Travelers of the Electronic Highway

Name: Sharon Sledge and Lisa Mix

Institution: Cornell University

E-mail Address: ss22@cornell.edu and lhg1@cornell.edu

Title of Presentation: Travelers of the Electronic Highway (TEH)

Format: Conference Workshop

Suggested Audience: Anyone interested in teaching the internet to students

Presentation Outcome:

1. Planning a Train the Trainer Program

2. Coordinating and Scheduling workshops

3. Presenting curriculum

Presentation Content:

A university in the information age must provide its students with the means and the know how to effectively utilize electronic information resources. With the rate of computer and network use on campus steadily climbing there is a greater need to educate and assist incoming students in the use of electronic information resources. This workshop will give the audience the tools they need to successfully utilize the paradigm of "students teaching students" internet basics.

I.   History of the Travelers of the Electronic Highway Workshop (TEH)
        A) Requires 5000 students to attend a TEH workshop within a five
           day period.

II.  Creation of the Train the Trainer Program (TTT)
        A) Hire student trainers
        B) Developing the content of the TTT program
               a) TEH teaching techniques
               b) Detail of class setup and teaching responsibilities
               c) Troubleshooting problems

III. Developing the TEH workshop
        A) Creating the curriculum
               a) PowerPoint presentation w/video
        B) Coordinating computer labs
        C) Scheduling classes and instructors
        D) Registration process
        E) Preparing documentation

IV.  What we've learned
        A) Re-evaluating the process
        B) Feedback