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@ONE Survey Results on CCC Instructional Technology
Are you interested in statewide trends regarding institutional support for technology? Do you want to know what type of technology training is offered at other campuses? This information is available in the @ONE Summary Report: CCC Faculty Instructional Technology Needs Assessment and Survey Results, and can be found online at the @ONE web site, one.fhda.edu . The @ONE project is a faculty-driven community college consortium funded by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to provide a statewide tech-nology training infrastructure. The survey, conducted in Feb-ruary 1998, was part of a needs assessment that included focus groups and interviews. The results provided the most comprehensive data to date on faculty use of instructional technology. The survey response rate was 47 percent, with 1444 faculty surveys returned from 21 colleges chosen to balance char-acteristics of size, student dem-ographics, and geographic location, including rural, urban, and suburban designations. The survey findings indicate that faculty have positive attitudes toward the potential for technology to improve instruction and that they are interested in learning how to use technology to reach instructional goals that benefit students. Faculty skills are diverse, with the largest percentage having low skill levels in many of the successful uses of technology identified in Effective Practices Interviews. Findings support the need for an investment in training by utilizing existing campus structures such as flex days, as well as a need for discipline-specific technology mentors. The findings also indicate that there are support issues within the colleges that must be addressed in order for an investment in faculty training and development to pay off. The @ONE Instructional Technology Survey confirmed the prominent themes that have emerged in focus groups concerning reasons why faculty have not integrated technology into instruction:
The @ONE Summary Report makes recommendations that address the state budget and a structure for support, faculty and student access to technology, and evaluation of the effectiveness of technology mediated instruction. The report also contains detailed tables and graphs addressing faculty use of technology and their skill levels, their use of good instructional practices, their training preferences, and their appraisal of support in place at the colleges. The complete report is available on the @ONE web site. The @ONE web site also has resources for faculty and staff who are interested in instructional uses of technology. Look for information on two courses coming soon: “Using E-mail to Support Instruction” and “Using a Website to Support Classroom Instruction.” This training will be available to campuses free of charge. Other Background The @ONE project team, comprised of one faculty member from each of ten community colleges (De Anza, Butte, Fresno, Las Positas, Los Angeles Trade-Tech, Marin, SD Miramar, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara and Santa Monica) has given direction to and staffed the project work teams. An Advisory Committee, comprised of high-level industry and education representatives, give policy direction to the project and voice to relevant constituencies. The fiscal agent for the project is De Anza College in Cupertino, California. Funding for @ONE is from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Telecommunication and Technology Infrastructure Program (TTIP). |
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