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Strategies for Transitioning to the Age of Digital Media
  • Christina B. Updike
  • Sarah E. Cheverton
  • James Madison University
  • March 12, 2004
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Purpose of Workshop
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Where are you in the transition process?
  • Thinking about it?
  • Beginning conversations?
  • Beginning a pilot project?
  • Fully integrating digital images?
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Workshop Agenda
  • Introduction
  • Survey Results
  • Strategies
  • BREAK
  • Questions & Answers
  • Focus on Faculty
  • Managing Change
  • Review of Resources
  • Wrap Up
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Survey Results
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Purpose of Survey
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http://cit.jmu.edu/digitalsurvey
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Survey Method
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Survey Group
  • Total Survey Group = 132
  • Curators = 98
  • Curators-Instructional Faculty = 12
  • Instructional Faculty = 22
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Student Enrollment for Survey Institutions
(n=109)
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Number of Faculty at Survey Institutions
(n=102)
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Do Faculty Currently Use Digital Images?
(n=34)
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Percent Digital Images Used by
Faculty in the Past
(n=34)
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Percent Digital Images Currently Used by Instructional Faculty
(n=34)
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Ways Faculty Use Digital Images
(n=34)
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Ways Institutions Use Digital Images
(n=109)
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Number of Years Curator
in Current Position
(n=108)
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Responsibilities of
Visual Resources Curator (n=109)
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Tasks and the Person or Group Responsible (n=109)
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Primary Mover: Comparison of Curator, Curator/Faculty and Faculty Group Perceptions
(n=130)
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Strategies
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11 Key Actions
  • Build Collaborative Relationships
  • Share the Vision
  • Research and Plan
  • Obtain Images/Process for Prep
  • Use Computing Infrastructure
  • Provide Delivery Tools
  • Obtain Equipment
  • Recruit Expertise
  • Establish Policy and Procedure
  • Provide Training
  • Secure Funding


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Collaboration:  Six groups participating in the project
  • Seek Funding:  Art history faculty, Dean General Education
  • System Development:  Center for Instructional Technology staff
  • Content Development:  Libraries and Educational Technologies Division
  • Technology Classrooms: Media Resources Division and Administration
  • Technology Infrastructure: Offices of Computing Support and Tech Services
  • Technology Transfer: Academic Affairs Office, Administration and Finance Offices
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Lessons Learned
  • There is a technology learning curve for faculty
  • There is a content learning curve for technology developers
  • Technical infrastructure for teaching and learning is critical
  • Instructional design is an increasingly collaborative process, not only with faculty, which is inherent, but with technology organizations of the institution
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Keys to Continued Success
  • Communication–focus groups, departmental meetings
  • Evaluation and assessment—keeps system relevant
  • Integration of content from commercial and/or licensed image libraries
  • Collaboration with classroom media services and computing support to ensure appropriate infrastructure for system
  • Accuracy of images and data
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"Learn collaboration techniques"
  • Learn collaboration techniques
  • Become involved in professional activities
  • Keep current in the profession
  • Participate in continuing education
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Sources of Digital Images
(n=109)
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Sources of Digital Images for Faculty
(n=34)
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Sources of Licensed Images
(n=109)
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Person/Group Responsible for Licenses
(n=109)
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Image Delivery Tools
(n=109)
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Number of Tech Classrooms in Survey Institutions
(n=107)
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Percent Getting More Tech Classrooms
(n=108)
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Concerns
  • How will this affect me?
  • What are the potential threats?
  • How will I have to change?
  • How will my workspace/workday change?


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Faculty Concerns
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Survey Responses
  • “I am far too old to keep up with the technology.”
  • “If a projector bulb fails or the server is down, that particular class session is pretty much over.”
  • “I'm concerned about mastering the new technology, about obtaining enough images to teach with, about quality of reproduction.”


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Four Phases of Transition
  • Denial
  • Resistance
  • Exploration
  • Commitment
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Personality Types
  • Zealots
    • Innovators
    • Early Adopters
  • Bohicans
    • Late Adopters
    • Diehards
  • Bewildered Majority
    • Most of us


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How Can You Help?
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Web Addresses for
Workshop Materials
  • http://cit.jmu.edu/cit/presentations.asp
  • http://www.vraweb.org
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Contact Information
  • Christina (Tina) Updike
    Visual Resources Curator
    540.568.6588
    updikecb@jmu.edu
  • Sarah Cheverton
    Manager, Faculty Development
    540.568.3393
    cheverse@jmu.edu