Teaching improvement grants: what they tell us about professors' instructional choices for the use of technology in higher education |
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| Authors: | Lynn McAlpine Terry Gandell |
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| Affiliation: | Lynn McAlpine and Terry Gandell are professors in the Centre for University Teaching and Learning and members of the Department of Educational Counselling and Psychology. As faculty developers, both of us work with professors who are integrating technology into their instruction. Our recent research related to this study comprises updating the attributes for instructional design in the on line context, case studies of the impact of instructional uses of technology on professors’ thinking about teaching and learning, and developing a framework for relating instructional uses of the web to levels of learning. |
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| Abstract: | To understand the creative possibilities for the instructional uses of technology, it is important to understand what professors’ are thinking about or imagining they could be doing. This article describes how an analysis of teaching improvement grants can inform us regarding professors’ instructional choices for the use of technology in higher education. An analysis over 6 years of award winning innovative technology proposals emphasized the positive practices that were being proposed, the importance of situating the analysis within an historical framework (eg, over time, culture, infrastructure) and the value of focusing on professor thinking that precedes teaching action and subsequent evaluation of its impact on learning. |
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