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When One Size No Longer Fits All
Reta Chaffee, Director of Educational Technology, Granite State College, USNH
Preparing a Diverse Faculty forthe Ever Changing Online Environment
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Know your facultyKnow your context…
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What is your context?How do you prepare online faculty?
Check all that apply:Required training
Optional trainingInstructional design supportDocumentationMentorsOther
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GSC’s Context
One of 4 colleges in the USNHStudents: adults, ~3200Faculty is mainly adjunct (200-300)
Offering online courses/degree since 1999~60% of enrollments are onlineGrew from 3 online courses to 550+ annually
Academic Affairs hires online faculty, EdTech trains and supports them.
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In the beginning…
Online faculty were:Self-selected group of early adoptersTrained in 4-week online course
Assigned to work intensely with aninstructional designer to build courseLikely to teach same course again in nearfuture
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Faculty were Early Adopters
Adapted from: Rogers, E. M. (2003). Diffusion of innovations. New York: Free Press.
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Online faculty now span spectrum
Adapted from: Rogers, E. M. (2003). D i f fu s i o n o f i n n o v a t i o n s . New York: Free Press.
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Recognizing the unique challenges at your institutionMeeting the Challenge
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What are your challenges?
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GSC Faculty Development Challenges
Training schedule : timing not always rightIncreased # of faculty need trainingFaculty have variety of online teaching
experienceTraining needs varied by school: Someneed to build course, some teach pre-
existing courseExperienced faculty need advanced skillsTracking faculty development
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Our one-size-fits-all 4-weekquarterly training no longerserves the needs of thefaculty or the institution inpreparing faculty to buildand teach high-qualityengaging online courses
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Making change to meet the needsThe Evolution
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Establish the metrics: Pre-Launch
Evaluation rubric to use when course is live:http://tinyurl.com/gsc-rubric
Course designInteraction, communication, and engagement
Assessment of student course workCourse technologyUniversal design/accessibility
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Establish the metrics: Post-launch
Post-launch Course Evaluation Rubrichttp://tinyurl.com/gsc-rubric2
Communications currentWork assessed
Feedback providedRich engagement
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Competencies: Knowledge vs Practice
Knowledge Add content toMoodle
Create quizSet up gradebook
Add forum
Describe open-ended questions
Add rich media
Practice (Praxis)Engage students inrich discussions
Provide timelyfeedbackUse rubrics to
assess studentsUse rich media toenrich learning
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Redeveloping the training and tracking competenciesThe Future is Now
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Micro-credentialing & Tracking
GSC Moodle upgrade (12/2013) includesbadges !Demonstrated competencies can be
trackedPrior experience is assessed & recognized
Schools can customize competency sets
Late hires can meet minimum requirementswith adjusted deadlines for additional workBadges can be portable
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A Few Resources
Illinois Online Network,Badges for faculty development:http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/badges/about.asp
Mozilla Open Badges:http://openbadges.org Educause (search on badges):http://www.educause.edu
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Thanks! Questions Comments?Reta Chaffeee
Director of Educational TechnologyGranite State College, Concord, NH
(603) 513-1350 [email protected]
