Designing a Faculty Development Program on Technology

Abstract

This article illustrates the challenges of creating a faculty development program on technology through the presentation of experiences with one such program, the Virtual Guild. Using examples from the Virtual Guild, the authors focus on the areas of program design and faculty motivation. The discussion of program design involves selecting content and determining the program format. Motivational issues discussed include individual- and organizational-level factors, as well as the combined effect of these factors on faculty participation.

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Deborah L. Padgett

The Virtual Guild project was funded by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Faculty and Staff Development Program. The article was submitted to the special section on Distance Education and Technology in Social Work Education.