Retrofitting Academe: Adapting Faculty Attitudes and Practices to Technology

LeAne Rutherford and Sheryl Grana
T.H.E. Journal, Sept. 1995, p. 82-86

This paper notes the importance of incorporating technology in curricula, and some issues that prevent instructors from learning new technologies. The issues are: fear of change, fear of time commitment, fear of appearing incompetent, fear of techno lingo, fear of techno failure, fear of not knowing where to start, fear of being married to bad choices, fear of having to more backward to go forward, and fear or rejection or reprisals. Strategies to overcome these fears are to: be realistic, decide who's boss, ease into the technological flow, become familiar with techno-culture, play, network with others, and reverse roles.

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