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HELPING FACULTY FIGURE OUT WHERE WORDPRESS FITS
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Good Morning!
▸ Name: Bruce Caraway
▸ Teach in Computer Info Technology department at Lone Star College (Houston)
▸ Honored to participate in the inaugural WPCampus conference
▸ Love helping others learn about and to use WordPress
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How Did I Get Here
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2009 2011 2013
Part time instructor for
both Credit and
Continuing Ed
Adjunct
Starting my 2nd year as
Facilitator for our Adjunct
Certification Program
Adjunct Certification Facilitator15+ years in corporate IT
Employee / Consultant / Mgr
Corporate IT
Assistant Professor at
Lone Star College in CIT
Dept
Full TimeWordCamp Dallas
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How Did I Get Here
�
2009 2011 2013
Part time instructor for
both Credit and
Continuing Ed
Adjunct
Starting my 2nd year as
Facilitator for our Adjunct
Certification Program
Adjunct Certification Facilitator15+ years in corporate IT
Employee / Consultant / Mgr
Corporate IT
Assistant Professor at
Lone Star College in CIT
Dept
Full TimeWordCamp Dallas
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How Did I Get Here
�
2009 2011 2013
Part time instructor for
both Credit and
Continuing Ed
Adjunct
Starting my 2nd year as
Facilitator for our Adjunct
Certification Program
Adjunct Certification Facilitator15+ years in corporate IT
Employee / Consultant / Mgr
Corporate IT
Assistant Professor at
Lone Star College in CIT
Dept
Full TimeWordCamp Dallas
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How Did I Get Here
2009 2011 2013
Part time instructor for
both Credit and
Continuing Ed
Adjunct
Starting my 2nd year as
Facilitator for our Adjunct
Certification Program
Adjunct Certification Facilitator15+ years in corporate IT
Employee / Consultant / Mgr
Corporate IT
Assistant Professor at
Lone Star College in CIT
Dept
Full TimeWordCamp Dallas
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How Did I Get Here
�
2009 2011 2013
Part time instructor for
both Credit and
Continuing Ed
Adjunct
Starting my 2nd year as
Facilitator for our Adjunct
Certification Program
Adjunct Certification Facilitator15+ years in corporate IT
Employee / Consultant / Mgr
Corporate IT
Assistant Professor at
Lone Star College in CIT
Dept
Full TimeWordCamp Dallas
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How Did I Get Here
�
2009 2011 2013
Part time instructor for
both Credit and
Continuing Ed
Adjunct
Starting my 2nd year as
Facilitator for our Adjunct
Certification Program
Adjunct Certification Facilitator15+ years in corporate IT
Employee / Consultant / Mgr
Corporate IT
Assistant Professor at
Lone Star College in CIT
Dept
Full TimeWordCamp Dallas
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FACULTY SNAPSHOT
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*http://www.bls.gov/ooh/education-training-and-library/postsecondary-teachers.htm
Today’s Higher Education Faculty
▸ 1,313,000 postsecondary faculty (2014)
▸ >177,000 new positions by 2024
▸ Majority of these positions are part-time
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Today's College Instructor - Tenured Faculty
▸ Tenured instructor perform original research
▸ experiments & analysis
▸ critical reviews
▸ publish
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Today's College Instructor - Contingent Faculty
▸ Non-tenured
▸ Usually contract-based
▸ Full-time or part-time
▸ More focus on teaching
▸ Often assigned basic core courses
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Today's College Instructor - Adjunct Faculty
▸ Part-time
▸ May work outside of college professionally
▸ May work on multiple campuses
▸ May work for multiple institutions
▸ Some work for online institutions
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“an estimated 18.5 percent of college professors worked as part-time faculty members" in 1969…
…as of 2011 contingent faculty made up "75.5 percent of the college teaching workforce, or more than 1.3 million people."
2014 Congressional Review
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“THE SYSTEMS” OF HIGHER EDUCATION
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HR / Employee Information System
▸ Holds info about the instructor (employee)
▸ Location info
▸ Contact info
▸ Private info i.e., salary, benefits, etc.
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Student Information System
▸ Course catalog
▸ Student records
▸ Class registration system
▸ Registration history
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3rd Party / Publisher Learning System(s)
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Learning Management System
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Learning Management System
▸ Faculty, especially new, spend lots of time here
▸ Default place to store:
▸ course info
▸ courseware
▸ syllabi
▸ course calendar
▸ gradebook
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Shortcomings of the LMS
▸ "Walled Garden"
▸ Only enrolled students can “see” content
▸ Current semester students
▸ Subject to end-of-semester archiving
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Today’s college faculty are overwhelmed, even confused, with the various options placed before them for storing and managing their digital “stuff”.
LSC faculty member
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▸ 4883 Faculty
▸ Every faculty member offered a “Faculty Blog”
▸ Blogs run on WordPress Multisite
▸ Most blogs are static providing contact info, vitae, syllabi, etc.
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Faculty Blogs Review 2013
▸ Running a “really old” version of WordPress
▸ Themes selection was limited
▸ Limited awareness of the Faculty Blogs
▸ No promotion or incentive to use
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Focus on Faculty Blogs - Phase 1
▸ Upgrade WordPress installation
▸ Add responsive theme(s)
▸ Identify suggested content for a typical faculty blog
▸ Offer training and workshops
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GOAL: SIMPLICITY
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Syllabi
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Vitae
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Typical Faculty Blog Content
▸ Syllabi
▸ Vitae
▸ Courses Taught
▸ FAQ
▸ Discussion Forums
▸ Course Resources
▸ Your Suggestions???
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FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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lynda.com
▸ All LSC faculty have access
▸ WordPress courses recommended
▸ Anywhere and anytime
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Instructor Blog Workshop
▸ 2 hour introductory course
▸ Help get them registered
▸ Walkthrough the basics
▸ Demonstrate the “simplicity”
▸ Build awareness
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Curriculum / Courseware
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Next Steps (Phase 2)
▸ Improve the "find-ability" of faculty pages
▸ Auto-link from LSC department page to faculty page
▸ Continue to improve aesthetics
▸ Correct URL naming issues
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Three Questions
▸ What if instructor leaves institution?
▸ What if instructor teaches at multiple institutions?
▸ What if the institution changes their LMS?
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WORDPRESS FOR THE CLASSROOM