Technology in Teaching and Research: A Look at Private Education in Appalachia

Alice W. Brown du -9554456 Appalachian College Association $19,166 Berea， KY 40403特殊计算标题：教学和研究技术；“教学与研究中的技术”是一项雄心勃勃的长期项目，旨在联合阿巴拉契亚地区私立学院的教师，加强他们在本科课程中对技术的使用。该项目的第一步是“阿巴拉契亚地区私立教育概况”（A Look at Appalachia Private Education），目的是确定目前有哪些技术，以及教师如何在课堂上使用这些技术进行教学和研究。这项研究预计将表明，虽然阿巴拉契亚地区的许多学院和教师严重缺乏必要的资源来利用技术来加强他们的教学，但在更多的情况下，学院和教师在获取和使用技术方面处于卓越的边缘。在研究结束时，学院或教职员工将能够根据类似机构发生的事情来检查自己或自己。学院将能够确定加强其在招收和维持学生方面的竞争优势所必需的东西，教师将能够在该地区确定其他教师谁分享他们的兴趣或谁可以加强他们的知识和技能。记录研究结果的最终报告将分发给全国可能也想为21世纪做准备的大学。

Alice W. Brown DUE-9554456 Appalachian College Association $19,166 Berea, KY 40403 Special Computing Title: Technology in Teaching and Research: A Look at Private Education in Appalachia Technology in Teaching and Research is an ambitious, long- range project designed to unite the efforts of faculty in private colleges across the Appalachian region to strengthen their use of technology in the undergraduate curriculum. The first step in the project, A Look at Private Education in Appalachia, is to determine what technology is currently in place and how faculty are using it in their classrooms, both for instruction and research. The study is expected to show that while many of the Appalachian colleges and faculty are seriously lacking in the resources necessary to employ technology to strengthen their instruction, in far more cases the colleges and their faculty are on the edge of excellence in their access to and use of technology. At the end of the study, a college or faculty member will be able to examine itself or himself in view of what is happening at like institutions. The college will be able to determine what is necessary to strengthen its competitive edge in recruiting and maintaining students, and the faculty will be able to identify other faculty across the region who share their interest or who can strengthen their knowledge and skills. The final report documenting the results of the study will be available for dissemination to colleges across the nation who may also want to prepare for the 21st century.