AUB - Faculty Support

Faculty Support

Faculty Support at ACPS gives the opportunity for AUB faculty members to effectively use technology in their teaching. The ACPS team offers workshops on a semester basis on the use of the LMS (Moodle), Effective Teaching with Technology, Blended Learning and much more. In addition to the workshops, we offer custom sessions and consultation to all faculty members who want to enrich their courses and enhance their research through the use of technology.

General Information

ACPS Faculty Support

Is available at no charge to all AUB faculty members
Is offered to individuals or to groups
Includes demonstrations and hands-on practice
Is supported by handouts, tutorials and online resources
Is designed to be interactive and collaborative

Types of Faculty Support

There are 3 types of support on E-learning applications and instructional technologies:

Custom Sessions for individuals and groups of faculty members
Scheduled Workshops on Moodle and other topics

Topics

Moodle	Multimedia Applications
Effective Teaching with Technology	Blended Course Redesign
E-Portfolio	Other

Scheduled Workshops

ACPS workshops are usually offered on a semester basis and aim to assist faculty members in integrating technology into their teaching. They are held at the ACPS lab in Van Dyck Annex and usually range from 1.5 hours to 2 hours in length.

Custom Sessions

Custom Sessions at ACPS are offered on any of the topics mentioned above. Once you choose a topic you would like to have a session on, fill out the Request a Session form. The form should be submitted at least 48 hours before the chosen date. An email will be sent back to you confirming the date, time and location of your session. If you have not received a confirmation email within 24 hours, please call us at extension 3580. If you cannot attend a session that you requested, please inform us by phone (3580) or by email at acps@aub.edu.lb

Request a Custom Session

Consultation

The ACPS Instructional Designers offer consultation services to all faculty members on Face-to-Face, Web-Enhanced, Blended and Online instructional methods. Consultation happens on a one-on-one basis between a faculty member and an assigned Instructional Designer (ID). Once you have met with an ID, he/she will become your assigned ID.

Our consultation services include:

Web-Enhanced and Blended Course Redesign

Designing and/or improving effective Web-Enhanced courses on Moodle
Structuring online components of a course based on sound instructional design principles
Designing and/or redesigning Blended courses

Online Course Development

Learning assessment and needs analysis
Developping High-level design plan
Support integration of technology tools with Moodle courses
Support during delivery
Maintenance and improvement

Learning Object Creation

Gathering requirements from faculty members
Proposing possible development solutions
Defining workflow
Testing and implementation

Course Evaluation

Course structure and online activity design
Course assessment with rubrics following instructional design principles
Student feedback

Course Enrichment

Innovative advice on the use of multimedia tools
Creative delivery methods
Suggestions to enrich student experience

Once you are ready to request a consultation session, send an email to acps@aub.edu.lb. An email will be sent back to you confirming the date, time and location of your consultation. If you have not received a confirmation email within 24 hours, please call us at extension 3580. If you cannot attend a consultation session that you requested, please inform us by phone (3580) or by email at acps@aub.edu.lb