Despite over 30 faculty members in the humanities department, sharing of resources is limited to small "cliques" and no platform exists for department-wide sharing. The research question asks what barriers prevent broader sharing and if they can be overcome to create a common sharing platform for lesson plans. Reasons given to promote sharing include saving time by accessing online resources, learning from others' experience and expertise, and improving teaching quality and support through online networks. Potential barriers to sharing are also noted.

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Poster Draft
Supporting openness and sharing among faculty
members in the humanities department of a
University of Applied Science.

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Current Situation
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Over 30 colleagues in the department
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Sharing common within “cliques”
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No sharing with whole department
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Several attempts made to create portal

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Research Question
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Despite a very good working atmosphere among the
colleagues at the University of Applied Science, sharing is not
common. What are the main reasons for this reluctance to
share and can this reluctance be overcome to create a
common platform to share lesson plans with the whole faculty.

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Why share?
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Time
“There are a host of great online platforms providing free access to high-quality
resources that help teachers do their jobs.”
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Experience
“By changing the way teachers engage, learn from and inspire each other, the
Teaching Channel hopes to capitalize on the rich base of expertise in the field.”
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Quality
“These online networks have the capacity to improve the profession of teaching, and
provide the support and resources that teachers need.”
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Support
“Too many teachers are on their own. It’s a sink-or-swim system, as Weingarten has
often noted, but it doesn’t have to be that way.”

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Barriers
http://popplet.com/app/#/1532214

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Solution
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Haven’t got that far yet as everything was reworked after
TMA01. Probably using “old” technologies such as Moodle
which all the lecturers already no how to use and assessing
how to overcome the barriers.