Week 1: Course Operation/ Review Syllabus (5%)
Take the online ERIC tutorial located at:
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/eric/
Use ERIC to find one article on the subject of What is Technology?
or The History of Technology? Post to the online discussion board
an abstract and citation for the article you chose. Postings must
be submitted four days before the next class session. Students
are responsible for reading all abstracts before Week 2.
Week 5: Tensions Between Technology and Student Affairs (8%)
Using publishing software, develop an itinerary and related publicity
for a day-long technology orientation for new students at your
home institution. You might consider:
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the academic and social needs of an incoming student population
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the basic skills students need for academic work
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campus resources and possible partnerships
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on-going training initiatives facilitated or organized by student
affairs
Week 6: Ethical and Legal Issues in Technology (5%)
Find one state Supreme Court, federal District Court, Appellate
Court, or US Supreme Court decision that impacts higher education.
Post information and discuss its implications for higher education
(Web CT).
Week 7: Organizational Structures and Technology (10%)
Develop a rubric in Microsoft Excel for evaluating the organizational
climate of a hypothetical Division of Student Affairs and the function
of technology therein. A rubric is an instrument for standardizing
an individual’s observations of any social, scientific, or behavioral
phenomenon. They are often presented in the form of a chart; a
number rating is frequently assigned to various elements of the
evaluation. For more information on creating organizational and
sociological rubrics, consult
here. Although this website pertains most particularly to K-12
student evaluations, the methodology of creating the rubric is
the same. For an example rubric, see here. The
rubric may contain, but is not limited to, the following assessment
categories:
1. The extent of hierarchical decision-making and communication
2. The degree of cooperation between sub-organizations
3. The presence of shared goals and vision with regard to technology
4. The degree of collaboration
5. The distribution of expertise and technical competencies
6. The possibility of institutional renewal, incorporating fundamental
shifts of mindset and culture with regard to technological innovation
You may choose to operationalize these variables in more focused
or specific statements, and evaluate them accordingly.
Week 8: Finance and the Financing of Technology in Higher Education
(8%)
Research online the most recent annual budgets (or financial reports)
for one public institution and one private institution. Write a
summary of the two institutions’ budgetary priorities, paying particular
attention to funding for technology-related initiatives. Consider
also:
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What do the two budgets have in common?
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Are there any significant differences?
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Do you agree or disagree with any of the institutional values these
funding allocations represent?
Week 9: Building Campus Physical Space Promoting Technology (8%)
Write a 3-5 page paper focusing on two universities that are making
steps or have made steps to provide physical space for technology.
Look into the cost these institutions put into updating their campuses.
Also look into the complexities associated with this type effort.
Use the internet as a resource to find your institutions and make
sure that you document which sites you used.
Week 10: Problems of Technology (8%)
Look in the Chronicle of Higher Education and find two articles
that focus on the Problems in Technology. Make a powerpoint presentation
that you will submit on the website for everyone to look at. The
Presentation should be no less than 8 slides. Focus in on issues
and solutions to these problems and steps that are being taken
to alleviate them.
Week 11: Partnerships & Distance Learning (8%)
Students will type a one page journal reflection on what it was
like to take a class via distance technology. Post your journal
entry on the discussion board and reply to a fellow classmate’s
journal entry.
Week 14: Presentations, Job Search Projects (30%)
Description of the Assignment:
Students must submit a 3-4 page evaluation which summarizes the
material in the presentation. Student presentations should be
10-15 minutes in length and will utilize an instructional technology
to facilitate the presentation.
Important Topics to Consider:
At what type of institution would the student be most professionally
satisfied? Be as specific as possible, looking at a range of
institutional, geographic, and professional characteristics.
How does the institution use and fund technology?
How does the organizational climate promote or impede the use
of technology?
What problems have you observed regarding the application and
management of technology at the institution?
What can you, as a new professional, contribute to the technological
atmosphere of the institution?
How will you go about applying for the job? Will you use web-based
databases? How will you network with other professionals at that
institution? Describe the application process.
Class Participation (10%)