I am off the the Online Learning Consortium Innovate Conference in Denver later this month.
My presentation for the event is about adding a bit more “play” into the process of faculty development.
Over the years, I have attended enough presentations about the hows and whys of academic technology and teaching pedagogy to know that even the best session, with tons of “audience” participations, get a bit dry. So, my amazing colleagues and I have created some good strategies, and good examples, of doing professional development a little differently. You know, like coloring books.
My presentation, such as it is, is this. That’s it. If you are in the audience and I am talking about Frisky Web Formats to you, you’ll be looking at one. If I am talking about the value of rewards in PD, you’ll be looking at possible things to share with faculty.
The information you need to know can be found in the examples I have provided.
You have complete access to all of it. The site is my visual aid. I start with what we are going to look at and then address each of the five areas. Each area has several examples and I will anecdotally tell stories around each one. Then it is the end.
The end.
You walk away with your notes if you took some, and a card with a website url. A card using Comic Sans. Because that is how fun PD can be! If you loved an idea, you can share that comment on the website. If you have other examples you want to share, you can do that on the Google doc located on the homepage. If you disliked the presentation, you can share that with me on the google doc, as a comment on the website, or email or tweet me or call me. Or not.
More and more I want to see less of the bullet point version or highlights of a topic or process or thing. I want to see the thing. So I am doing that. Go and see for yourself 🙂