Sakai11 williams jhu ep faculty development

Faculty Development: It is more than technology training! Denille Williams, Instruc:onal Designer

About JHU-‐EP Online Courses 106 online course / 4 fully online Graduate Engineering / Sciences Develop 20-‐24 new per year degrees Faculty 130 Online Faculty 10-‐20 new per year Primarily Adjunct Staﬀ 4 Instruc4onal 1 Training and Borrowed 1 ITDE Manager 3 Web Developers Designers Delivery Specialist mul4media support 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 2

First Five Years •  Slow growth online program •  Instruc4onal Design outsourced •  One WebCT tools training session •  No targeted faculty development available •  General face-‐to-‐face sessions (2x year) •  Focused speciﬁcally on classroom teaching •  Approximately 30-‐35 online courses 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 3

Ini:al Findings •  Online Instructors have diﬀerent needs •  Technology (good and bad) •  Diverse and oVen distant faculty •  Pedagogical considera4ons •  Changing Roles •  Misconcep4ons 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 4

Ini:al Findings •  Quality & Consistency did not exist •  Varied / poor tool usage •  Inconsistent content presenta4on •  Almost nothing followed best prac4ces •  Missing content / broken links •  Frustrated faculty 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 5

Ini:al Findings Tools training isn’t cu]ng it • Faculty require more than tools training • Need ongoing development (pedagogical techniques and proper USE of technology) • Never assume they just “know” 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 6

Three More Years •  Hired addi4onal staﬀ (trainer, instruc4onal designer, web developers) •  Designed new course development process •  Oﬀered more training to faculty •  Mostly technology / tools training •  Developed some online resources 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 7

Are we there yet? •  Increased quality and consistency •  Knowledge of technology increased •  Recognizing problems with new course development process •  Mixed reviews from students •  S4ll not really thinking about faculty development program 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 8

Two years and coun:ng •  Online Faculty surveyed early 2010 •  Felt needs not being met •  100% felt they would beneﬁt from targeted development •  Most willing to go online for opportuni4es (4me constraints) •  Surprising interest in things other than technology 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 9

What are they looking for? 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 10

Mee:ng the Demands •  How can we… •  Improve our online course development process? •  Increase faculty development opportuni4es? 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 11

First Step – Two Birds…One Stone •  Designed Introduc4on to Online Course Development •  Oﬀered Spring 2011 •  Focuses on best prac4ces not technology •  Subliminal goals •  immerse them online •  let them see good course design 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 12

Introduc:on to Online Course Development •  2 week Sakai course for new faculty •  Cohort based – new online courses only •  6 modules •  Introduc4on to teaching online •  Online Course Components •  Wri4ng Learning Objec4ves •  Preparing Content •  Learning Ac4vi4es •  Assessments 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 13

Pilot Findings 2 Weeks was not enough 4me Enjoyed interac4ng with peers Caught on quickly to “online” Prepared for course development More open -‐ to new ideas & new techniques 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 14

Room for Improvement Improving course Increasing based on faculty development feedback opportuni4es • More prac4cal • We shouldn’t stop examples here • Less “edu-‐speak” • Consider the • Extending dura4on “muddiest points” 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 15

Present Plans •  Redesign Intro to Online Development (FA11) •  Topics revised / reorganized •  Revised learning ac4vi4es •  Added periodic and ﬁnal deliverables as evidence of comple4on •  Extending 4me to 3 weeks 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 16

Iden:fying the Next Steps at EP •  Evolve and maintain standards for quality in online •  Increase faculty development to meet demand for quality •  Increase faculty development for reten4on •  Need more just-‐in-‐4me opportuni4es •  Blended and online 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 17

Future Plans •  Create transi4onal “Development to Delivery” online course (2012) •  Create “portal” of focused short courses on speciﬁc topics •  Engaging Online Learners •  Learning Ac4vi4es •  Crea4ng beoer Assessments •  Etc. 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 18

Ques:ons? 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 19

Open Discussion THE STATE OF FACULTY DEVELOPMENT 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 20

Why is Faculty Development Important? •  Most faculty were not trained to teach •  Faculty are important to student reten4on & recruitment •  Demand for online and hybrid courses •  Higher educa4on is evolving 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 21

What is Fueling the Evolu:on? •  Ins4tu4onal change •  Moving from industrialized era to knowledge era (half way there) •  Interest in technology •  Concern for quality •  ShiV from pedagogy to andragogy •  Transforma4on of K-‐12 system •  Genera4onal learning styles 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 22

Open Discussion: How are we doing? What is your Do you already have ins4tu4on doing to an ongoing faculty meet the needs of development online faculty? program in place? What is the future What factors will of faculty inﬂuence how we development? prepare our faculty (online, hybrid) for the future? 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 23

Thank You! Denille Williams, Instruc:onal Designer Johns Hopkins University denille@jhu.edu 12th Sakai Conference – Los Angeles, California – June 14-‐16 24

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