NETC08 session 1028

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Session Name: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning with Technology: A project to strengthen engagement in learning
Session Number: 1028
Location: Tanglewood
Day and Time: Wednesday, 2:15 - 3:00 pm
Format: Presentation
Topic: eLearning / Distance Education
Level: Advanced

Session Abstract:

Through a University of Wisconsin System-level initiative, the University of Wisconsin-Extension has engaged in a multi-year project to examine the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning with Technology, the project creates a virtual community composed of system-wide faculty and staff who are engaged in examining what factors contribute to effective learning at a distance.

Objectives To familiarize participants with:

• A University of Wisconsin Systemwide initiaitve exploring the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
• UW-Extension's approach, focusing on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning with Technology to better engage adult and non-traditional learners at a distance
• Components of the UW-Extension project -- Professional Development; Individual Projects; Lesson-Study Model; Stipends for Conferences; A Virtual Community of Scholars.
• To demonstrate how this project is impacting learner engagement and outreach education in Wisconsin.

Description

Molly will provide an overview of this grant-funded project and how it's been implemented in UW-Extension, including the UW-Systemwide initiative, how UW-Extension focused on outreach learners and their engagement through educational technologies, incentives (and lack of) for faculty participation, components of the project, what we've accomplished and what remains to be accomplished. The project website is http://www.uwex.edu/twt/ . The slideshow is available online at http://www.slideshare.net/mimmendorf/netc-08-sotlwt-session-1028 . Lesson Study Project: http://www.uwlax.edu/sotl/lsp/index.htm .

Led By: Molly Immendorf, Instructional Technology Specialist, University of Wisconsin - Extension