Faculty Stories Web Resource
During my time at RIT, I served as the lead for two projects titled, Faculty Stories and Teaching Elements: Online Accessibility*, respectively. These projects were a part of three initiatives under Teaching & Learning Services' role and mission at RIT, which were 1) to disseminate best practices for effective course design and meaningful use of instructional technology; 2) research and pilot novel and innovative instructional technology to improve the teaching and learning experience; and 3) support faculty with creating accessible and inclusive online and face-to-face courses. An overview of each of these projects is provided below.
*Faculty Stories and the Teaching Element: Oline Accessibility sites are no longer live web resources at RIT. The Center for Teaching and Learning (formerly Teaching & Learning Services) has since changed its website. The image, above, is from the Faculty Stories' home page, which was formerly located at RIT's Center for Teaching and Learning site.
Faculty Stories: New Approaches to Teaching and Learning
Faculty Stories was a project that was especially near and dear to my heart. Over the years in higher education, I have met so many wonderful faculty who have had so much to share about their own experiences and taking risks as teachers. Through implementing new teaching strategies and technologies, they explored ways to better engaged students and support their academic success.
Each of these faculty stories started from the ground up with all content, examples, page design, video production, and resources created and compiled through independent and collaborative efforts with both faculty and staff.
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Teaching Elements: Online Accessibility
The Online Accessibility Teaching Element was a web resource to help faculty prepare their online courses with accessibility in mind. This Teaching Element was one component of TLS' resources developed to help promote universal design, access, and inclusion in online and campus courses.
In addition to producing an introductory video using Camtasia, the Online Accessibility resource inlcuded an FAQ, links to relevant university documents and web pages, information on supported academic technologies, and external resources and sites.
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