Links to project models:

These models provide a way to explore the system and get a feel for how it works. The models are not functional; no data is stored in a database as is done with the real application. The real application is limited to Clemson University employees and can not be accessed by others. If you have questions about the Faculty Activity System, please feel free to contact me.

• Faculty Activity System Model Version 1
• Faculty Activity System Model Version 2
• Faculty Activity System Model Version 3

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Links to Presentations:

• Southern Association of Institutional Research Proposal (SAIR) 2001 - Communicating Faculty Work Outside the Academy
• SAIR Presentation 2001
• SAIR Proposal 2005 - Dynamic Web Fact Book

Links to other personal pages:

• Curriculum Vitae

Current Projects:

Development of a system to collect information on faculty work. I was involved in the development of the initial database design and concept for data collection forms. In cooperation with a team initially head by Ches Martin and currently headed by Linda Montgomery at DCIT, the Faculty Activity System was created and tested in the spring of 1998. Revisions were completed during the summer and the system will be available to the entire faculty in the fall of 1998. Any employee can view the application Home Page. Faculty could access the system beginning 15 September 1998. As a part of the system I was assigned the development of the Help files. In addition, I developed a static model of the system that was used for demonstrations at training sessions across campus. This was needed because not all meeting sites had access to the Web site for the real application. This project was presented at the 1998 Annual SAIR Conference in Savannah, GA.  An update on the progress of the project was given at the 1999 Annual SAIR Conference in Chattanooga, TN. Both the PowerPoint presentation and the proposal paper are available from this site.

Development of database applications for Institutional Research. Currently in development is an application for automatic processing of text files that are the source for updating the CHEMIS database maintained in the Office of Institutional Research. This database is a duplicate of the information supplied to the Commission on Higher Education each semester.

Monitoring faculty credentials. Credentials for all faculty are periodically monitored and reports are prepared for administrative units and to support Performance Funding measurements that affect State funding. This application was developed in MS Access.

Survey of specific general education competencies. As Clemson University moves toward fully integrating general education within discipline programs, we need to determine which specific competencies are being supported by courses included in each program. Once this has been determined, we can begin to monitor student artifacts to assess success in student learning. The survey application will create a database that can support future assessment endeavors.

Faculty Book. This web application was designed to provide a searchable database that would allow members to find others with similar interests. It includes an entry from each member, describing their primary interests and supports searches for words in these entries as well as any title for a grant or proposal. We hope that it will be of value as we replace a large number of faculty over the next few years.

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