Course Administration: The Often Neglected Component of Technology Infusion

Abstract

Technology infusion and new pedagogical methods create an extra load on the faculty that introduces them. However, course administration techniques, that enhance the instructor's working capabilities to cope with this extra load, are seldom provided. This sometimes leads to failures in faculty development efforts. In this article, we discuss real life experiences in teaching technology infusion and modern pedagogical methodology while also including course administration techniques. We present such experiences in Third World institutions where, due to economic and infrastructure limitations, tools such as Course Administration Software cannot be used. We instead substitute them with standard software tools, which are then integrated with modern pedagogical and technical principles, into our entire teaching approach. Examples and results are presented.