Personnel Preparation Through Collaboration: Personnel Preparation Through Collaboration: The Deaf Education Online Collaborative The Deaf Education Online Collaborative

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Personnel Preparation Through Collaboration: Personnel Preparation Through Collaboration: The Deaf Education Online Collaborative The Deaf Education Online Collaborative

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Harold Johnson/Professor – Kent State UniversityHarold Johnson/Professor – Kent State University

February 19, 2003February 19, 2003Deaf Ed. Catalyst Grant Advisory Council MeetingDeaf Ed. Catalyst Grant Advisory Council Meeting

San Antonio, TX San Antonio, TX

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Presentation Outline• Our growing community• Our Web resource• Our Faculty Work• Our Challenge

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Our Growing Community

• The following maps demonstrate something rather remarkable that had happened during the course of the last two years…– the growth of an on-line community of

learners for Deaf Education

• Each “dot” represents ten individuals that have become registered users of the Deaf Education Web site (www.deafed.net)

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Registered users on 1/1/01

Total website registrations: 0

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Registered users - 6/30/01

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Total website registrations: 1222

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Registered users - 1/1/02

Total website registrations: 3689

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Registered users - 6/30/02

Total website registrations: 6312

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Registered users - 1/1/03

Total website registrations: 9099

Current # of registrations: 10,022 [2/24/03]

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A Description of our community

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Deafed Teacher Preparation Programs and Schools for the

Deaf

Key:

•Teacher preparation program

•Participating teacher preparation program

•State school for the deaf

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Our Web Resource• Our Search Engine

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Our Job & Resume Bank

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Our Calendar of Events

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Our Topical Teams of Experts

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Our “Best of the Web”

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Our Cyber Mentors

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Our Scholarships

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Our Document & Web Link Database

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Our Faculty Work• C-1: Syllabi Use – 75• C-2: Case Studies – 12• C-3: Grant Writing – 13• C-4: Course Enhancements

– a: Web Activities – 48– b: Cyber Mentors – 28– c: Cyber Tutors – 7– d: Cyber Pen Pals – 10– e: Web Page Dev. - 8

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… Our Faculty Work (cont.) • C-5: Cur. Dev. Teams – 17• C-6: Dev. Of Case Stu. – 15• C-7: Portfolios – 24• C-8: K-12 Tech. Settings – 7• C-9: Faculty Dev. Forums – 209• C-10: Web Enhanced Courses – 52• C-11: On-Line Courses - 11

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… Our Faculty Work (cont.)• C-12: Collaboration

– a: Multi-Faculty – 51– b: K-12 School Programs – 21– c: Regional/National Projects – 47– d: Master Teacher Iden. – 47

• C-13: Topical Teams – 44• C-14: Other – 102

Total Choices To Date: 817

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Our Challenge• To recognize the value of what we have

accomplished.• To maintain and enhance the resources,

collaborative opportunities and community that we have established.

• To trust and listen to one another as we search for additional funds and additional collaborative partners.

• Such trust and listening will be the focus of our afternoon session.

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Thank You