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A Partnership Between

Coordinating Committee for Professional Development and Training

Office of Human Resource Development

Office of Quality Improvement

DoIT eBusiness Group

DoIT Professional & Technical Education

My Professional Development

On-Line Support for Professional Development for Faculty and Staff at UW-Madison

Why this Project?

Professional development of faculty and staff is a priority in the campus strategic plan

Why a Professional Development Opportunity Repository?

A variety of courses and workshops are offered across campus, but there is no systematic way to learn of these opportunities

Why this Project?

Campus support for E-learning had focused on timetable courses rather than faculty/staff professional growth

And…

Why this Project? Why Fund Flagship E-learning Conversion

Projects?

The University’s fiscal situation requires that professional development be provided as cost-effectively as possible

Why this Project? Why Fund Flagship E-learning Conversion

Projects?

Provide Just-In-Time access at any time from anywhere

Why this Project? Why Fund Flagship E-learning Conversion

Projects?

Our Three GoalsGoal 1

Increase faculty and staff access to professional development opportunities by creating a convenient central access point

Goal 2

Link this resource to My UW-Madison faculty-staff web portal

Our Three Goals

Goal 3

Stimulate on-line professional development, especially converting one-time training to just-in-time resources available 24 x 7 where appropriate

Our Three Goals

GOAL 1: How did we “Increase faculty and staff access to professional development opportunities….”?

Centralized Repository for Locating Campus Training Opportunities

Consistent Application of Meta-Data to All Training Opportunities

Meta-Data

Audience

Job Role

Department

Mode of Delivery

Etc.

Training Topics

Application RolesEnd User (Pull and Push!)

Anonymous Browsing & Searching

Stored Profiles

Application RolesTraining Offices

College of Engineering• Dept of Professional Development & Applied Studies• Dept. of Liberal Studies & the Arts• DoIT Learning Technology and Distance Education• DoIT Professional and Technical Education• Employee Assistance Office• Equity Diversity Resource Center• Facilities Planning and Management• Human Resource Development• ISIS• Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility• Medical Education• Medical School Administration• Office of Education Outreach• Office of Quality Improvement• Provost’s Office• Secretary of the Faculty• Small Business Development Center• UW Archives & Records Management• UW Housing• UW Police Department• WISCAPE Program• Wisconsin Certified Public Manager Program• Wisconsin Union• Wisconsin Union Mini Courses

Application Roles

System Administrator

(Office of Human Resource Development)

Meta-Data Management

Data Review

GOAL 2: How we will “Link this resource eventually to My UW Madison portal”?

Approval sought and obtained for My Professional Development to reside faculty/staff resources tab in My UW Madison portal.

In the process of linking “My Professional Development” database with My UW Madison portal

GOAL 3: How did we “stimulate on-line professional development”?

Funded 3 pilot projects converting one-time workshops or courses to web-based resources that can be accessed at any time

Created templates that anyone can use to adapt information for web-based learning

Trained a team of students to provide online support for development to campus using a cost effective model

Content Expert: Kathleen Paris and OQI staff

Provided advice, best practices, examples, tools, forms and formats for hiring faculty, classified and academic staff.

Included resources from the Provost and WISELI (Women in Science & Engineering) to encourage more comprehensive searches.

Instructional Design & technical assistance on multi-media DoIT Professional and Technical Ed.

On Line Resource Project 1: The Hiring Process

Hiring Site Link to whole site

On Line Resource Project 2: Occupational Safety

Content Experts: UW Union Student Trainers

Chemical and Physical Hazards

How to prevent accidents.

What to do in the event of an accident.

Incorporated WebCT, flash animations, interactive questions and video

Synergized with Student Technical Training to reduce development costs

Union Course in Action

Content Expert: Virginia Sapiro, Associate Vice Chancellor

Developing a mini-portal as an offshoot of My Professional Development for faculty on Teaching and Learning online resources

On Line Resource Project 3: Improving Access for Faculty & Instructional Staff to Professional Development Resources That Are Online

Measures of Success

On-going satisfaction survey of users of the 3 pilot modules (“How did this make you more successful in your work?”)

On-going CCPD&T discussions of training event enrollments to measure the impact of My Prof. Development

This system did not seek to replace face-to-face learning events, but to extend their impact

Students in DoIT’s Student Technical Training program will continue to assist faculty and staff to convert paper information and training materials into web-based ready-when-you-need-it resources

$$ Budget $$ 1. Searchable and

personalized site for professional development (My Prof. Dev.)

2. Three pilot grants for on-line professional development and support ($6K each)

$7,000.

18,000

Grand Total: $25,000.

The Future of “My Professional Development”

MY UW Madison portal

Provide access to state agencies

Tie participant records to OHRD’s repository

Questions?

Thank you!