Course and Program Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 203-229
Author(s):  
Kim E. Dooley ◽  
James R. Linder ◽  
Larry M. Dooley
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Program Management ◽  
Instructional Designers ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Technology Knowledge ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Major Consideration ◽  
Management Issues

Now that we have covered technology knowledge and skills, it is time to review other issues that can impact success in a distance course or program. A major consideration is course or program management. This is an area with a variety of policies and guidelines. Course and program policies, procedures, and management may be coordinated by a centralized unit within an institution, but instructors and instructional designers need to be aware of the applications of management issues. What are the policies and procedures that should be implemented to ensure that best practices are met?

Teacher Knowledge and a New Domain of Expertise: Pedagogical Technology Knowledge

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon M. Guerrero
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Management ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Teacher Knowledge ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Technology Knowledge ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Management Issues

Although the content and nature of teachers' practical and theoretical knowledge has continued to evolve since the mid to late 1970s, current conceptualizations of teacher knowledge do not adequately reflect the knowledge and skills teachers need to successfully navigate a technologically rich educational environment. This article summarizes traditional and contemporary organizational schemes for teacher knowledge and argues that lacking from our understanding of teacher knowledge is a new domain of expertise: pedagogical technology knowledge. The theoretical development of this new knowledge base includes consideration of instructional and classroom management issues, the interplay between content and technology, and pedagogically appropriate conceptions and uses of technology. The theoretical development of this knowledge base has the potential to inform practice, frame instruction, and stimulate the thinking of both teachers and researchers.

Delivery Technology

2011 ◽  
pp. 162-181
Author(s):  
Kim E. Dooley ◽  
James R. Linder ◽  
Larry M. Dooley ◽  
Walt Magnussen
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Instructional Design ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Technology Knowledge ◽  
Future Technology ◽  
Delivery Strategies ◽  
Major Consideration ◽  
Delivery Technology ◽  
Selection Of

It is our belief that everyone should understand the basic technical lingo of the profession, so this chapter will give you an overview of the tools of the trade. A major consideration when developing a new course or program at a distance is the selection of the delivery technology. You may even have to decide upon specifications for equipment and modify existing space. In the previous section of the book, we explored the principles of instructional design needed to be successful in distance education. Now we will address technology knowledge and skills. You will gain an understanding of the technology being used in the instructional environment, as well as the server capacity for storing data. Of particular importance is the need for instructors and designers to understand that learners have variable access to and abilities with the delivery technologies. Moreover, instruction must be designed for multiplatform use and for future technology development. How do you select or design the learning interface? What combination of technologies and delivery strategies promote engagement and interaction? What are issues with bandwidth and access that impact both instructors and learners?

scholarly journals Best Practices in Assessment in Journalism Programs

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-57
Author(s):  
Felix Wao ◽  
Angela Romano ◽  
Marie Hardin
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
The Other ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Effective Assessment

Journalism programs face many challenges today as they work to prepare students with the knowledge and skills to enter the ever-changing journalism industry. On one hand, programs need to determine whether students are learning the competencies their program designers have identified as essential to the field. On the other, students need to demonstrate the mastery of those skills before graduation. One of the best ways to measure these achievements is through the development and implementation of effective assessment processes. Syndicate 8 focused on this process.

IT Governance in Romania: A Case Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1850158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirela Gheorghe ◽  
Pavel Nastase ◽  
Dana Boldeanu ◽  
Aleca Ofelia
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
It Governance ◽  
Status Report ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Global Status ◽  
Using Data ◽  
And Control

Relatively new in Romania, IT governance is defined as procedures and policies established in order to assure that the IT system of an organization sustains its goals and strategies. This bundle of policies and procedures, following the best practices in the area, intends to guide and control the IT function in order to add value to the organization and to minimize IT risks. The purpose of the research is to identify the measure in which the IT governance practices are implemented to the level of the financial institutions in Romania. The goal of this paper is a comparative analysis for implementing IT governance using data offered by the IT Governance Institute. This institute makes every year a study (IT Governance Global Status Report – 2006) to determine a sense of priorities and to develop actions for implementing IT governance, using data which acknowledges once more the need for all organizations to have tools and services to assure an efficient IT governance. In this way, the research will analyze, in the field of Romanian financial institutions, the most serious IT problems pointed out by the respondents from the last year, the most efficient measures considered by top management for resolving problems pointed out, the best used practices in IT governance and the most used frameworks for implementing IT governance practices.

scholarly journals A Medical/Legal Teaching and Assessment Collaboration on Domestic Violence: Assessment Using Standardized Patients/Standardized Clients

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez ◽  
Cameron Crandall ◽  
Gabriel Campos ◽  
Diane Rimple ◽  
Mary Neidhart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Standardized Patients ◽  
Law School ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Carnegie Foundation ◽  
Law Schools ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Education Association ◽  
Standardized Clients

<p>Assessment of skills is an important, emerging topic in law school education. Two recent and influential books, Educating Lawyers published by the Carnegie Foundation and Best Practices in Legal Education, published by the Clinical Legal Education Association have both suggested dramatic reform of legal education. Among other reforms, these studies urge law schools to use “outcome-based” assessments, i.e., using learning objectives  and assessing knowledge and skills in standardized situations based on specific criteria, rather than simply comparing students’ performances to each other. </p>

scholarly journals Cultural Processes and Teacher-Educators’ Technology Knowledge and Skills at Makerere University

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 825-837
Author(s):  
David Kakeeto ◽  
Anthony Muwagga Mugagga ◽  
Ronald Bisaso
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
School Of Education ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Makerere University ◽  
Technology Knowledge ◽  
Institutional Values ◽  
Cultural Processes

The study was set out to examine the influence of cultural processes on teacher educators’ digital competence at School of Education, Makerere University, and Kampala Uganda. A case study design was employed taking a quantitative approach. Objectives of the study were to establish how individual and institutional values influence teacher educators’ technology knowledge and skills at Makerere University. Participants were teacher trainers from School of Education and data were collected using a self administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed using; ANOVA, Pearson Product moment Correlation coefficient and Regression. It was found out that: both individual and institutional values have got a significant positive influence to teacher educators’ technology knowledge and skills. It was concluded that; individual values in form of: level of education, teaching experience, attitude or belief and disciplinary background are very fundamental in promoting teacher educators’ technology skills and knowledge; institutional values in form of: leadership styles, policy guidelines, curriculum and structural facilities are critical aspects in promoting teacher educators’ technology knowledge and skills. It was recommended that The School of Education should develop an evaluative instrument to regularly assess the extent to which ICTs have promoted teaching and learning, University administrators should change their leadership styles, adopt transformational leadership style according because results indicated that it promotes teacher educators’ technology knowledge and skills

Managing Vendor Records for Monographic E-Collections at a Medium-Sized Academic Library

2014 ◽  
pp. 22-40
Author(s):  
Aiping Chen-Gaffey
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Record Management ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Library Catalog ◽  
Bibliographic Records ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Management Policies

The rapid growth of electronic resources continues to challenge traditional methods of cataloging library collections, forcing a cataloging department to reevaluate its policies and procedures and implement changes. This chapter presents a case study of integrating vendor-supplied bibliographic records into a library catalog in order to provide timely and accurate catalog access to the library digital collections. The chapter discusses the benefits, issues, and challenges of batch manipulating and loading large record sets for these e-resources supplied by their vendors. It also describes the strategies and tools the bibliographic services staff has employed to solve the identified problems and improve the process. Further, it examines the effectiveness of the current e-record management policies and procedures. The chapter concludes with recommendation of solutions and a quest for future best practices in managing vendor-supplied records for e-resources.

The Use of ePortfolios in Teacher Education Programs to Support Reflective Practitioners in a Digital World

2017 ◽  
pp. 104-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie J. Robnolt ◽  
Joan A. Rhodes ◽  
Sheri Vasinda ◽  
Leslie Haas
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Technology Knowledge ◽  
Student Reflection ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Reflective Practitioners ◽  
Preservice Teacher Learning

The use of ePortfolios to document and assess preservice teacher learning continues to be a prevalent method for encouraging student reflection. This chapter outlines the definition and prevailing uses of ePortfolios and describes the variety of ways that ePortfolios are implemented in teacher education programs. The authors describe the issues that faculty and preservice teachers face when implementing ePortfolios, particularly when writing for different audiences, such as accreditation agencies and to meet program requirements. The importance of technology knowledge and skills for successful creation of ePortfolios is outlined. Through the presentation of two cases, this chapter focuses on the development of ePortfolio implementation projects. The chapter concludes with suggestions for faculty to support preservice teachers as they implement ePortfolios in their teacher education programs.

Future Developments of E-Modules

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-28
Author(s):  
Alina Christova
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Content Structure ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Interactive Tools ◽  
E Learning

E-learning tools can be found on an occasional basis in higher education, in particular regarding social sciences. This paper concentrates on envisaged future developments of E-Modules, the innovative e-learning platform on European Union matters created by the Institute for European Studies, which is an autonomous department of the Free University Brussels. First, it provides an overview of the strategy and the concept of E-Modules as well as content, structure and main features of the e-learning tool including best practices and current challenges. The author also explores in depth the role interactive tools and multimedia can play in enhancing the transfer of knowledge and skills to the users of the E-Modules.

Information Technology Knowledge and Skills for MBAs: Non-MIS Faculty's Perspective

1994 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 204-210
Author(s):  
V. A. Quarstein ◽  
H. V. Ramakrishna ◽  
B. S. Vijayaraman
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Technology Knowledge
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