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What we’ve begun to talk about …

Faculty Support & Development Back 5 Years and Forward 2(?) Years What Worked, What Didn’t Work, What’s Next Part II – The Conversation Continues – July 25, 2008 Steve Gilbert, Bonnie Mullinix, Sally Gilbert, … and You. What we’ve begun to talk about ….

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What we’ve begun to talk about …

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  1. Faculty Support & DevelopmentBack 5 Years and Forward 2(?) YearsWhat Worked, What Didn’t Work, What’s NextPart II – The Conversation Continues – July 25, 2008Steve Gilbert, Bonnie Mullinix, Sally Gilbert, … and You

  2. What we’ve begun to talk about … • What’s worked?– what’s proved valuable? • What hasn’t worked?– what’s been disappointing, unwanted, missing…? • What’s next? – what’s hoped for/needed?

  3. What we will talk about… • What you want us to explore and discuss in TLT Group’s Future FridayLive! Sessions and Online Symposium on Faculty Development and Support • Tuesdays 1-2pm ET August 5, 12, 19 & Sept 9, 2008 • Registration – free to TLT Group Individual Members (anyone affiliated with a TLT Group Subscriber Institution is eligible for a free Individual Membership) • Prerequisite for Participation: Prepare to ask a question or Prepare to make a request, make a recommendation, make an offer, or make a commitment.

  4. For more info, suggestions • gilbert@tltgroup.org • See Google Doc: <http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ah77rqpdrwgj_339d7svgrg6>or http://tinyurl.com/TLTG-FacDev

  5. “Faculty/Professional Development/Support”Activities and Resources to Help Improve Teaching and Learning (with Technology) Most colleges and universities provide a variety of activities and resources to help faculty members improve teaching and learning with technology.  "Faculty Development" is a term used widely in the United States that includes the full set of these activities and resources offered at a single college or university (and is not limited to services involving technology). We use “Faculty Development” and “Faculty Support” and recognize that these are not synonyms and that terminology matters.

  6. How we do Faculty Dev/SupportStrategies, Activities, & Approaches On this poll – options based on what we learned 7/11/2008 - “check” all of the following activities, resources, approaches, or strategies that are offered at your institution for faculty support/development – at least once per year: Institute or “boot camp”: group work (sometimes with individual projects) lasting many days Workshops – entirely face-to-face; ½- 2 days Workshops – entirely face-to-face; 1-3 hours Short sessions – entirely face-to-face; less than 1 hour Support staff with disciplinary expertise who work mostly or only with departments in similar field Consultations (one-on-one, classroom visits, etc.) Online support (guided demonstrations, online orientations, courses, chat rooms, etc.) Faculty Learning Communities/Working Groups Mini-grants for individuals Idea updates – Newsletters, emails, podcasts, RSS feeds Other (please enter your additional categories in the chat room)

  7. Valuable – Last 5 Years In the July 11, 2008 FridayLive! Session, ~ 20 participants/contributors responded with ~ 200 text chat comments to the following question:During the past five years, what are some faculty support activities and resources provided by your own institution that were especially useful, valuable?  Why? [In future uses of this question, we’ll urge respondents not to exclude activities or resources that provided themselves!]

  8. Valuable – Overview of What We Said 7/11 • Events that highlight faculty (and student)/ Teaching & Learning accomplishments, expertise, innovations, experience [35%] • Targeted faculty events (aimed at specific categories of faculty or at specific topics) [25%] • Faculty learning communities [20%] • One-on-one consultation/support [20%] • Mini-grants [10%] • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) [10%] • Low-Threshold Activities/Applications & Brief Workshops [from TLTG] • Other[30%] - POD Innovations, certificate programs, responsiveness, “going to them,” inviting all, trying everything, etc.

  9. Valuable – Highlighting Faculty (and Student) Expertise, Innovations & Experience [35%] Engaging faculty members as resources and leaders in faculty development/support activities for improving teaching and learning with technology • Faculty Teaching and Learning Showcase - and other ways to highlight faculty innovations or accomplishments in teaching, learning and technology. • Faculty sharing their experiences in faculty development events • Faculty participate in sessions that other faculty lead! • Cracker Barrels (see Jane Harris) • Common starting point – faculty member shares with colleagues and helps disseminate

  10. What Else Works? What else has worked well during the past 5 years? What else do these examples make you think of?

  11. Disappointing, Unwanted, or MissingFaculty Support Activities & Resources - Last 5 Years During the past five years, what are some faculty support activities and resources provided by your own institution that you would identify as instructive disappointments?  Why? 

  12. What you said 7/11/2008 was Disappointing, Unwanted, or Missing • Training not implemented[15%] • Poor Attendance at events/offerings[15%] • Backlash against technology[15%](challenges of online teaching, perceived as too difficult/complex, too many demands – technology comes last) • No policy/support procedures in place for online teaching [10%] • Too Many Demands/Oversaturation [10%] • Other [5%] • Underutilized Resources • Lost personnel - not replaced • Tenure is still based on research • “Classroom discipline problems" that technology doesn't address

  13. What ElseHas Been Disappointing, Unwanted, Missing? What else have you found to be disappointing, unwanted or missing during the last 5 years?

  14. What Should We Do Next?Faculty Support Activities & Resources in the Next 2-5 Years During the next two to five years, what services and resources should your institution provide?  Continuations? Improvements? New? Why?

  15. What you said July 11, 2008 We Should Do Next • Identify Strategies for Increasing Attendance/Participation in Faculty Development Activities/Programs [25%] • Keep pedagogy central and in the forefront [20%] • SoTL (also at community college level)  [10%] • Other[5% each] • Promoting follow-through/adoption of TL best practice/innovations - turning interest into practice/adoption • Cataloging and annotating LTA web 2.0 tools for T&L • Institutional policy, resources and support for faculty to teach online/integrate technology

  16. What Else Should be Done Next at Your Institution?

  17. Continuing Conversations – Next? Future FridayLive! Sessions TLT Group’s Online Symposium on Faculty Development and Support Tuesdays 1-2pm ET August 5, 12, 19 & Sept 9, 2008 Registration – free to TLT Group Individual Members (anyone affiliated with a TLT Group Subscriber Institution is eligible for a free Individual Membership) Prerequisite for Participation: Prepare to ask a question or Prepare to make a request, make a recommendation, make an offer, or make a commitment. Continuing Thread of Friday Live! Sessions (e.g. focus often on Faculty Development/Support, guided by what we have been learning in July & August, 2008)

  18. What & Who’s Next? • Topics, Themes or Issues we should address? • Whom would you like to have as a guest presenter? [Include yourself!] • Future FridayLive! - Fridays 2pm ET • Online SymposiumTuesday 1-2pm ET August 5, 12, 19 & Sept 9, 2008

  19. Some Topics, Themes, Issues We’re Already Considering (1) • Faculty as ResourceLeaders and Compassionate Pioneers(ing) • Small Steps (includes LTAs, BHWs) • Small Groups (variation on “viral dissemination”) • Rationales Convincing arguments • Case Studies or Scenarios • For explanations of above, see: http://tinyurl.com/TLTG-FacDev

  20. Some Topics, Themes, Issues We’re Already Considering (2) • Constructive Responses to DiversityAmong Students and Faculty • Individual Independent Usage • Engaging Words, Styles • Inter- & Intra-institutional Collaboration • Evaluation/Research on Impact, Tradeoffs Among Strategies • Hybrid and Online Options • CaringThe 8th Principle? • For explanations of above, see: http://tinyurl.com/TLTG-FacDev

  21. For more info, suggestions • gilbert@tltgroup.org • See Google Doc: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ah77rqpdrwgj_339d7svgrg6 or http://tinyurl.com/TLTG-FacDev

  22. STOP!

  23. Disappointing, Unwanted, or Missing What TLTG Has Noticed Limited Resources - Too few resources, services, studies, rewards, allocated to faculty in using IT as lever for better teaching, learning Peripheral Budgets for faculty development – support for TLT innovation not (yet) treated as core to institution Too little attention to keeping teaching/learning as central focus– insufficient attention to tradeoffs/considering what might be lost by using technology inappropriately or problems that might arise Too little emphasis on how to take instructional advantage of available/low cost tools - such as Skype, cell phones

  24. What’s Next?What TLTG hopes to do (2)

  25. What’s Next?What TLTG hopes to do (1) Better support and reward for Compassionate Pioneers and acts of Compassionate Pioneering - Network of faculty from different institutions frequently discussing how to improve teaching the ‘same’ course Systematic harvesting, distribution of LTAs (Low-Threshold Applications and Activities) Develop/Integrate resources and services around key teaching/learning activities More TLT scenarios/cases that can be used to help prepare faculty for IT integration (see: http://tinyurl.com/66dpbl)) Services and resources on IT-enabled strategies for dealing with diversity (in courses, workshops) Workshops helping faculty use course management systems and other technology tools in ways that fit their disciplines, students, and their own strengths as teachers (e.g., this TLT Group workshop: http://tinyurl.com/4fzs8r) More strategic planning for faculty support that it help advance institutional goals (e.g. undergraduate research)

  26. Continuing Conversations – Where to Next? Continuing Thread of Friday Live! Sessions • When? • One week each month? (which one?) • At the POD Network Conference? • Other Conferences? • What? • Faculty Development Strategies • POD Innovation Awards (“Bright Ideas”) • Increasing Attendance at Faculty Development • Faculty Leaders – Strategies for highlighting and using expertise • Being Responsive – Using interest surveys to tailor practice and offerings

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