Computer-Based Technologies for Psychology
ACTIVE TEACHING LEARNING IN PSYCHOLOGY WORKSHOP
On Friday September 17th the Middlesex Community College Behavioral Science Department hosted a workshop on using computer—based technologies to teach Psychology. The presenters, faculty and staff from Prince George’s Community College, shared examples of a variety of projects they had developed as part of a five year Title III Grant. The dedication and enthusiasm of the presenters was clear to those in attendance. Dr. Robin Hailstorks highlighted the goals of the grant and described how it had evolved over the previous five years. These goals had included strengthening institutional capacity to use new technologies and providing training and support for faculty to incorporate such approaches such as video, the internet, web pages, powerpoint, and distance learning to teach within their disciplines. Marjeni Kane-Morris, an Instructional Technologist, described how technological capacity and training had grown over the course of the grant. She presented examples from a variety of disciplines that showed the creative ways that faculty goals had been realized.
Two psychologists, Dr. Diane Finley and Dr. Sherry Lynn Kinslow shared wonderful concrete examples of how they had incorporated technology—based projects to teach Psychology. These included specific examples of online courses, a Divisional Homepage for Psychology, a Website Resource with links for Topics in Psychology, and an accessible website for students with disabilities. Their commitment to and appreciation of technology-based applications was very evident. The examples that they shared with us were both practical and creative. They showed how good experienced faculty can use technological resources engage students actively in learning about Psychology.
We would like to thank the presenters from PGCC for sharing their stimulating projects with us. Below I have provided links to their work for interested faculty and staff. We look forward to seeing Robin and her colleagues again in the future.
http://academic.pg.cc.md.us/title3/ this website links to information about the Title III Grant. By clicking on the Faculty Team Phases you can review the wide variety of projects created by faculty over the five-year period of the grant.
http://academic.pgcc.edu/%7Eskinslow/title3_project.htm this links to Dr. Sherry Lynn Kinslow’s website of topics in Psychology entitled “So You Really Want to Know”. In her presentation Dr. Kinslow described how she developed this lab component in her Introduction to Psychology course. Students received instruction in using the Internet and using Blackboard. As part of the project students had to select approved topics, critique websites they searched, and provide three web documents from good sites.
http://academic.pgcc.edu/~dfinley/title3index.htm this links to Dr. Diane Finley’s psychology site, which includes websites relevant to topics in Introduction to Psychology and the Psychology Collegian Center.
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http://academic.pgcc.edu/instech/trc.html this is the link to the Technology Resource Center. Marjeni Kane-Morris talked with us about how the Technology Center staff provided training and support to faculty to help them realize their project goals. She showed us examples of projects in different disciplines that used video, PowerPoint, and web-based technologies.
http://academic.pg.cc.md.us/instruction/ these websites are links to the technology instructional services available to faculty at Prince George’s Community College.
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