principles for enriching the faculty development opportunities at your institution: how to add the...
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Session at 2013 Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning AUDIO: access session audio to accompany these slides at http://ofcoursesonline.com/thompson_sloan2013.mp3TRANSCRIPT
Principles for Enriching the Faculty Development Opportunities at Your Institution: How to Add
the World and Expand Your Reach
Kelvin Thompson, Ed.DUniversity of Central Florida
Principles
• Harvest ideas from experienced faculty
• Establish a digital trail from f2f events
• Whittle down length of each “unit”
• Connect to more materials for follow-up
• Open-Up access via networks
• Think long term
“Produced”Requires more planning, support resources, personnel, time, etc.
More Programmatic
More Ad Hoc
“Good enough”“Small tools, loosely joined”Less polish
Production Level
Open Faculty DevelopmentFaculty Development in the Open
Closed Faculty Development
What happens in the program stays in the program
Semi-permeability(Some elements go “out”)
Complete* permeability(World comes “in”)
Openness Continuum
Adapted from Openness Continuum in http://bit.ly/thompson_eli2011
UCF Faculty Development Offerings Beyond IDL6543
Program Description
TOPR Compendium of online teaching practices
Faculty Seminars Hybrid mini-sessions. Resource rich
Singular Offerings One-offs on current topics
Multimedia Workshops
Hybrid skill-based mini-sessions with hands-on f2f or remote
Showcase Culminating event for IDL6543
TOL Community F2F and online personal learning network
TOPRThe Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository
FACULTY SEMINARS IN ONLINE TEACHING
SINGULAR OFFERINGSOne-off Faculty Development
FACULTY MULTIMEDIA WORKSHOP SERIES
Spin-off from Faculty Seminars by different department
IDL6543 ONLINE FACULTY SHOWCASE
TEACHING ONLINE COMMUNITY
Recommendations
• Start where you are• Consider how to “open up” existing programs• Design new efforts with openness in mind• Decide whether you are “sharing with the
world” or “inviting the world in”
