New Jersey Intercampus Network (NJIN)
Presents
Interactive Television (ITV) Faculty Development Workshops
NJIN is pleased to announce that it will offer a two-day ITV faculty development workshop in January 2000. The workshop will have space for 16 participants.
The workshop's being funded by a grant from the Bell Atlantic Foundation.
The individuals attending the faculty workshop will be divided into two groups, working simultaneously in two connected video classrooms. This arrangement will allow each faculty group to gain practical, "hands-on" experience in the fundamentals of interactive video course development and transmission.
Dates and Sites:
January 13 and 14
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Fairleigh Dickinson University at Teaneck and Brookdale Community
College at Freehold
Overview of Workshop:
Day 1
Orientation to the Distance Learning Environment:
introduction to the NJIN ITV classroom; transition from traditional to
technological; television, the unspoken subtext of our culture; media
psychology; and multiple perspectives on quality ITV teaching.
Equipment Operation: powering up and powering down; control panel; instructor camera, student camera, graphics camera; microphones; tracking ring; "my turn" functions; VCR's; and the computer.
Day 2
Presentation Skills:
learning to love the camera;
making the camera love you; personalizing your persona; vocal support and
projection; gesture and body language; tips for compressed video; and handling
performance anxiety.
Instructional Design: course objectives; interaction; the human element; student autonomy and the irony of technology integration; graphics and interactive graphics; print materials and the interactive study guide; introduction to using the World Wide Web; how to use PowerPoint and other software in the ITV classroom; assessment; and copyright and intellectual property issues.
Course Materials:
All workshop participants will receive the following materials which will be
used to bolster the learning process during each session. These materials
will also serve as a useful resource to workshop participants after they've
returned to their respective institutions and are applying the knowledge and
skills they have acquired:
1) The NJIN ITV Classroom Operating Manual
2) Textbook
3) Packet of resource materials
Instructor: Ellen Spaldo
Ms. Spaldo has considerable experience in the field of interactive video. She
has taught on ITV since 1990 and has been training faculty at FDU in all
aspects of ITV since 1994. She is currently Director of Educational Technology
and a member of the teaching faculty at FDU. As a distance learning
consultant, Ms. Spaldo has also conducted faculty development workshops to
higher education faculty and secondary school instructors in New Jersey and in
other states.
Selection Criteria:
1. Individuals must be members of the faculty of an NJIN member institution.2. Participants must make a commitment, with support from their institutions, to teach an ITV course during the Spring or Summer of the year 2000. Courses planned for Fall 2000 will be considered in exceptional cases.
3. Participating institutions must agree to release participating faculty from classes and other obligations for the two days of the workshop.
4. In an effort to include faculty from as many colleges and universities as possible, it may be necessary for NJIN to limit the number of participants from each institution.
Stipend:
Faculty who complete the workshop will receive a stipend of $200.
Application Form
Applications may be submitted through the NJIN web site. The form is available at ITV Registration Form.
 
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