Comments on: Research Opportunities vs Teaching Load http://techticker.net/2009/12/03/research-opportunities-vs-teaching-load/ educational technology, eLearning & emerging technology Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:19:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Laura Blankenship http://techticker.net/2009/12/03/research-opportunities-vs-teaching-load/comment-page-1/#comment-6989 Laura Blankenship Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:16:51 +0000 http://techticker.net/2009/12/03/research-opportunities-vs-teaching-load/#comment-6989 I wish you luck in this endeavor. Having been the sole educational technologist at an institution where teaching was supposedly the first priority, I can tell you it's often an uphill battle. I did engage the change agents and got them on board with some really interesting stuff. The problem I had was getting to at least a few of the rest. I had hoped to haven the tech savvy faculty I'd already worked with evangelize a bit for me, and some of them did, but it never quite succeeded in the way I wanted it to. I left that position to work independently, which has its own challenges, but I feel less discouraged. When a faculty member seeks me out now, they often are planning to go back an evangelize. Before, I was just the local tech support (specialized, but still mostly support rather than partner). I wish you luck in this endeavor. Having been the sole educational technologist at an institution where teaching was supposedly the first priority, I can tell you it’s often an uphill battle. I did engage the change agents and got them on board with some really interesting stuff. The problem I had was getting to at least a few of the rest. I had hoped to haven the tech savvy faculty I’d already worked with evangelize a bit for me, and some of them did, but it never quite succeeded in the way I wanted it to. I left that position to work independently, which has its own challenges, but I feel less discouraged. When a faculty member seeks me out now, they often are planning to go back an evangelize. Before, I was just the local tech support (specialized, but still mostly support rather than partner).

]]> By: David Jones http://techticker.net/2009/12/03/research-opportunities-vs-teaching-load/comment-page-1/#comment-6986 David Jones Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:12:22 +0000 http://techticker.net/2009/12/03/research-opportunities-vs-teaching-load/#comment-6986 G'day Mike, <blockquote>This is all the more reason, I think, to focus on identifying the Change Agents in the schools and faculties and focusing on them for now.</blockquote> A limitation with this approach is that the change agents are often very different from the majority. What excites the change agents, scares the majority. Geoghegan used Moore's chasm to make this point in 1994 in connection with instructional technology. A description of his work here - http://davidtjones.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/the-chasm/ On the research/teaching question here's a quote from Fairweather (2005) <blockquote>More time teaching is a negative influence on academic pay...The trend is worsening most rapidly in institutions whose central mission focuses on teaching and learning</blockquote> Fairweather, J. (2005). "Beyond the rhetoric: Trends in the relative value of teaching and research in faculty salaries." Journal of Higher Education 76(4): 401-422. G’day Mike,

This is all the more reason, I think, to focus on identifying the Change Agents in the schools and faculties and focusing on them for now.

A limitation with this approach is that the change agents are often very different from the majority. What excites the change agents, scares the majority.

Geoghegan used Moore’s chasm to make this point in 1994 in connection with instructional technology. A description of his work here – http://davidtjones.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/the-chasm/

On the research/teaching question here’s a quote from Fairweather (2005)

More time teaching is a negative influence on academic pay…The trend is worsening most rapidly in institutions whose central mission focuses on teaching and learning

Fairweather, J. (2005). “Beyond the rhetoric: Trends in the relative value of teaching and research in faculty salaries.” Journal of Higher Education 76(4): 401-422.

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