Distribute and Learn It!

Emerging technologies are changing the way we teach at UNT. A major issue regarding this evolution is assistance and training for faculty. I am a consultant on the Distributed Learning Team (see the article, "Distributed Learning: The Wheels Are Turning") and work with the Interactive Learning Team (ILT) in Academic Computing Services.

A Distributed Learning Curriculum

The ILT's role is to help faculty advance their expertise with teaching technologies which enable distributed learning. To assist with this, I have designed a "Distributed Learning Curriculum" which will be available this spring through Human Resources. Its purpose is to help with integration of technology and teaching through a step by step approach. Upon completion of the curriculum, you will walk away with the experience of producing a finished product to be used as a springboard for distributing your courses effectively.

Classes will include Basic Videoconferencing, PowerPoint Presentations, Web I, II, and III (basic course layout and graphics for syllabi, class notes, and homework pages), Electronic Communications (E-mail, web conferencing, listserv, Web-based testing), and Multimedia Production (audio/video for the Web). The curriculum will be a weekly schedule offering classes one week and open labs the next. Each class will include an assignment specific to your course, and instructors will be available during open lab times to work with you before the next class. You can see the course descriptions and register for a course from the Distributed Learning Web page (http://www.unt.edu/dlearn).

The ILT offers consultations for course design, programming, multimedia production, project production, and course distribution. Included on the team are Jenny Joplling (instructional design; program design, graphics), Joey Hoffmann (instructional programming, multimedia production), Mark Wilcox and Dr. Maurice Leatherbury (Web conferencing, Web-based testing), Sharon Marek (Web page layout,programming), Kenn Moffitt (Web databases, Web publishing), and Bahram Paiani (Listserv and Newsgroup Administrator).

We support a multimedia training center in Marquis 218 for faculty to drop by and learn or use different software which includes:

For any questions or consultations about distributed learning, please contact me (Jenny Jopling) at 565-4462 or via E-mail jopling@unt.edu. Stop by http://www.unt.edu/interact to catch a glimpse of our work.

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