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FDI
Faculty Support & Follow-up
A wide range of faculty support is available on-campus. The five primary
avenues for faculty support are the Peer
Mentoring program, FDI
Production Support, Online
Course Systems, The
Software Skills Gateway and the New
Media Center. If you are unsure where you should go, contact fdi@vt.edu
to get more information. Please note that the FDI Production Support
and the New Media Center are available at any time. The Peer Mentoring
program is only available during the Spring and Summer semesters.
- FDI
Peer Mentoring
- The Peer Mentoring
program provides a faculty mentor for one-on-one consultation sessions.
If you would like to meet with a colleague to openly discuss issues
and concerns relating to the use of instructional technology, simply
fill out the "FDI
Peer Mentor Meeting Request Form" and you will be
contacted to set up a meeting time to discuss your needs.
- FDI
Production Support
- The FDI production
support program provides free technical assistance on a wide range of
technology for teaching and research. Assistance such as digitizing
instructional or research materials, editing digital video, creating
streaming video/audio files, and creation and debugging of web pages
are all available. If you would like to take advantage of this service,
simply fill out the "FDI
Production Support Request Form" and you will be contacted
to discuss your needs.
- Online
Course Systems
- This is the support
mechanism for many of the web course development tools. Software applications
such as Blackboard and E-Portfolio are supported by this group. To ask
questions about either, e-mail ocs@vt.edu.
- The
Software Skills Gateway
- Learning Technologies
has contracted with Elementk.com to provide more than 500 online tutorials covering a wide range of software. The courses
are free to Virginia Tech faculty, staff, and students, and individuals
may take as many as they like at any time. These tutorials can be used
to brush up old skills or gain new skills with most common software
packages. Faculty can also asssign these tutorials to help students
acquire skills needed for success in the classroom and their profession
without devoting valuable class time to technology training. To gain
access to Element K materials go to the The
Software Skills Gateway.
- New
Media Center
- The New Media Center
at Virginia Tech is located in room 1140 of Torgersen Hall. Since its
inception in 1994, the Center has been a primary source of faculty support
for a variety of techology needs. The Center is open from 10:00 am to
6:00 pm Monday through Friday and faculty are invited to walk-in between
these hours for assistance. Appointments are also welcome and can be
made by calling 231-4826. All services are free; however, materials
such as tapes, CDs, and DVDs need to be provided by patrons. All services
above are supported through this facility.
FDI Follow-up
Every FDI session (Workshop or Short Course) has presenters who are
available for consultation. The FDI web pages should have e-mail addresses
for every presenter. If you don't remember or can't find the contact
information for a specific presenter, contact fdi@vt.edu
to get more information. If the specific presenter is not available
at a convenient time, FDI will provide an alternate consultant to
answer your specific questions.
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