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Creating A Campus Culture to Support a Teaching and Learning Revolution - by Dorothy A. Frayer
Faculty Development 101 - from Penn State
Faculty Development of the Diffusion of Innovation - in the January, 2003 issue of Syllabus
Low Threshold Activities (LTA) - this is a site where you will find a series of tutorials on instrucational technology techniques that are relatively easy (low threshold) to learn.
Examples of Web-Enhanced Courses
- Teaching and Learning on the Web - at this site, associated with Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction, you will find over 800 examples of how the Web is used to enhance learning and teaching.
- Faculty Connection - Courses on the Web
- History
  - German History on the Web: An Experiment in "Studio-Based" Teaching - this is a very interesting article that will give you some good ideas.
- Science
  - Desktop Movies Help Diffuse Science Friction - describes how students are integrated desktop movies into a science course
  - Preparing Tomorrow's Science TeacUse Technology: An Example from the Field
  - Technology and a Course for Those Thinking About Teaching: A Response to Henriques

Institutional Organization

Quality On the Line: Benchmarks for Success in Internet-Based Distance Education - prepared by the Institute for Higher Education Policy - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Book: Faculty Guide for Moving Teaching and Learning to the Web by Judith V. Boettcher and Rita-Marie Conrad. Mission Viejo, CA: League for Innovation in the Community College, 1999. This book is in our library: LB 1028.3 .B64 1999.
How to Go From Classroom-Based to Online Delivery in Eighteen Months or Less - from the January, 1999 issue of Technological Horizons in Education (T.H.E.)
Copyright and Distance Education - you will find links to a number of articles related to this topic on this page.
Center for Academic Transformation - The mission of the Center for Academic Transformation is to serve as a source of expertise and support for those in higher education who wish to take advantage of the capabilities of information technology to transform their academic practices. At this site, you will find information about the Course in Program Redesign. The Program in Course Redesign has collaborated with 30 institutions to demonstrate how colleges and universities can redesign their instructional approaches using technology to achieve cost savings as well as quality enhancements. The main resource at this page is the Roadmap to Redesign.