Andy Jones, Program Manager

Spring 2008 FMFP Speaker Series (with video)

The Faculty Mentoring Faculty Program provides UC Davis faculty an opportunity to mentor and to learn from other faculty interested in instructional technology and innovative teaching. Participants will learn about tools such as SmartSite, the new suite of web-based course management tools that will improve upon and eventually replace the current tools faculty use to instruct and communicate with their students. The mentoring program’s success will depend upon participants sharing their discoveries and expertise with fellow faculty and with the program manager, and building formal and informal networks of faculty who seek effective and innovative ways to meet their teaching goals. Supporting all FMFP participants will be ET Partners, thoroughly-trained undergraduates who stand ready to help faculty better understand emerging instructional technologies.

Managed by Andy Jones, a longtime user of instructional technology at UC Davis, the Faculty Mentoring Faculty Program will guide faculty through the technical and pedagogical opportunities offered by the many tools offered by SmartSite. The Faculty Mentoring Faculty Program will also serve as a conduit of information and ideas about teaching and instructional technology between UC Davis faculty, The Teaching Resources Center, and Mediaworks (ATS).

Incentives to Participating Faculty

• One-on-one tutorials and consultations with Faculty Mentoring Faculty Program manager Andy Jones
• Instructional and technological support from a student ET Partner from the ET Partners program
• SmartSite Technical support from Mediaworks (ATS) managers and programmers

Responsibilities of Participating Faculty

• Attending relevant demonstrations (preferably with a colleague!)
• Meeting with new program participants to discuss teaching with technology
• Meeting with Mediaworks (ATS) representatives to ask and answer questions about new applications and procedures
• Helping to arrange departmental demonstrations and identify other potential users.

Faculty interested in becoming mentors should contact Andy Jones, Faculty Mentoring Faculty Program Manager, at aojones@ucdavis.edu or 752-3408.