Faculty Resources at MTC

Under each hyperlinked heading are the topics, most of which are hyperlinked themselves - This page serves as a bit of a site map to what's available to us right now.  It isn't all inclusive, it is geared toward teaching support primarily.

Teaching Resources

These resources are divided into sections based on the course design and development process.

• General Design & Development
  The more time you spend up front, the better your course will be. These proven methods will ensure that the time you spend gets the results you want.
  • First Steps
  • Effective Course Design
  • Avoiding Copyright Violations
    • Copyright Tutorial
  • Design Considerations of WebCT
  • Utilizing Technology in General
  • How to use PowerPoint effectively
    
  • Preparing for the First Day
    The first day is critical. Here's how to get it right - the first day.
• Access this worksheet to help you plan how you will set a successful learning environment on the first day. It incorporates dozens of best practices and techniques. Right-click here to download an MS Word version.

Here are additional pages on other sites that are useful in preparing for the first day. These help you plan your actions to complete the worksheet used above.

• Icebreakers
• Nine tips for the first day
• Tips & checklists for Day 1
• Inviting and disinviting, comments, behaviors, environments and signs
• 101 things you can do the first three weeks of class

These pages help you remember names.

• Remembering student names and faces
• The name game
• Remembering student name, "magically"
  
• Activities and Interactions
  Here you will find many effective teaching strategies and
  techniques that will motivate your students and actively engage them in the learning process.
  
• Recommendations from MTC Faculty
  • Forced Choices
  • Oral Revision
  • Portfolio Assessment
  • Modeling
  • Town Council Meeting
    
• Activities and Interaction Using Technology
  • Online discussions
  • Problem-resolution activities which relate to real and significant problems
  • Case studies
• Faculty Manual
  2003-2004 Faculty Manual
  
• Delivery
  Implement your course design and development with confidence with these great practices. Lots of links.
  
  • I. Important First Steps
    • Implement your special preparations for the first day.
    • Hand out course syllabus.
      
  • II. Effective Course Delivery
    • Use effective questioning to stimulate discussion and thought.
    • Encourage and motivate students. Refer to this inspiration guide and this motivation guide.
    • Use these techniques during delivery to enhance learning.
    • Use inclusive, positive language. This guide may help, as it has many specific do's and don'ts.
    • Deal effectively with difficult/improper behaviors. Refer to the Faculty Handbook on Class Management.
    • This guide to responding to difficult behaviors in the classroom also has useful tips.
    • Use effective non-verbal communication.
    • Use questioning effectively. Review this guide on answering and asking questions.
      
  • III. Delivery Considerations of WebCT
    • Refer also to WebCT Support for more on the details of using WebCT features and functions.
    • Orient students to WebCT in the initial days. Have students log on and view online course introduction.
    • Monitor the discussion area often. Stimulate discussion and coach as necessary.
    • Coach students in their online discussions. Provide positive reinforcement to comments that add substance toward meeting the objective and responding to your questions.
    • Use many of the motivation techniques that are appropriate to the classroom.
      
  • IV. Utilizing Technology in General
    • Review these Tips for Using Common Technology Tools in Teaching.
    • Instructional Delivery department - support for audio-visual and technology, distance learning, media services, multimedia production, and presentation graphics and video production
      
  • V. Student Assessment
    • Base all testing on learning objectives created in design & development.
    • Explain to students well in advance when and how all assessments will be conducted. This information can be included in the course syllabus.
    • Review these grading and assessment strategies.
      
  • VI. Using Technology-based Assessments
    • TBD
      
  • VII. Course Evaluation
    • Continually evaluate your own quality of delivery. Refer to this guide for many methods to evaluate yourself.
      
  • VII. Online Course Standards
    
• Links
  Links to teaching resources on the web

Faculty Resources

• Faculty Handbook

Reading the handbook should be one of the first things you do as a new employee. It is also important to maintain a familiarity with the information. Access it online or download a PDF version. MTC Policies & Procedures and Forms will also be useful.

• Helping Students Succeed

Helping students succeed may require referrals to the appropriate support offices. On your first day, you may also want to promote the support offices to show that you care about student success. More on first day.

• Adjunct Faculty Resources
  • Adjunct Nation . . . Web site devoted to assisting adjunct faculty in all institutions
  • Adjunct Faculty Orientation . . . This section of the Faculty Handbook describes MTC orientation details for adjunct faculty.
    
• Intellectual Property
  • Submit Feedback
  • Articles For Review
    • Who Owns On-Line Courses? Colleges and Professors Start to Sort It Out, By DAN CARNEVALE and JEFFREY R. YOUNG
    • Ownership of Faculty Works and University Copyright Policy, by Clark Shores, Assistant Attorney General for the State of Washington
    • Ownership of Electronic Course Materials in Higher Education, by Dan L. Burk
    • “Who Owns the Rights to Instructional Materials? Rethinking Intellectual Property at the University”, by Conference Report and Summary; Sponsored by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (“CIC”)
    • Professors and Universities Anticipate Disputes Over the Earnings From Distance Learning, By LISA GUERNSEY and JEFFREY R. YOUNG
    • Who Owns Online Courses and Course Materials? Intellectual Property Policies for a New Learning Environment, by Carol A. Twigg
  • Web Links For Review
• http://www.inform.umd.edu/copyown/resources/articles.html
• http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/Missouri.htm
• http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/course.htm
• http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/whowns.htm
• http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/multimed.htm
• http://www.public.asu.edu/~jeremy/CLTEjan2001%20On-linecourses.html
• http://www.abor.asu.edu/1_the_regents/policymanual/chap6/6-908.pdf
• Frequently Asked Questions

Go here to find answers to common questions asked by adjunct and new faculty.

• CampusCruiser Resources

CampusCruiser is MTC's Student and Faculty portal. Go here to find CampusCruiser information and training.

• MTC Leadership Development Program

An opportunity designed to enhance participants’ professional experiences in their current positions at the college while developing a capacity for career-long leadership. This links to the President's Office intranet website.

• Teaching & Technology Tips

LCE offers Teaching & Technology Tips via email to anyone who wants them. This monthly email is sent out the first week of each month, and will contain resources such as instructional materials, promotion of existing electronic resources, articles explaining an innovative use of technology in education, and notification of upcoming seminars and conferences that might interest you.

2005 Archives:

• November 2005
• October 2005
• September 2005
• June 2005
• May 2005
• April 2005
• February 2005
• January 2005

2004 Archives:

• December 2004
• November 2004
• October 2004

 

WebCT Support

• Course Development
• FAQs
• Technical Support
  • Interruption of Service report link
  • WebCT Online Support Form
  • WebCT@midlandstech.edu

 

Computer Resources

• Technical Support
• File Downloads
• Upgrade to Internet Explorer 6
• Download Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2
• Conference Call Guidelines and Request Form
• Supported Software List
• Help Desk Tips
  • (Learn a new computer or phone tip every day!)
• Technical Bulletins
  • Information about problems with e-mail and web-related services and technical issues affecting computer systems or applications.
• Outlook/Exchange
  • All about Microsoft Outlook and Exchange.
• Web Central
  • How to publish or FTP to the MTC web server, creating a web page, solving common FrontPage problems, web development topics.
• Urchin Web Analytics
  • Our new web statistics software provides us with detailed analysis of our web visitors.
    

Funding sources

• Reed Endowed Development Information
• Professional Development Information
• Curriculum Development Information
• Grants Development
  • Grants Development Services
  • Grants Development Process
  • Grants Resource Links
  • FAQs
  • Glossary
  • Forms
    

Workshops and Registration

• Online Training Modules
  
  • MS Office
    • Access 2000
    • Excel 2000
    • PowerPoint 2000
    • Outlook 2000
    • Word 2000
  • Campus Cruiser
    
• Classroom Workshops
  
  • Email Essentials
  • Managing Multiple Projects, Priorities Managing Multiple Projects, Priorities &
  • The ADA and Your Web Site
  • WebCT Course Development - Three in One
    
• Custom Training Courses
  
  • Operating System - Windows 95/98
  • Copyright
  • Word Processing - Word 97 or 2000
  • Spreadsheet - Excel
  • Outlook
  • Internet-based Course Supplement - WebCT
  • Web Page Design - FrontPage
  • Multimedia Equipment
  • PowerPoint