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| Wednesday, 20 July 2005: 2:30 PM-3:15 PM | |||
| Sierra J (San Francisco Marriott) | |||
| D-1: A Diverse Family of Learners: K-20 Collaboration in West Texas | |||
| Detailed Description: | The presentation will describe a collaboration of eight regional school districts, a regional community college, and a private university utilizing WebCT and other distance learning tools. A discussion of shared resources for staff development, training tools, and support systems will be included. Individual and collective definitions of best practices and assessment practices will be described. | ||
| Presentation Format: | Showcase | ||
| Topic: | Partnering for success: Multi-institution and consortium challenges and solutions | ||
| Target Audience: | E-learning Managers, Faculty and Other Instructors, Institutional Research and Assessment Staff, K-12 Educational Staff | ||
| Appropriate Audience Level: | Beginning or new users of WebCT, Experienced WebCT users | ||
| Abstract Text: | While the rural population in West Texas declines, the need for a partnership has increased. In West Texas, increasing enrollments in some urban areas and budgetary strains or decreased enrollment in rural areas caused a need for sharing of personnel and course offerings between districts and other educational entities. Cooperative efforts to train faculty and provide quality instructor performance provide an opportunity for K-12 school districts, a Junior College and a four-year institution to work together to benefit both students and faculty. Adjusting training to the level and experience of faculty, the methods and tools developed to enhance instructor training and performance for the development of regional partnering will be discussed. By using a combination of WebCT and Interactive Television in the partnership, students gain educational opportunities that might not be available if not through distance learning. Instructors and students who may not have experience with distance learning and WebCT specifically are given opportunities to garner experience and confidence to pursue advanced coursework on the college and university level benefiting the school district, the junior college and the university. | ||
| Session Leader: | Bill A. Kopf Lubbock Christian University | ||
| Co-presenters: | Karl A. Mahan Frenship Independent School District Stephanie J. Jones South Plains College | ||
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