WHAT Is Dogwood?
The Dogwood site will be an interdisciplinary, web-based, virtual learning environment of
teaching and resource materials
for the faculty, staff and students of the Virginia Community College System
(VCCS). The project site, when completed, will include web-based
courses (such as History of the Contemporary World),
course content modules (such as Troy Stories from Homer
to Virgil) and web resource sites (such as Franklin Roosevelt). The project will eventually
also provide:
- Technology support in a variety of forms
- Humanities Today: An Electronic Journal in
Support of Humanities Education
- Innovations: Tales of Faculty Technology Use
in the Classroom
- E-Talk: Technology Support Discussion Forum
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General humanities resources
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Electronic Expo: A Virtual Art Gallery
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Millenium Today: An Electronic Lecture Series
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VIVA: The VCCS Virtual Library
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LRC Today: Annotated Lists of Web Resources
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Informational resources
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Grant Activities and Projects in the VCCS
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Faculty participants in the Dogwood project
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Links to schools and marketing information
WHY Is Dogwood Necessary?
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Enable the VCCS and NVCC to provide leadership
in developing and using educational technology on the web.
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Allow faculty and staff to share their specialized
knowledge with their colleagues, staff and students in a clearly-designed, virtual environment.
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Provide students with learning opportunities
beyond those of the traditional classroom.
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Foster among Virginia's community colleges.
Materials at this site will be:
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interdisciplinary
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easily accessible
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easily revised
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available to the public
Benefits to students:
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create a classroom without walls.
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provide a wider range of available courses and materials.
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promote computer literacy.
Benefits to faculty:
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improve communication within and between
disciplines.
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provide more opportunity to teach specialized
subjects.
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improve computer literacy.
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provide access to pedagogical support for
using technology.
Benefits to institutions:
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maximize faculty and staff resources.
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centralize web courses and resources for
easier access and more visibility.
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provide a statewide marketing tool.
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encourage intercollege communication.
HOW to Proceed with Implementation
of Dogwood?
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Circulate RFPs to faculty interested in producing
web resource materials and/or courses in exchange for stipends and
reassigned time.
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Provide hands-on training and mentoring sessions
in Richmond.
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Draft, test, evaluate and revise course materials.
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Develop an infrastructure of technological
and pedagogical support.
WHO Is Involved with
Dogwood?
Dr. Charles Evans, associate professor
of History, Loudoun Campus, NVCC
E-mail: cevans@nvcc.edu
Personal Web Site:
http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/default.htm
Dr. Agatha Taormina, professor of English,
Loudoun Campus, NVCC
E-mail: ataormina@nvcc.edu
Personal Web Site:
http://www.nvcc.edu/home/nvtaora
Dr. Diane Thompson, professor of English,
Woodbridge Campus, NVCC
E-mail: dthompson@nvcc.edu
Personal Web Site:
http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/Troy/index.htm
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As individuals, this trio has significant
grant experience.
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As a unit, this trio has collaborated on two previous grants
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NEH Focus Study Grant: "Teaching the
Humanities in a World Wide Web Environment" (Spring 1998)
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NEH Faculty Study Seminar: "The History
and Cultures of Islam" (Summer 1994)
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Trio also has extensive experience in web design,
distance education and/or using web-based resources in the classroom.
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