CHANGE STRATEGIESMOVING BEYOND THE FIRST

REDESIGN

STRONG SUPPORT SYSTEM

• Faculty and departments have to have a rich environment of support for technological innovations.

• Compare Virginia Tech and University of Alabama environments.

• Seek out and grow leaders.

• Reward structure must be clear for positive innovations.

Brief History of Projects at UA

• Math Lab (now has 6 courses)• Logic (Philosophy)• Art History• Spanish• Sociology• Physics• Biology• Psychology• English• On the horizon Statistics

Grass root versus top-down models

• Faculty buy in• Size of core faculty and numbers of senior

faculty members • Critical issue is that faculty and their

departments understand what problem they are correcting: Improving student learning, promoting active learners, handling more students with less or same resources, etc.

Institutional Challenges

• Change in Administration

• Provide fertile environment for usage of technology.

• Strong assessment and evaluation mechanisms and processes.

• Firm commitment to this method.

• Strong leadership (all my associate deans)

• Finding the resources.