Electronic Portfolios | 3 |
| Introduction | 3 | |
| Best Technology Practices Project | 4 | |
| Abilities and Skills | 6 | |
| Portfolio Integration | 7 | |
| Problems and Issues | 8 | |
| Tracking Student Progress | 9 | |
| Evaluating Success and Assessing Outcomes | 9 | |
| Assessing Outcomes | 11 | |
| References | 14 | |
| Chapter 2 | Secure, Scalable Proctored Testing for Online Students | 17 |
| Using Technology to Decrease Errors and Increase Efficiency and Efficacy | 19 | |
| How FSU's Online Students Locate and Get Approval for Proctors | 20 | |
| Implementation and Update | 22 | |
| Chapter 3 | The Associated Colleges of the South's Course Delivery System | 25 |
| ACS Course Delivery System | 25 | |
| Project Team | 32 | |
| Project Budget | 33 | |
| Project Impact | 33 | |
| What Would We Do Differently if We Were Starting Over? | 36 | |
| Project Evaluation | 37 | |
| Lessons Learned and Advice to Other Institutions | 38 | |
| Chapter 4 | An End-to-End Solution for Internet Lecture Delivery | 41 |
| Introduction | 41 | |
| Commercial Video Delivery Solutions | 43 | |
| Quality of Service: Problems and Approaches | 44 | |
| End-to-End Solution | 45 | |
| Performance Analysis | 48 | |
| Conclusion and Further Research | 50 | |
| References | 50 | |
| Chapter 5 | Professors at Charleston Southern University Get a Lesson of Their Own-In the Latest Computer Software | 53 |
| Chapter 6 | An Outward Design Support System to Increase Self-Efficacy in Online Teaching and Learning | 61 |
| Introduction | 61 | |
| Core Connectivity Needs of All Stakeholders for Online Support and Self-Efficacy | 64 | |
| Environmental Online Support Needs | 65 | |
| Unique Support Needs by Web Faculty for Online Support | 66 | |
| Unique Support Needs by Web Students for Distance Education | 68 | |
| Assessment of the Outward Design System for Online Support | 70 | |
| Future Directions | 72 | |
| References | 74 | |
| Chapter 7 | Exploring E-Education Applications: A Framework for Analysis | 77 |
| Introduction | 77 | |
| Background | 78 | |
| Methodology | 80 | |
| E-Education Framework | 80 | |
| Conclusion | 87 | |
| Endnotes | 87 | |
| References | 88 | |
| Part 2 | Best Practices in Administrative Operations | 91 |
| Chapter 8 | HR Quick Requisition Process | 93 |
| UC Irvine | 93 | |
| The Quick Requisition | 93 | |
| Quick Requisition Application Structure | 95 | |
| How Quick Requisition Works | 96 | |
| Conclusion | 99 | |
| Chapter 9 | The Paperless Financial Aid Office | 101 |
| Scope | 102 | |
| Project Team | 104 | |
| Who Benefited and How? | 105 | |
| Technical Architecture | 109 | |
| Chapter 10 | Online Registration | 113 |
| Student Usage | 116 | |
| Impact on the Registration Staff | 116 | |
| Advisement Community | 117 | |
| Chapter 11 | E-Relationships: Enriching Communication with Prospective Students | 119 |
| Chapter 12 | Institutional Strategy and Information Support: The Role of Data Warehousing in Higher Education | 133 |
| A Context for Change | 133 | |
| Institutional Issues | 134 | |
| Complexities of the Organization | 135 | |
| Stakeholders | 135 | |
| Competitive Marketplace | 136 | |
| Resource Limitations | 136 | |
| The Structure and Scope of Data Warehouses in Higher Education | 137 | |
| Data Warehousing | 139 | |
| Institutional Support for Data Management | 142 | |
| References | 143 | |
| Part 3 | Technical or Integrative Best Practices | 145 |
| Chapter 13 | Integrating Learning and Transactional Systems | 147 |
| Where Do We Start? | 149 | |
| The Plan | 151 | |
| Organizational Climate and Business Practices | 152 | |
| Results | 154 | |
| Chapter 14 | Implementing Campuswide Voice-Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Phone Systems at a Small College | 157 |
| Introduction | 157 | |
| Project Scope | 158 | |
| Implementation of the VoIP Voice/Voice-Mail Systems and Upgrade to Westminster's Data Systems | 158 | |
| New Campus Number Convention | 159 | |
| End-User Training | 159 | |
| Legacy Phone System, Cabling, and Analog Lines | 159 | |
| Project Team | 160 | |
| Project Budget | 160 | |
| Who Benefited? | 160 | |
| Conclusion | 160 | |
| Chapter 15 | Administration of Information Technology at a Small Liberal Arts University | 163 |
| Overview | 163 | |
| Elizabeth Huth Coates Library | 164 | |
| Information Technology Services (ITS) | 165 | |
| Instructional Media Services (IMS) | 165 | |
| TigerCard Office | 166 | |
| Initiatives | 167 | |
| Conclusion | 173 | |
| Part 4 | Future Best Practices | 175 |
| Chapter 16 | A Model for Monitoring and Migrating Web Resources | 177 |
| Introduction | 177 | |
| Limitations of Existing Monitoring Techniques | 178 | |
| Migrating Web Resources | 179 | |
| An Overview of the Resource Locator Service | 180 | |
| Extending the Resource Locator Service to Monitor Web Resource Usage | 183 | |
| Defining the Information Stored by WebRUM | 185 | |
| Accessing WebRUM's Information | 185 | |
| Applications of WebRUM | 187 | |
| Charting the Web's Traffic Patterns | 189 | |
| Issues and Further Work | 189 | |
| Conclusion | 190 | |
| References | 190 | |
| Chapter 17 | A Vision of the Internet in 2010 | 193 |
| Background | 193 | |
| 2010 Internet Requirements | 193 | |
| Extrapolating Technology Trends to a Vision | 194 | |
| Drivers to Achieve the Vision | 195 | |
| 2010 Internet Vision | 196 | |
| Conclusion | 200 | |
| Chapter 18 | The One-Room Schoolhouse (Internet Portal) for K-12 Schools | 201 |
| A Needs Assessment | 201 | |
| The Magnitude | 202 | |
| The Silver Bullet | 204 | |
| The One-Room Schoolhouse Revisited | 205 | |
| Feasibility and Challenges | 206 | |
| Conclusion | 207 | |
| About the University | 208 | |
| EDUCAUSE Awards for Excellence in Campus Networking | 209 | |
| EDUCAUSE Award for Systemic Progress in Teaching and Learning | 210 | |
| References | 211 | |
| Conclusion | 213 | |
| About the Contributors and Project Leaders | 215 | |
| Index | 225 |
What People are Saying About This
"This book distills the strategic lessons of IT of the past decade and presents them in a manner useful to everyone from senior administrators to technical staff. It will make the 'hard decisions' about IT investments easier for everyone. A fine job of selection and editing."
—President, Alfred University
"This book is a must for anyone in academia interested in how technology impacts institutional performance. It is a truly useful tool for both strategic thinking and daily decision-making."
—President & CEO, WebSolvers, Inc.