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survey says

information on tech development

what & why

introduction just in case anyone is curious how I got this boondoggle... (more)

the proposal Project ideas written in November 1999... (more)

.az = Arizona It's my home state, but I'll relocate to a different part for July-August... (more)

.nz = New Zealand Off to the home of "kiwis" for September - October ... (more)

.au = Australia "G'day, mate!" will be my vocabulary after spending November-December down under... (more)

the goods So what actually came out of this? ... (more)

survey summary
I received complete surveys (see the survey questions) from 8 different support centers from educational institutions in Arizona, New Zealand, and Australia. Not highly signifcant from a data standpoint, here is some summary

Survey Respondants n=8

• CREATE (Center for Research and Evaluation of Advanced Technologies in Education)
  : Northern Arizona University
  
  
• Centre for Applied Learning Systems
  : Adelaide Institute of TAFE, South Australia
  
  
• Centre for Professional Development
  : Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
  
  
• Education Technology Centre
  : Onkaparinga Institute of TAFE, South Australia
  
  
• Griffith Flexible Learning Services
  : Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
  
  
• Learning Systems and Resources Standing Committee
  : Adelaide Institute of TAFE, South Australia
  
  
• Learning Technologies
  : UNITEC Institute of Technology, New Zealand
  
  
• Teacher Education and Learning Solutions (TEALS)
  Canberra Institute of Technology, Australia Capital Territory

staffing size
6, 7.5, 8.6, 9, 11, 11, 52, 65

mission/purpose

• Staff/Professional Development only (2)
• Development/production of learning materials for/with faculty (4)
• Some combination of above +/- R&D (2)

client issues

• Project Management, planning, timeliness of content provided, production skills (6)
• Limited ideas of effective web use beyond converting teaching materials, distracted by media ("Some lecturers think that multimedia will fix their terrible content") (5)
• Funding, especially for time and software/training (3)
• Problems with technology infrastructure (2)
• Changing nature of staffing responsibilities with the impact of online delivery, staying current (2)
• Need to be diplomatic and supportive, positive focus (2)
• Ongoing support
• Limited vision of upper management
• Professional development for middle management

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