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Technology Infusion Projects Initiative

Forty Xavier faculty successfully completed projects through CAT's Technology Infusion Projects Initiative between 1999 and 2006. Although the initiative is no longer active, we are maintaining this page for historical purposes.

Faculty interest in using information technology in the classroom remains extraordinarily high at Xavier University. Of the faculty members who completed the technology survey in 2001, more than 80% indicated a moderate to high level of interest in incorporating computer technology in their classes. (For more information about this survey, see Scholarship & Reports > Faculty Technology Use.)

Experimentation with new technologies is a part of the faculty development and technology puzzle — only one part, but a new, sometimes confusing and sometimes expensive part. The Center's inititative for Technology Infusion Projects supports faculty use of such technologies as Blackboard (a Web-based course management system, for which a site license was purchased by the University), WebBoard (a Web-based conferencing system for which the University also has a site license), course websites, videoconferencing, JSTOR and other on-line databases, and discipline-specific courseware such as simulations, CD-ROMs, etc.

We plan to sponsor five cycles during the grant period; the cycles will overlap one another, and each cycle involves two semesters or a summer and one semester. This long cycle will allow faculty members to develop, implement, assess, and, if necessary, redesign the technology projects. We anticipate supporting a total of 35 Technology Infusion Projects during the grant period.

The Center's Instructional Design Specialist, Dr. Gayna Credle, was the primary coordinator for this initiative.

Phases

Each Technology Infusion Project consists of two phases:

Completed Projects