Overview
Presents a case study in change management, nurturing and building a Community of Practice (CoP) around teaching with technology
Authors interweave personal narratives with anecdotal evidence and research-based findings to relate the lived experiences of the subjects of the book
Offers opportunity for the development of new methods and strategies to attain more effective educational technology integration plans
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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A Mindful Approach to Community Building
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Opportunities and Challenges
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“I only work with the converted”: Converting the Technology Skeptics Through Proof and Credibility
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About this book
This book uses a mix of personal narratives, anecdotal evidence, and research-based findings to tell the story of a small, urban community college’s efforts to develop and nurture a Community of Practice (CoP) that would galvanize the campus’ adoption of Educational Technology. Located in one of the poorest congressional district in the United States, Hostos Community College, a Hispanic-serving institution and part of the City University of New York (CUNY), has a unique history rooted in activism, advocacy, and community outreach, and has built a reputation for technology innovation. This book is a collection of writing from faculty and staff members whose decades of experience integrating technology into the classroom pre-dates many of the official initiatives now in place at CUNY.
Reviews
“Wolfe, Lyons, and Guevara provide readers with must-read hands-on advice to all of us in higher education, on the important role educational technology plays in the classroom in helping students succeed, and how faculty can embrace and adopt it.” (Carlos Morales, President of TCC Connect Campus, Tarrant County College, USA)
“Purveyors of how-to guides love generic rules. But there’s only one rule: leverage your distinctiveness. When it comes to implementing educational technology, I’ve never seen it done better than in this book, where carefully thinking through context and constituency shows how best to meet academic goals with technological means–means we must all become adept at using.” (George Otte, University Director of Academic Technology and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the School of Professional Studies, City University of New York, USA)
“This book persuasively makes the case for innovative and responsive organizational approaches, support at all levels of the institution, and collaborative leadership to effectively manage the changes required for the wider diffusion and successful implementation of educational technology.” (Susan Ko, Clinical Professor, Lehman College, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Kate S. Wolfe is Associate Professor of Psychology in the Behavioral and Social Sciences Department at Hostos Community College, City University of New York, USA.
Kate Lyons is Associate Professor, Head of Reference, and Information Technology Librarian at Hostos Community College, City University of New York, USA.
Carlos Guevara is Director of the Office of Educational Technology and Co-Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Hostos Community College, City University of New York, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Developing Educational Technology at an Urban Community College
Editors: Kate S. Wolfe, Kate Lyons, Carlos Guevara
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17038-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17037-0Published: 19 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17040-0Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-17038-7Published: 10 July 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 209
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Educational Technology, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Higher Education