Teaming Up to Promote Effective Teaching, Learning, and Research Using Technology

Abstract

At the University of Delaware, four units came together to plan a joint summer institute to assist faculty with learning to use information technology. The four units collaborating on this special program, held June 1995, were User Services/Information Technologies, the Library, the Center for Teaching Effectiveness, and the Instructional Technology Center. Each unit has a significant history of offering faculty seminars and workshops which promote new aspects of teaching and learning. These four units worked together to plan and execute the program, which highlighted faculty presenters as well as how-to hands-on workshops taught by computing and library professional staff with guidance from the Center for Teaching Effectiveness. Not only has the University's computing network increased opportunities for faculty and researchers to work together--its presence has created new alliances among University groups who support faculty development in using information technology and resources.