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2008 Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning

Peer-to-Peer Development with Media-Rich Faculty Case Studies Gail Matthews-DeNatale, Ph.D. Associate Director, Academic Technology Elizabeth Santiago, Ed.M. Senior Instructional Designer, Academic Technology. 2008 Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning. Presentation Agenda.

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2008 Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning

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  1. Peer-to-Peer Development with Media-Rich Faculty Case StudiesGail Matthews-DeNatale, Ph.D.Associate Director, Academic TechnologyElizabeth Santiago, Ed.M.Senior Instructional Designer, Academic Technology 2008 Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning

  2. Presentation Agenda • Simmons & Blended Learning • Faculty PD Strategies: Show of Hands • The Conundrum • About the Case Studies • Case Study Tour • Pair/Share: Uses and Wish List

  3. About Simmons • 100+ years old • Private college located in Boston • 5,000 students (1/2 grad, 1/2 undergrad) • Women’s undergrad college and five co-educational grad schools • Small university

  4. Blended Learning @ Simmons • 2006-07 • Shared Academic Technology Vision (campus-wide process) • Blended learning identified as a priority • 2008-10 • Awarded a Sloan “Localness” grant to • Blend two programs • Develop infrastructure and policies in support of blended • Articulate model congruent with “high touch” campus culture

  5. Blended Learning @ Simmons • Progress • Official policies authorized in support of blended • Support documents for Curriculum Committees • Twice annual faculty institute (based on UW-M) • 37 Simmons faculty and staff have participated • 20 courses have been blended • Project assessment instruments created, in implementation • Good so far, but there are challenges

  6. Strategies: Show of Hands • How many of your institutions • Hold annual conferences or showcases of exemplary faculty use of technology for teaching? • Host “faculty lunches” or other opportunities for peer-to-peer sharing? • Offer intensive faculty institutes or multi-week faculty seminars … with faculty as presenters and facilitators?

  7. Strategies: Show of Hands How many of these events … • If You Organized Them • Were difficult to schedule at a time people could attend? • Lacked “critical mass” and key people weren’t there? • Overstretched staff and faculty presenter resources? • Felt like “one shots” that didn’t add up to much? • If You Wanted/Did Go • Took place at a time that you couldn’t attend? • Would have been better if attended by a peer cohort? • Needed to go into more detail to inform your teaching? • Could have been more useful if they were documented?

  8. The Conundrum • Faculty feel they learn best from one another • Faculty prefer self-paced and/or informal (one-on-one mentoring), as opposed to formal formats • Time is a precious commodity for most faculty • Potential faculty mentors have limited capacity and availability • Source: Taylor and McQuiggan (Educause Quarterly, September 2008)

  9. Simmons Model for PD Instructor w/o prior blended experience Participate in one week intensive institute, plans and receives feedback Institute outcome includes a course redesign plan Option 1: Develop in consultation with ID Plan + ID Option 2: Developw/o ID consultation Experienced faculty contribute to future institutes & workshops • Builds a faculty community of support for blended • Butsuccess depends on presence of faculty presenters • Through ethnographic documentation, use f2f to build virtual

  10. Ethnographic Case Studies • Include • Video Interview • Course Tour • Sample Course Materials(Modules, Assignments) • Recommended Exercises for Blended Course Redesign • Glossary of Terms • Designed to also be used as learning modules

  11. Ethnographic Case Studies • Use Scenarios • Face-to-face institutes or blended institutes • Fully online professional development (especially for adjuncts) • Scheduled asynchronous (faculty available online as discussants) • Self-paced independent See Case Study Tour

  12. About the Case Studies Ten faculty cases planned for 08-09, eight are “in the can,” and topics include: • The “Faculty-Instructional Designer” relationship • Involving students in online journaling • Writing online course materials & assignments • Personalizing your writing tone • Designing blended group assignments • Top “10 Tips” for course redesign • Authoring discussion prompts and facilitation • Involving students in multimedia production • From CATs to BLATs • Strategies for supporting blended students

  13. Pair/Share: Uses and Wishes • If a series of cases like these were available to you, how would you use them at your institution? • What features would be most important to you? What could be omitted? What could be added? • What additional topics would you like to see in a series like this?

  14. Thank You To receive notification on the release of the cases, please use the sign-up sheet or email gmdenatale@simmons.edu

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