Strangers No More - We're Wired,

Connected, Talking!

BUTLER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGEEl Dorado, Kansas

BUTLER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGEEl Dorado, Kansas

Robert Carlson, Lead Instructor, ChemistryRamona Becker, Director, Faculty/Staff

DevelopmentBob Meyer, Adjunct Faculty Coordinator

Faculty Communication Model

Faculty Inclusion Programs

• Comprehensive foundation is ideal• BCCC provides:

– Adjunct Faculty Coordinator– Peer Consulting (mentoring)– Orientations– Professional Development Plans

• With $200 incentive

– Lead Instructors

Foundation of Comprehensive Adjunct Inclusion Programs

• BCCC provides:– Tuition waivers– All-faculty meeting each semester – Faculty Handbook – Teaching Handbook – Recognition programs – Newsletter - Bearly News – Mailbox for all-college mailings, access to

office space, computers, copying, & coffee! (at most sites)

– BCCC I.D. access to BCCC sports & fine arts events

Foundation of Comprehensive Adjunct Inclusion Programs

Research

• Understand needs of faculty– current communication status– department dynamics

• Understand online communication– software attributes– facilitation techniques

• Institutional plans and resources

Establish Online Space

• Internet Website– Institutional Information

• Intranet Website– Departmental Information

• What is an intranet?– private, secure space on the web where your group can

easily access and share documents, calendars, and event information.

– password-protected, meaning you have control over who has access to your site.

– includes valuable applications, like group calendars, group documents and group discussions, designed to help your group communicate and collaborate online.

– allows simple access to the same information no matter where they are.

• (Intranets.com is excellent intranet space & it is FREE)

Select Pilot Groups

• BCCC began with a small group – Lead Instructors

– Project Leader

– CIO

– Network Administrator

– Dean of Learning Resources

• Two departments carefully chosen – Must be dedicated to inclusion & techno savvy

Pilot Group

Pilot Dept.

Establish Participation Incentive

• BCCC added online participation to our Adjunct Professional Development Plan– Two points per semester can be earned for online

participation, out of 15 needed for the year.

• What would be an incentive for your faculty?– Opportunity for input on department matters such as

textbook selection discussion

– Collegiality

Incentives

Online Facilitator Training

• Provide at least basic training for online facilitation skills.

Training

Provide Training

• Lead instructors as online facilitators– This would be another workshop– Model good behavior

• Technical training for faculty– train on software to be utilized

Training

Pay Attention & Keep Notes

• Ask for feedback– Regular meetings

– Interviews

– Surveys

– Observation

• Make Modifications– Add other departments as appropriate

– Scale back or slow down if needed

– Speed up if needed

BCCC Pilot Project(lst Semester Activity)

• Goals 1.Enhance communication between fulltime and

adjunct faculty

2.Increase comfort level and expertise of faculty working with portal tools

3.Learn and grow from experience

4.Test technology

BCCC Pilot Project Outcomes

• Outcomes – Two department discussion boards/Campus

Pipeline– Online component incentive in PDP– Experienced faculty– Understanding of portal software– Institutional & department information online– Global email lists

Department Model• Chemistry Department

http://www.buccc.cc.ks.us/chemistry/bulletinboard.htm

Public page with password protected link

Department Link from Campus Pipeline Discussion Area

http://pipeline.buccc.cc.ks.us/cp/tn/fs?tn=ssm

Password Protected Chemistry Department Information

http://208.8.32.24/chemistry/carlson/info.htm

Institutional Information

• Faculty Staff Development http://www.buccc.cc.ks.us/fac_staff_dev/faculty_and_staff_development_main.htm

• Adjunct Faculty• Calendar• Inservices• Mini – grants• Online Resources• Orientations• Professional Development• Recognition• Safety• Task Force• Wellness• Feedback

Institutional Information

• Adjunct Faculty Websitehttp://www.buccc.cc.ks.us/fac_staff_dev/adjfac_main.htm

• Adjunct Colleagues• Adjunct Directory• Calendar• Faculty Handbook• Inservices• Online Resources• Orientations• Peer Consulting• Professional Development• Recognition• Safety• Task Force• Wellness• Feedback

Data

• Website data– Previous to December 2000 - no Fac/Staff website– 13,999 successful hits as of March 21, 2001 – Adjunct Faculty second most requested page– 2,761 hits to forms and PDF files

Hardcopy Responses Online • Award Nomination Forms 24% 76%• Years of Service Self-Report Form 46% 54%

• Email to Adjunct Faculty – 298 adjunct email addresses in database– F/S Dev - average of 26/month in 2001– 31 emails sent in 1999

Data• Site Directors/Deans Email Survey

Data• Site Directors/Deans Email Survey

Data• Site Directors/Deans Email Survey

Practical Tips & Techniques

• Practical Tips And Techniques Used To Build The Online Communities

Practical Tips & Techniques

• Introductions – post a topic where people can tell a little bit about

themselves or put in a link to their homepage if they have one.

• Purpose – department must decide what they want to accomplish

with the online community. You may find there are other benefits of community that you had not anticipated. Link with ideas http://www.fullcirc.com/community/communitypurpose.htm

Practical Tips & Techniques

• Hosting – Check out what Howard Rheingold says about hosting at

http://www.rheingold.com/texts/artonlinehost.html

• Glossary of Internet Terms – http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html

Pocket Dictionary - http://www.netlingo.com/pocket.htmlInternet 101 -

– http://www2.famvid.com/i101/terms.html

Practical Tips & Techniques

• Provide help, technical or otherwise • Trust is important

– “Trust is the essential social lubricant.” - Cliff Figallo

– http://www.infonortics.com/vc/1998/figallo/figallo.htm

• Lists of emoticons, smileys shortcutshttp://www.netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=emoticons http://www.netlingo.com/smiley.cfmhttp://members.aol.com/bearpage/smileys.htm http://www.chatlist.com/faces.html

Butler County Community College Pilot Project

• Special thanks and credit to:– Chemistry and Math Departments– Dr. Jackie Vietti, President– Dr. Leann Ellis,Vice President of Academic Affairs– Dean’s Council– Linda Billingsley, Dean of Learning Resources and Services– Tom Erwin, CIO– Brad Vacura, Systems Administrator– Andy Jacques and staff, Webmaster– Larry Friesen, Math Lead Instructor– Robert Carlson, Sciences Lead Instructor– Elizabeth Luzar, Nursing Instructor– Bob Meyer, Adjunct Faculty Coordinator

Nova Southeastern University ITDE Doctoral

Program

Nancy White-Full Circle http://www.fullcirc.com/

Mihaela Moussou-Knowisehttp://www.knowise.com/

Questions?

Thanks for attending!Robert Carlson, Lead Instructor, Chemistry (316) 322-3137 ext. 262rcarlson@butler.buccc.cc.ks.us

Ramona Becker, Director, Faculty/Staff Development (316) 322-3282rbecker@butler.buccc.cc.ks.us(doctoral student at Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL)

Bob Meyer, Adjunct Faculty Coordinator - (316) 733-0071bmeyer@butler.buccc.cc.ks.us

Presentation available at:http://www.buccc.cc.ks.us/fac_staff_dev/online_resources/presentations/model.htm