Search Terms for Non-Program Resources

In searching for non-program resources, administrators and teachers should consider a broad range of terms to locate potential resources. The local situation and type of faculty development can help guide in the creation of a list of key terms. Even if a particular program is not looking to develop distance education, online courses, or web-based curriculum, those terms might lead to web sites or pages with other useful resources in an area that is directly appropriate to the program. Thus, creative searching strategies can help to locate the type of training useful to a program.

The following terms were gathered in cross-referenced searches for technology resources and through searches of a range of media related to technology issues. From corporate white papers to scholarly works on technology, this list offers terms to help guide your own search for resources. If you are interested in general information about teacher training, categories like "faculty development" and "technology teacher training" can yield that type of information. Terms such as "e-learning" and "online curriculum" can provide information and resources that are more directly associated with particular software packages or specific university initiatives. Remember to conduct searches through both your institution's search engine (which only searches your institution's web site) and other search engines (Altavista, Google, etc.). Your success at finding non-program training opportunities that fit your program's needs will depend upon some creative exploration.

Here are some possible search terms:
 

faculty technology training	educational technology
faculty development	online curriculum
faculty education	online learning
faculty learning resources	online teaching
faculty center	e-learning
faculty resources	e-teaching
faculty technology resources	web curriculum
faculty computer resources	web-based curriculum
faculty training development	web-delivered courses
professional development	computer teaching
technology teacher training	computer training
teacher training initiatives	computer literacy
teacher training programs	distance education
teacher development	distance learning
teacher education	distributed education
teaching with technology	distributed learning
teaching with computers	instructional development
teaching with multimedia	instructional support
computer-mediated teaching	instructional design
computer-mediated learning	course management tools
computer-enhanced education	course design
computer-enhanced curriculum	multimedia teaching
computer-enhanced pedagogy	multimedia training
computer-assisted instruction	multimedia learning
computer-assisted education	multimedia instruction
computer-integrated instruction	multimedia literacy