About the Program

For the past eight years, one of the English Department's major initiatives in instructional technology has been the Technology Fellows program. Each year, this program has given six doctoral students in the department (Tech Fellows) an opportunity to participate in a 10-week non-credit seminar focused on teaching English with technology.

What happens during the Technology Fellows seminar?

In this seminar, which is led by a former technology fellow who has experience teaching with technology, Tech Fellows:

• read and discuss some of the research and theory about technology and English studies;

• learn to use major applications for teaching with technology (e.g., hypertext and web design, electronic peer review, synchronous discussions); and

• develop a substantial original technology project, which they present in a departmental forum late in the semester.

Why the Technology Fellows Program?

The Technology Fellows Program offers a variety of benefits, including the following:

• graduate students gain valuable professional training and an introduction to an increasingly important dimension of English studies.

• the department develops its own cadre of knowledgeable and experienced advocates and models for teaching with technology.

• undergraduates in the courses that Tech Fellows teach benefit from a technology-enriched curriculum.