Faculty Development across the California State University System

PresentersCherie Vinopal, CSU San MarcosBrett Christie, Sonoma State UniversityDeone Zell, CSU NorthridgeMaggie Beers, San Francisco State University

Facilitator: John Whitmer, CSU Office of the Chancellor

Campus Contexts

Speaker Campus FTE (09-10) Adoption Date

Cherie Vinopal CSU San Marcos 7,405 2010

Brett Christie Sonoma State University 7,373 2011

Deone Zell CSU Northridge 26,689 2010

Maggie Beers San Francisco State University 25,042 2007

California State UniversitySan Marcos

Cherie VinopalInstructional Developer

WebCT to Moodle in 60 seconds Training needs HUGE..How to do it in 9 months?

– Pilot: 10% of faculty trained in first three months

– Next three months- 50% of faculty: Moodle orientations (2 hours) WebCT content

conversions “moving to a new house”. Individual tool trainings Open labs Online resources (CSU Quickguides) Best practice examples or events Remaining faculty either self taught or not LMS

users

Which of the training modalities worked for new users?

Controlling Expectations

Moodle Module/Plug-in upgrades– Process for changing or adding tools.

– Training needs associated with each new tool. We surveyed our faculty on training needs

– How are we doing?

– What do you want to learn?

Increasing Faculty Adoption

Challenges in training and increasing users– Faculty aren’t always on campus

– Faculty want one-to-one support now

– We are now at the “business as usual” phase Next steps:

– Focus on student learning outcomes

– Course rebuilding

– Pairing with librarians and departments

Possible Next Steps

New ways to help faculty with specific needs– Better align our ISDs with departments and

librarians to increase usage and student learning outcomes.

– Online webcasts for faculty who are not always on campus. Why not?

– Continue with our open lab drop in hours for 1-1 support with an instructional developer

– Skype trainings

Moodle Efforts atSonoma State University

Brett Christie, Ph.D.

Research Process and Commitment

Review of multiple LMS, 2008-2010– CSU Master enabling agreement– SSU review: ATAC, CIO, Provost

SSU Moodle Leadership Team– Barbara Butler, Dean, University Library– Barbara Moore, Director, Web Services– Brett Christie, Director, Faculty Development

CSU Moodle Consortium & CIG; LMSS– Visit and presentation by CSUMB and SFSU

Pilot Efforts: Learning and Growing

Pilot 1, Summer-Fall 2009– Online training– 10 faculty @ 1 course each

Pilot 2, Summer-Fall 2010– F2F launch, online courses– 20 faculty; 70 courses– Interdisciplinary; programs; accreditation– Migration a major focus across campus

Pilot 3, Winter-Spring 2011– F2F launch, online training– 20 faculty

Communication Efforts

Through relevant committees and groups, ongoing Announcement to campus, February 2010 Presentations to schools, chairs councils SSU Moodle site launch (updates, resources) Pilot 1 Demo and Open Forum, Spring 2010 Moodle informational fliers Pilot Demo and Open Forum, Fall 2010

– Sharing pedagogy, models, data Training: “Moodle Basics” and “More About Moodle”

Conclusions and Outlook

CSU Moodle Consortium has been essential! Base faculty group functioning. How to elevate? Student users pleased. How to increase access & use? Majority of faculty not using. How to attract more? Efforts have been successful but small-scale

– Need more training and redesign opportunities– Need instructional design support– Need campus online course policy and support – Need (modest) incentives

Training fee, stipend, software, recognition

SSU Moodle Links & Contact

www.sonoma.edu/moodle– Resources, posters, data, pilot CFPs

www.sonoma.edu/it/training– Trainings offered

Brett.Christie@sonoma.edu Barbara.Moore@sonoma.edu

California State University, Northridge

Deone Zell

Moodle Timeline and Usage

2 years

Diving Deeper

1. Multiple delivery methods

2. Self-service

3. Special sites

4. Integrations

5. Encouraging innovation

6. Mining the data

Training Challenge

> 2000 faculty 50% PT Varied schedules Diverse learning

styles Many new to

online teaching

Faculty Preferences

1. Multiple Delivery Methods *

Face-to-face workshops 1-on-1 support from staff CSUN Moodle Community Lynda.com Moodle Guides Student FAQs Teaching & Learning Bytes Quickguides Customized gradebook “Hidden gems” videos

* Delivered by tripartite team

2. Self-Service

• Combine sections• Create sandbox• Special site

3. Special Sites (150+) Campus services Department sites Administrative training Student tutoring Career services Student advisement Graduate faculty Retreat planning Alumni groups Research collaborations

Content repositories Organizations and clubs Student evaluations Course evaluations Internships New student orientations Field studies Faculty elections

4. Integrations

Current– Elluminate (web conferencing)– Turnitin (originality checker)– Respondus (quiz creation)– ASCII Math Filter (scientific notation)– Library (can be embedded in courses)

Future– TurningPoint (student response systems)– StudyMate (activities and games

8%

47%

32%10%

3%

CSUN Numbers in Red

5. Encouraging Innovation

Take advantage of the bulge Leave instance flexible Flexibility breeds innovation Faculty share with us and

community “Tips and tricks” user group

6. Mining the Data – in the future

Link Moodle data to

student performance

Predict persistence,

completion, graduation

Early interventions

SFSU Slides

QUESTIONS?

Contact Information

Speaker Campus Email

Cherie Vinopal CSU San Marcos cblut@csusm.edu

Brett Christie Sonoma State University Brett.christie@sonoma.edu

Deone Zell CSU Northridge deone.zell@csun.edu

Maggie Beers San Francisco State University mbeers@sfsu.edu