Avenue Program Standards for Technology-Enhanced Language Learning 2 c. Staff, instructors and learners get timely notice about technology related program directives such as funding approval, equipment and infrastructure renewal. Best use of technology comes when people have time for training and reflection. Advance notice also gives technology users time to suggest improvements and accept changes. d. Staff, instructors and learners are consulted on instructional technology needs before purchasing decisions are made. Users of the technology have an important perspective on what they need in order to do their best work. Having an opportunity to comment on decisions that will affect them encourages buy-in and effective use of classroom technology. e. Upper administrators seek and consider input from local administrators and instructors on technology-related decisions. Surprise directives rarely go well. Those at all levels, including upper administrators, should take concerns and suggestions of those who will be doing the implementation into account for best results in terms of acceptance and effective use. Reflection: Who sets program standards and processes in your program? How are all stakeholders, including learners, involved? How much do upper administrators take the concerns of implementers and users into account when setting technology policies? Self-assessment ☐ The program has established ways that allow administrators at all levels, staff, and instructors to collaborate on instruction-related technology decisions. ☐ The program has established ways that allow learners, where applicable, to collaborate on instruction-related technology decisions. ☐ The program provides timely notice about technology-related program directives to staff, instructors, and learners. (See Appendix for full self-assessment.) PI 1.2 Administrators, staff, instructors, and learners work together to implement effective technology adoption and use in the program. a. Administrators, staff, instructors, and learners collaborate to encourage appropriate and effective ongoing technology implementation and use. Technology changes constantly. A team effort is the most productive way to ensure that technology changes are implemented effectively, with buy-in from users. Bottom-up and top-down efforts are essential to making change widely accepted and as smooth as possible. Programs should have a systematic, ongoing process for broad collaboration. b. Learners are given opportunities to provide feedback, including anonymously, on how effectively technology is being implemented to meet their needs. Adult learners bring their own perspectives to the technology used in learning language, whether in their classrooms or at home. Decisions will be better accepted and more easily implemented when learners feel they have had a say in them. c. Administrators see themselves as change agents in effective technology use, working with instructors and learners to enhance outcomes.
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