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	Dr. Eddie Watson
	edwatson@vt.edu
	http://www.fdi.vt.edu

Current Courses (Fall 2007): • Podcasting: Creating Podcasts for Higher Education using Audacity • Podcasting: Creating Podcasts for Higher Education using GarageBand • ePortfolio: Virginia Tech's ePortfolio System within Scholar • SAS Day - Session B - SAS/JMP Support at Virginia Tech Previous Courses: • Podcasting and Audio Editing (Fall 2006) • Student Response Systems ("Clickers"): Using Technology to Engage and Assess Students During Class (Fall 2006) • ePortfolio: Virginia Tech's ePortfolio (VTeP) System (Fall 2006) • AOL IM (Track D, Summer 2006) • Creating PDFs with Acrobat (Track D, Summer 2006) • survey.vt.edu (Track D, Summer 2006) • Image creation and manipulation with Photoshop Elements (Track D, Summer 2006) • Podcasting and iTunes U (Tracks D & E, Summer 2006) • Scanning Text for the Web using Acrobat (Track D, Summer 2006) • Student Response Systems ("clickers") (Track D, Summer 2006) • ePortfolio (OSP 2.1) (Tracks D & G, Summer 2006) • Emerging Technologies at Virginia Tech (Track C, Summer 2006) • Adobe Acrobat: Creating PDF Files • Adobe Photoshop: Scanning and Editing Images for the Web • Adobe Premiere: Capturing and Editing Digital Video for Instruction • Advanced DreamweaverAdvanced Web Design Issues • An Introduction to Computing at Virginia Tech • Averaging Your Grades using Microsoft Excel • Blackboard: Using Virginia Tech's Course Management System • Campus Computer / Communications Infrastructure • Creating Course Materials for Blackboard with Dreamweaver and MS Office • Creating PowerPoint Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint • Creating Presentations with Microsoft Powerpoint • Creating Web Content Using Dreamweaver • Elements and Strategies for Project Development • Emerging Technologies: Streaming Media and Instant Messaging • Instructional Design: Assumptions, Learning Objectives, and Instructional Outcomes • Macintosh OS X: An Introduction • Online Pedagogical Considerations • Scanning Text for the Web • Using Online Surveying Tools for Data Collection: survey.vt.edu • V-TEL: Teaching via Video Distance Learning • Web Accessibility and Security at Virginia Tech • Web Design Considerations Past Tracks: • Track D: New Strategies and Tools for Teaching with Technology (Spring/Summer 2006)


• Assistant Director, Educational Technologies • Assistant Director, Faculty Development Institute (FDI)


• Learning Technologies • Educational Technologies • Faculty Development Institute


Eddie Watson's professional interests center upon the diffusion of innovations and change theory as it relates to higher education. Faculty Development as one mechanism through with innovations are diffused and supported within higher ed is central to his research focus. Hall's Concerns-based Adoption Model, as implemented in Faculty Development, relies upon interaction between faculty and those supporting their exploration and adoption of new teaching practice and technology. This is foundational to Eddie's professional approach within FDI. In addition to his interests in technology adoption, Eddie is also interested in the instructional strategies that are supported by instructional technology. It is his belief that certain strategies, such as small group discussions, can be better facilitated and assessed in web-based and/or technology-supported environments. Eddie's approach to technology is always, first, to determine appropriate instructional strategies for a given learning outcome, and then to determine if technology provides a better way to implement that strategy. To that goal, he is also intrigued by emerging technologies (Scholar, ePortfolio, blogs, podcasting, etc.) and the promise they may hold for teaching and learning in higher education.




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