ITS 098: Overview of T3 and the CTE

Title III (T3)

New River was awarded a five-year Title III grant which began on October 1, 2008 (and it ended on October 1, 2013). The $2 million project provided many opportunities for New River to enhance online student services and distance education. Through this grant New River did the following:

1. created new IVN classrooms on each New River campus (see diagram),
2. provided a faculty resource center focused on improving teaching, and
3. developed distance education courses and student services to address the needs of time and place bound students.

Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)

The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) was a faculty resource focused on instructional development and support. Ralph Payne, the Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, started at New River on April 2, 2009 and provided oversight of this resource. The CTE was located in room C3 on the Beckley Campus and provided many workshops and services at all New River campus locations. Equipment and software was purchased and was available to instructors working on course development projects. Most notably, these purchases included the Wimba Collaboration Suite and two high-end workstations with software for developing advanced media elements that can be incorporated into distance education courses. Addtionally, services offered through SCT Banner and ANGEL were enhanced so that time and place bound students had greater access to information and services necessary for academic success at New River.

Workshop Activities

Instructors received a 30-minute overview of the T3 grant activities and a tour of the CTE as part of their participation in this project. In addition, instructors completed the READI assessment and the Distance Education Checklist as part of our data collection. The full training agenda is available below:

1. Cohort 1 Training Agenda (PDF)
2. Cohort 2 Training Agenda (PDF) (revised version)
3. Cohort 3 Training Agenda (PDF)
4. Cohort 4 Training Agenda (PDF)
5. Cohort 4.5 Training Agenda (PDF)
6. Cohort 5 Training Agenda (PDF)