| Haydn
Davis,
is our Academic Technology
Coordinator, a co-director of the Academic Technology Group, and
responsible (among many other duties) for coordinating the online
college, recruiting and training faculty, and teaching psychology
online.
 "The
institution that wants to start an online college really has to
plan to train?"
 "Absolutely.
I think it is key. Many faculty really don't have an idea
of what's involved in teaching online."
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"We
had to pick a courseware management tool. We finally settled
on BlackBoard. Why?"
"In
the final analysis, we chose BlackBoard for simplicity, ease of
use, it was powerful, yet very intuitive...It really supports
pretty much anything the faculty wants to do."
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On
outsourcing or managing the online college in-house:
"It
[outsourcing] was rather pricey...It would have been a hard sell
to the administration."
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"What
about an in-person orientation for an online class?"
"I
think it is extremely important to have an in-person orientation
whenever possible..."
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"Whose
job is it to insure quality control in the online offering?"
"We
should have some sort of peer review process for online
courses."
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"One
common theme is that instructors who teach an online class for the
first time really don't know what they're in for...Its more work
than a face to face class."
"Yes,
but it is interesting, and exciting and different...The novelty
factor is kind of important..."
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