Helping faculty help themselves: a collaborative approach to peer mentoring

ABSTRACT

This paper examines some of the issues for creating a self-sustaining model for encouraging and promoting the use of technology in the classroom in a Liberal Arts environment. Technologists, Librarians and other existing academic support organizations must collaborate to foster an environment that encourages peer-mentoring amongst faculty. Generating enthusiasm for technology in the classroom cannot be done with static one-way communication.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.1 Computer Uses in Education

General Terms:
Design, Experimentation, Human Factors, Management, Performance, Theory

Keywords:
development, faculty, integration, support, sustainability, technology