By Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology
According to Jeff King, in 10 years people are going to have a new understanding about the true value of the learning management system (LMS)–as a tool for keeping track of learning outcomes. “And that’s gold,” proclaimed the director for the Koehler Center for Teaching Excellence at Texas Christian University, a private college with 8,800 students in Ft. Worth. The Koehler Center’s job is to work with instructors in developing their teaching and learning skills. “If I’m the instructor, I’m assessing my students, and I’m making discoveries about my course design–and that really invigorates teaching.” If it’s so great, why do only 80 percent of the faculty at Texas Christian use the LMS? Why not all of them? King wants to do all he can to get those one in five holdouts into the fold, short of a mandate by the faculty senate. That effort involves a multi-pronged effort encompassing faculty training, excellent technical support, a pedagogical refocus on learning outcomes, and ultimately allowing students to pressure faculty to use the LMS.
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2010/09/29/getting-faculty-buy-in-for-the-lms.aspx
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