Administered by the Learning Enhancement Center (LEC), the Technology Mentor program is funded by a $1.78 million, five-year U.S. Department of Education, Title III-A Strengthening the Institution grant. A $2,500 stipend is given to support each of the nine technology projects proposed by the faculty mentors. In addition to developing their projects, the faculty members will also serve as an extension of the LEC’s faculty development effort by providing peer-to-peer assistance within their respective colleges.

The 2006 Faculty Technology Mentors include Dr. Janie Butts, associate professor in the School of Nursing, College of Health, whose project is “Mentoring Nursing Faculty Teaching in RN-BSN Online Courses”; Dr. Elizabeth Haynes, associate professor in the School of Library and Information Science, College of Education and Psychology, whose project is “Using Podcasting and Video for Online Student Orientation and Instruction in Library and Information Science”; and Dr. Hollie Filce and Dr. Elgen Hillman, assistant professors in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education’s dual licensure program, College of Education and Psychology, whose project is “Multimedia Portfolios in Teacher Education.”

Other mentors include Dr. Sherry Herron, director for the Center for Science and Mathematics Education, College of Science and Technology, whose project is “Multimedia Training (MT) for Development of Science/Math Curricula”; Dr. Joseph Kolibal, Department of Mathematics, College of Science and Technology, whose project is “Professional Publishing Using LaTeX”; Dr. Michael N. Salda, Department of English, College of Arts and Letters, whose project is “Podcasting World Literature”; Dr. Bruce D. Tychinski, assistant professor, School of Music in the College of Arts and Letters, whose project is “The Hi-Tech Applied Music Studio: Taking Applied Study Beyond the Metronome and Tape Recorder for Enhanced Learning”; Kim I. Walker, Intermediate Block clinical instructor, Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education, College of Education and Psychology, whose project is “Making Connections: Linking Intermediate Block Courses with the Clinical Experience”; and Dr. Fei Xue, assistant professor, School of Mass Communication and Journalism, College of Arts and Letters, whose project is “Incorporating Multimedia and Internet in Advertising Classrooms.”

A synopsis of each Faculty Mentor project is featured in the Learning Enhancement Center’s Web site at http://www.usm.edu/lec.

Last updated: 02/28/06