Name: Niki Aguirre, Keith Dorwick, Jim Fletcher, Sajjad Lateef. Ken McAllister, James J. SosnoskiInstitution: The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
E-mail Address: aaguir1@uic.edu, kdorwick@uic.edu, fletcher@uic.edu, sajjad@uic.edu, mesmer@uic.edu, sosnoski@uic.edu
Format: Panel discussion
Suggested Audience: Faculty, Staff and Students of Academic Departments; Computer Center Staff interested in working with Academic Professionals; Instructional Technologists; all members of SIGUCCS
Presentation Outcome:
1. conceptualize the structure that would allow them to begin the construction (or to assist others in the construction) of a virtual department that will be able to carry on some or all of the work of a given academic unit
2. know some of the techniques used in the building of e-works, the virtual counter-part of the English Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago
3. be more aware of the institutional forces and pressures that will drive decisions concerning the transfer of academic work to cyberspace.
Presentation Content:
e-works, the virtual counterpart to the English Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), is both a collection of individuals interested in the problems and opportunities created by teaching in cyberspace with the aid of computers and other new and sometime frightening technologies, and an environment in which those individuals can and do work. At present, there are several projects in development including: a major symposium, the TicToc Project, which looks at teaching in electronic environments and which is expected to conclude with a major publication featuring such nationally known figures as Cynthia L. Selfe, Eric Crump, Cynthia Haynes, and David Downing; a Ph.D. level dissertation; a series of web pages, syllabi and other course materials; and a growing number of working relationships with students, staff, and faculty both in and out of the English Department, including members of the university wide administration, as well as members of the computer center staff. Our presentation will demonstrate the various e-works projects that are underway during the ACM SIGUCCS convention in Chicago, and allow attendees the opportunity to ask questions so that they might begin the process of setting up virtual departments in their own fields or supporting academic professionals in the various disciplines. The presenters represent the wide range of people working to build e-works, including graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, and staff from the English Department, from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, and from the Client Services Office of the UIC Academic