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TTT: Please describe your work at UW-La Crosse. KB: I have been involved in faculty development for many years, starting with the faculty in the College of Business Administration (CBA) at UW-L. I am a faculty member in the Information Systems department and teach three classes each semester. My areas of expertise are managing technology and networking. I have spent a quarter of my time year around on technology support for the faculty and staff in the CBA since 1991. I have two students working for me who help with PC support and network management. It makes a great internship opportunity for the students and keeps the CBA a technology leader on campus. As you will see below, I started working with faculty on the entire campus about six years ago. In the early years, I mainly taught faculty and instructional staff how to use the various software packages that they would find on computers in the computer classrooms and labs. I also did many workshops on how to create a faculty web site for classroom support. I supported a number of instructional technology grants with technical expertise. Each year I have been involved in coordinating several campus-wide workshops along with a number of other individuals. As programs like Blackboard became available, I taught faculty how to use the programs and worked with them in course development. I use these products in my own classrooms and have modeled faculty usage of instructional technology. Recently, my responsibilities are more one-on-one support of faculty who are incorporating technology into their instruction. Another unit has taken over the hands-on training for most software packages. Occasionally, we work together to put on workshops and training involving both a "how to" component and instructional support. Our last workshop was on low threshold technology applications for classroom support. I have also been a strong advocate for faculty on a number of committees over the years. TTT: How long have
you been in your current position? I have continued to do work
in the ITLC on an overload basis even after my colleague left the campus
and a replacement also resigned the position when the load became too
time consuming. I'm just stubborn enough that I wanted to see faculty
support continue and I worked to get approval for a full-time position
in faculty support of instructional technology. Our new provost did approve
a full-time position last summer and we formed a search TTT: What do you enjoy
most about your job? TTT: What's the most
memorable thing that has happened to you at this job? TTT: What do you enjoy
doing in your free time? Any hobbies, recent trips or hidden talents you'd
care to tell our readers about? |