Dr. Wright On Funding for Instructional Technology
Colleagues,
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As we continue to offer instruction online, please give some thought to equipment and technology needed in your unit to effectively deliver course content online, especially in your more “hands-on” courses (ones with lab and field portions). Now through September 30, 2020, the college is making available to each department up to $5,000 to purchase AV and other technology and equipment needed to support online instruction. A unit likely will identify some initial equipment or software needed now. As other needs arise later in the summer or fall, an additional request can be made at that time.
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To request funds for equipment, please submit a brief proposal that includes the following information:
- Equipment to be purchased and estimated costs
- Description of how this equipment will support online instruction
- Courses for which technology will be used
- Estimated number of students taught in those courses
Please submit your requests to me by email at wrigham@auburn.edu.
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Looking ahead, I expect to announce soon some workshops/training from the Biggio Center on techniques for delivering lab and field-based instruction online. I hope you will use this opportunity to strengthen your instructional delivery systems and develop online content that can be used in face-to-face and hybrid courses in the future.
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Thank you for all you’re doing for our students.
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Amy N. Wright, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Instruction