Presentation at 2014 Brightspace (by D2L) Ignite forum at Oklahoma City University. Oct 24, 2014. "Creating Faculty Evaluation and Mentoring Programs Using Brightspace" by Stacy Southerland, Bucky Dodd and Tracy Fairless, all of the University of Central Oklahoma
1. Creating Faculty Evaluation
and Mentoring Programs
Using Brightspace
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
Stacy Southerland, Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish
Tracy Fairless, M.A.
Assistant Director of Instructional Design
Bucky Dodd, Ph.D.
Director of eLearning and Innovations
3. QUAL ITY
Instructional
Design
Facilitation
Learning
Context
eLearning
Design Principles
Academic
Departments
Support
Services
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5. QUAL ITY PROCESS
Colleges Select Faculty
to Teach Online
Faculty Complete
Certification Course
Support for Continuous Quality
Colleges Select
Courses for
Delivery
Course
Development
Peer Review &
Authorization
Course
Scheduled
Course Delivery
eLearning Design
Principles
5 Year Reauthorization Cycle
6. STRATEGIC
QUAL ITY
SYSTEMS
1. Facilitation
Evaluation System
2. Faculty Mentor
Program
7. Key Questions
• Technology as Support Platform
• Community Membership / Audience Diversity
• Needs, Goals, and Performance Outcomes
• Return on Investment
9. Resources
• eLearning Facilitation Review Dashboard (D2L)
– Preparing the Department
– Before the Review
– The Review
– After the Review
• Review Scorecard (Qualtrics)
• Self-Assessment Instrument (Qualtrics)
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11. Process
What is Quality
eLearning?
• Best practices
• UCOnline Quality
• D2L
• Types of online
quality
Preparing for the
Review Process
• Setting timelines
• Using dashboard
tools
• Using Qualtrics
Reviewing Online
Facilitation
• The review process
• Examples
• Completing the
scorecard survey
Consulting with
Online Faculty
• Coaching vs.
Mentoring
• Recommending
support services
• Developing an
action plan
24. Customize and Implement
a Faculty Mentor Program
Develop a Program Model
• Identify the value proposition
• Identify the key stakeholders
• Identify the project leaders
• Identify a resource center
25. Resource Center
Develop a Resource Center
• Identify needed services
• Collect and segment resources
• Generate communication templates
• Create a method to share information
26. Resour ce Center :
Po i nt of Contac t
Planning Considerations
• Responsibilities
• Challenges
• Resources
• Projected Outcomes
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32. Re s our ce Center :
Co l l aborat i v e Wor k shops
Planning Considerations
• Responsibilities
• Challenges
• Resources
• Projected Outcomes
33. Resour ce Center :
Gu i d ed Suppor t
Planning Considerations
• Responsibilities
• Challenges
• Resources
• Projected Outcomes
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40. STRATEGIC
QUAL ITY
SYSTEMS
1. Facilitation
Evaluation System
2. Faculty Mentor
Program
41. Lessons Learned
• Terminology and naming of program
• Fresh and dynamic information
– Who uses the community dashboard?
• Create need to use resource - motivation
• Focus on community “space” and dialogue
42. Creating Faculty Evaluation
and Mentoring Programs
Using Brightspace
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
Stacy Southerland, Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish
Tracy Fairless, M.A.
Assistant Director of Instructional Design
Bucky Dodd, Ph.D.
Director of eLearning and Innovations
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Value Proposition – know the goals, the internal/external barriers and know the strengths/weakness
Goal – to provide a consistent method of quality assurance and faculty support across all online courses.
Barriers – range from a lack of awareness of the quality process, lack of time, misunderstandings, and issues of academic freedom.
Strengths – each if not all, departments have several faculty that already provide tremendous peer leadership for online teaching; Weaknesses – repeating efforts, lack of authority, lack of time, & lack of compensation.
Key stakeholder(s) will be able to help develop the value proposition. It will be what drives the project.
Project leaders are those that stand out of the crowd. They teach online, develop online courses, have leadership skills, and have a passion to learn and make continued improvements.
Resource Center – A mechanism to communicate information and resources is needed. This is the focus of my remaining time with you. We developed a resource center using Desire 2 Learn to serve as the hub for the Faculty Mentor Program.