Professional Development 24/7: Restructuring How We Deliver Training

Professional Development 24/7: Restructuring How We

Deliver Training

Valerie Kisiel ([email protected]) – Innovative Educators

Online professional developmentOn-Demand Student Success WorkshopsOnline advisor in addition to IE workCombined, IE staff has over 45 years of experienceWorking to improve services to students for the past 10 years

Kristen Seldon ([email protected]) – Innovative Educators

Director of Institutional Relations StudentLingo and Go2Knowledge Contact

What are the goals for today?

1. Think outside of the box

2. Do more with less

3. Restructure the way we provide professional development

Today’s Goals

1. Who are you?

2. What kind of professional development do you offer?

3. Who is your primary audience?

4. Do you offer online training or podcasts?

5. Do you currently offer any on-demand training?

Who is out there?

Online Education & ServicesOnline enrollment increased by what percentage from 2001-2009?

A. 50%

B. 75%

C. 543%

D. 832%US News & World Report, Sept. 2010

Part-Time Faculty

In 1975, only 30.2% of faculty were employed part time; by 2005, according to data compiled by the AAUP, what percentage of all faculty members in the US were part-time?

A. 35%B. 45%C. 48%D. 65%

IPEDS - Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

Budget CutsIn January, 2011 California announced they would cut higher education budgets by how much?

A. $250 million

B. $750 million

C. $1 billion

D. $1.4 billion

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/california-schools-face-1_n_807378.html

3 Changes & 2 Questions

1. A lot of people want information online.

2. There is an increase in part-time faculty.

3. Schools are required to do more with less.

1. What does that mean about

how we deliver professional

development?

2. How have your other college

services changed?

Some of the Challenges

• Difficulty scheduling in-person workshops

• Identifying trainers• Wide variety of needs• Financial support• Documenting

participation• Keeping it simple

Solutions

• Podcasts/Vodcasts

• Web Conferencing

• On-Demand Training

DEFINITION A podcast is a series of audio or video digital-media files which are distributed over the Internet by syndicated download, through

Web feeds, to portable media players and

personal computers. ~ Wikipedia

Podcasts/Vodcasts

Training Uses

• Online Learning• http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/facu

lty-development-for-online/id421439101

• Technology• http://www.sjsu.edu/itunesu/

• On-Campus Resources (strategic planning, library, training opportunities, etc.)• http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/C

ore.woa/Browse/fhsu.edu.1273029454

Other Uses

• Curriculum & Teaching Techniques• http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/faculty-de

velopment-center/id429192111

• Classroom Management• http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/center-for-f

aculty-development/id422852091

• Personal and Professional Growth• http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/index.php

Example

WHO needs to be involved?

WHAT are we trying

to do?

WHERE will we get funding?

WHEN should we

implement?

HOW will we coordinate technology?

WHY does this matter?

Steps to Implementation

Getting started http://

net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/MWR08006.pdf

Administration Guide http://

deimos.apple.com/rsrc/doc/iTunesUAdministrationGuide/GettingStarted/chapter_4_section_1.html

Campus Guide for Faculty http://podcasting.gmu.edu/getting_started.php

Implementation

DEFINITIONWeb conferencing is used to

conduct live meetings, training, or presentations via the Internet.

EXAMPLESWebex, GoToMeeting, Yugma, Adobe Connect, Elluminate

Web Conferencing

Benefits & Uses• Benefits

• Cost-effective• Easy – quickly set up an event• Interactive

• Uses• Faculty orientation or new-employee training• Brown bag sessions• Great for part-time faculty training• In-service training• Online faculty and staff learning communities• Online discussions

2 OptionsDeliver content using on campus resources and

presenters

Outsource – www.innovativeeducators.org

Cost Vs. Benefits

Resources

Perspective

Implementation

Examples: In-House• What software do you have on campus?

• Examples• Webex• GoToMeeting• Adobe • Elluminate

• Free trials available for all services• All companies have best practice guides• Things to think about when delivering training

• Live vs. On-Demand• Who will present? Training: Technology and Design• How will you invite people, send logins, provide tech support?• Who will host

• Community College Example• http://www.cccconfer.org/trainingCenter/recordedTraining.aspx

Examples: Outsource• Innovative Educators – Outsourcing

• https://www.innovativeeducators.org/

• Examples• Understanding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder• Managing Disruptive Classroom Behavior• Improving Customer Service And Student Satisfaction• The First-Year Experience: A Critical Foundation For Stud

ent Success• Teach Students How To Learn: Metacognition Is The Key!• Increasing Online Student Engagement And Retention T

hrough Online Human Touch

DEFINITIONBasic requirements for on-demand

learning are presented: anyone, anytime, anywhere delivery of education and

training, adapted to the specific requirements and preferences of each

individual citizen within different e-learning and e-working settings.

On-Demand Training

Benefits & Uses• Benefits

• Cost-effective• Easy• Interactive• Archive• Just-in-time

training• Certificates• Tracking• Portal and LMS

integration• Flexibility

• Uses• Faculty Orientation or

new-employee training

• Brown bag sessions• Great for part-time

faculty training• In-service training• Online Faculty and

Staff Learning Communities

Examples

• Open Educational Resources• http://www.onefortraining.org/selfpaced • http://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.ht

m?category=2295

• http://www.educause.edu/eli/collaborativelearning

• http://www.educause.edu/ELI7Things • http://pedagogy.merlot.org/index.html

More Examples• Video

• YouTube• http://www.weeklyinnovations.org/video/action-agendas-for-bas

ic-1

• Common Craft• http://www.commoncraft.com/video/project-based-learning• http://www.commoncraft.com/video/twitter

• TED – 8 To Be Great – www.ted.com• http://www.weeklyinnovations.org/video/great-for-students-secr

ets-of

• 2 Minute Takeaways• http://www.weeklyinnovations.org/video• http://www.weeklyinnovations.org/video/the-jigsaw-method-usi

ng-groups-in-the-classroom

• On-Demand Training Systems• www.Go2Knowledge.org

What is Go2Knowledge?

What is Go2Knowledge™?Go2Knowledge is your turnkey solution to providing on-demand professional development for higher education.

50+ On-Demand Professional Development Trainings

• Unlimited Access 24/7• Serve all faculty and staff for 1 low fee

• At-Risk Populations• Campus Safety• Organizational Development• Student Success• Teaching & Learning• Technology

Go2Knowledge Features

• Certificates of Completion • Monthly Reporting • Web Portal & LMS Integration • Branded Marketing Materials • Supplemental Materials• Personalized Customer Service &

Support

ImplementationQuestions to consider

• How to disseminate?• How to update? • How to filter? • How to track?• How to validate? • How to make it relevant? • Cost• Internal vs. External content creation

Certificate

Tracking

www.Go2Knowledge.org

+Your login and password

Free Preview: www.Go2Knowledge.orgPhone: 1.303.955.0415

How does it work?

Foothill’s Major Considerations• Implementation: Simple• Accessible: Not behind a Portal• Understandable: Easy to use• Trackable: Documentation of Participation• Certificates: Automatically to participants• Full Scope: Extent of Offerings• Accreditation: Meets standards• Customer Service: Exceptional

Questions

Contact Info

Preview Go2Knowledge – www.Go2Knowledge.orgMore Information: 1.303-819-5366

Valerie KisielInnovative Educators

[email protected]