Introduction
to
The Master Teacher Course
(in Educational Technology)
A welcome…
from the Director
Mannie E. Hall Jr.
1. Welcome to The Master Teacher Course in Educational
Technology (MTC-ET)!
2. This introductory module provides a brief overview of
the course and specifies online enrollment procedures.
3. Please contact me via e-mail (mehalljr@att.net or
mehalljr@stcc.cc.tx.us) if I can answer questions, assist
with course enrollment, and/or provide guidance.
Course Goal and Intent
1. The goal of the Master Teacher Course in Educational
Technology is to provide contemporary, dynamic, costeffective, and easily accessible professional development
training designed to improve the educational technology
skills and teaching or training capabilities of Texas
Community and Technical College educators, education
majors, and future workforce leaders.
2. The intent of the course is to ensure that the educators of
today and tomorrow have the educational technology
knowledge, skills, awareness, and resources to be able
to “connect with” the computer savvy generation of
students and workers who must be able to effectively
operate within this 21st century technological age.
Purpose of the Course
1. The purpose of the Master Teacher Course in Educational
Technology is to expose educators and students to new and
emerging educational and instructional technologies, such as
electronic communications, search engines, streaming
media, digital audio and video, WebCam technologies,
desktop videoconferencing, web course tools, etc.
2. Exposing educators to these new and emerging educational
and instructional technologies will better prepare and equip
them to (a) excite and actively engage learners by infusing
multi-media into instruction, (b) electronically communicate
more effectively, (c) design/deliver dynamic instruction and
training in various modalities, (d) integrate web-based
information into an electronic curriculum, and (e) manage
courses and training using web course tools.
Problem Statement?
1. According to higher education surveys, 72% of faculty claim
that they do not possess adequate knowledge, skills, and/or
experience to effectively employ advanced educational
technologies within an educational setting.
2. Some faculty acknowledge that they never received
adequate technology training during their graduate studies
or at work and they are often somewhat intimidated by their
technology savvy students.
3. Furthermore, faculty surveyed often point out that they don’t
have the time, motivation, and/or flexibility in their diverse
schedules to attend f2f technology-oriented professional
development training, which they often describe as boring,
inadequate, and not very applicable to their discipline/job.
Big Challenge!
1. Texas Community and Technical
Colleges are challenged to “close the
gaps” in higher education, but recent
budget cuts have caused institutions to
seek out PD training opportunities that
are both cost-effective and delivered
via electronic media.
2. In some cases, collaborative efforts are
necessary to combine resources and
develop innovative professional
development training opportunities.
Solution via Distance Education
1. Given the time constraints of faculty and
understanding their busy schedules, electronic
distance education has emerged as a viable
and cost-effective means of providing
educators with ongoing professional
development and continuing education training.
2. The Center for Technology in the Classroom is
a virtual center that recognizes this evolving
situation and has “stepped up to the plate” to
develop, deliver, and facilitate flexible selfpaced electronically delivered professional
development training in the form of the Master
Teacher Course in Educational Technology.
Course Configuration
1. The Master Teacher Course in Educational Technology
consists of 5 multi-media enhanced modules, each
configured as a “stand-alone” PowerPoint presentation.
The individual modules are designed to be engaged by
participants in a self-paced manner.
2. Individual “modules of interest” can be “worked” separately
for purely professional development purposes or modules
can be completed as an entire course.
3. Initially, participants are expected to review this
introductory module and successfully engage/complete the
first course-specific module (i.e., Introduction to
Educational Technology) as a “primer” to other modules.
The MTC-ET Modules
Module #1: Introduction to Educational Technology
Module #2: WebCam Technologies
Module #3: Advanced PowerPoint Applications
Module #4: Desktop Videoconferencing (DVC)
Module #5: Web Enhancing Courses Using WebCT
Course Sponsorship and Funding
1. The Master Teacher Course in Educational Technology is
sponsored by the Texas Collaborative for Teaching Excellence
and is facilitated by the Center for Technology in the
Classroom, which has a virtual center at STCC.
2. The project is funded as a Carl Perkins Grant through the
management of THECB and the leadership of the Texas State
Leadership Consortium for Professional Development, which
has its main office at EPCC.
3. Additionally, the course receives clearinghouse support from
CORD, server and WebCT support from TJC (via the Internet
Teachers at Every Colleges project), and curriculum
development support from the National Center for Educational
Technology and Distance Education (NCET-DE).
Organizational Structure and Support
Internet Teachers at Every College
Center for Online Technology
NCET-DE
Free PD Opportunity
1. The Master Teacher Course in Educational
technology is “free of charge” to Texas Community
and Technical College educators, future educators
and workforce leaders.
2. This project is managed in an austere and
Spartan manner, essentially facilitated by a parttime Director and an STCC Administrator who
serves as the grant manager (essentially in-kind).
3. The vast majority of this project is managed,
facilitated, and delivered electronically directly to
the desktop of course participants, which is
extremely cost-effective.
Course Participants: Educators versus Students
Educators (i.e., professors) can elect to
engage the entire course and consequently
earn the distinction of being a Master
Teacher Course graduate, upon successful
completion of all the course standards.
College Students can elect to engage
individual modules to prepare them to be
future educators or workforce leaders,
but are limited to continuing education
training opportunities (only).
Note – the Master Teacher Course in Ed. Technology is primarily
designed to educate, train, and credential TX-CC/TC educators.
Why engage the course?
1. Besides the obvious reasons (i.e., to improve educational
technology skills, teaching capabilities, etc.), it is essential
for educators to enhance their qualifications in order to
qualify and compete for new positions and higher paying
jobs requiring technology-oriented qualifications/skills.
2. Completing the nationally recognized Master Teacher
Course in Educational Technology (MTC-ET) will definitely
serve educators well by substantially improving their
credentials and distinguishing themselves as uniquely
capable subject matter experts in the areas of educational
technology and distance education.
3. Furthermore, graduates of the course qualify to participate
in national certification process and the advanced course.
Course Learning Strategy
1. It is true that faculty don’t have a good track record successfully
engaging and/or completing professional development training
via distance education, especially when the training includes
challenging time constraints and rigorous academic standards.
2. With this fact in-mind, the Master Teacher Course in
Educational Technology is uniquely designed to facilitate faculty
success by avoiding past course design mistakes.
3. In particular the course is designed to be self-paced, enabling
faculty to choose the time and place to engage the modules.
Also, the course does not set any pressing time constraints or
weekly due dates. Essentially, participants have up to a year to
finalize the course. Additionally, the course curriculum is
strategically crafted from the enormous resources of the www,
whereas faculty engage online materials via active learning.
Module Delivery Options
•
Each course participant probably has different technology
resources, limitations, and learning styles, thus it is
important that electronic professional development training
provide a variety of ways to deliver training & information.
•
The MTC-ET can be delivered (or made available) to
participants four different ways, as follows:
1. Delivered to the desktop via e-mail as a link, whereas
the modules have been FTPed to accessible webbased files.
2. Delivered to the desktop as a compressed and
streamed file using Impatica® for PowerPoint.
3. Accessed via WebCT (from any location).
4. Mailed as a CD-R (to participants home or work site).
Desired Outcome
Course completion!
…and Graduation
Determination!
To successfully complete the Master Teacher Course
in Educational Technology, participants must “come
out fighting” and have a focused determination!
Warning-Warning-Warning!
1. Remembering the infamous “warning-warningwarning” cry from the 1960’s ROBOT of the
TV series Lost in Space Fame, I too (albeit
less dramatically) issue the same warning to
new course participants.
2. It is essential that serious course participants
“stay on top of things” and don’t “fall by the
way side,” while trying to systematically
engage the course.
3. Establish a routine and devote some
dedicated time to work on the modules. Stay
motivated and work hard to “get things done.”
Educational Technology Self-Analysis
On a scale of one to ten (with the higher number correlating to greater
knowledge, experience, confidence, and capability), conduct a self
analysis by rating your “Ed Tech” knowledge, skills, and experience.
1. Can effectively use a variety of Internet search engines to find data…
2. Have a decent understanding of Internet intellectual property laws…
3. Often use streaming media resources for continuing education…
4. Can easily download and use the (free) main multi-media players…
5. Can develop and send video e-mail messages to students…
6. Possess the ability to effectively use WebCam technology…
7. Can easily infuse digital video into a PowerPoint presentation…
8. Can effectively use the Pack & Go feature of PowerPoint…
9. Have periodically conducted desktop video-conferences (DVCs)…
10. Can routinely web-enhance courses using a variety of WebCT tools…
Course Enrollment Procedures
1. Complete the Course Prerequisites •
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Review “Intro. to the MTC-ET” Module
Complete “Ed. Tech. Self-Analysis” Responses
2. Submit Enrollment Request •
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Complete Enrollment Data
Include Answers to Ed. Tech. Self-Analysis
Include Self-Digital or Scanned Picture
Forward e-mail message to mehalljr@att.net
3. Enrollment Confirmation •
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Receive e-mail Confirming Enrollment
Receive Module #1 – “Intro to Ed. Tech.”
Enrollment Data
To enroll in the Master Teacher Course in Educational
Technology, send an e-mail message to mehalljr@att.net
including the following enrollment data:
1. Name (and relevant academic credentials, etc.).
2. E-Mail Addresses (Work and Personal Accounts).
3. Telephone Number (Work, Home, & Cell).
4. Mailing Address (Including Zip Code).
5. Status (i.e., faculty, administrator, student, etc.).
6. Institution (Place of work or attendance, etc.).
7. Position Title (if applicable).
8. Reason Wanting to Take the Course/Comments.
Subject Line = MTC-ET Enrollment Data for…(participant’s name)
Enrollment Data – cont.
1. Remember (when sending the data) include (a) a self
(digital or scanned) picture and (b) the responses
(answers) to the “Educational Technology SelfAnalysis”, which is contained in this introductory
module. Also, indicate if “you” want to engage the
entire course or just a few modules.
2. Finally, upon receipt of an e-mail message (from the
course candidate), a reply e-mail will be sent
confirming enrollment and receipt of the digital selfpicture and “Ed. Tech. Self-Analysis” responses.
Additionally, a welcome message will be included
along with the first course module.
Important resource reminder…
Remember to acquire a WebCam
in preparation for the 2nd course
module (WebCam Technology).
QuickCam® Messenger
See next
slide…
WebCam Recommendation
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Any Questions?
…about the Master Teacher
Course in Educational
Technology?
If so, contact me at - mehalljr@att.net
Mannie E. Hall Jr.
The future is in our hands…
Keep the ball bouncing!
Addendum:
A Graphic Glance
…at the Course Modules
1. The key aspect to education is a strong curriculum.
2. A “cutting edge” and dynamic curriculum is one of the most
important aspects of professional development training or
continuing education for educators.
3. The Master Teacher Course in Educational Technology has
a strong curriculum, which should excite educators about
learning educational technology.
4. As a recap, glance through the next 5 slides and get familiar
with the module topics.
Introduction
to
Educational Technology
WebCam Technology
Advanced
Microsoft PowerPoint
Applications
Desktop
Video
Conferencing
Introduction to
Web Enhancing Courses
with
The…
Last word or drip…
Everyone must tackle
the first module as a
course primer…prior
to engaging any other
module.
Introduction to Educational Technology
The End!