exploring educational development programs

Exploring a Range ofEducational Development

Programs

Lynda Milne

Phyllis Dawkins

Deandra Little

Michael Palmer

2009Institute for New Faculty Developers

Explorers, not Tourists

Know where you’re going, have hypotheses about why,plans for how to go,and forhow you’ll show you got there.

What’s a Program? Center

Focused Service/Activity Offerings

Offerings of a Center Services Educational opportunities

What’s a Program? An organizational “unit” that does

educational development Department / College / School

Law School Center for the Advancement of Teaching

Institution-wide Center for Teaching Effectiveness Center for Teaching and Learning Teaching Resource Center Center for Teaching & Faculty

Development Department of Academic Quality Center for 21st Century Education Instructional Development Office Teaching for Excellence Center

Systemwide / Multi-Institutional Collaboration for the Advancement of

Teaching & Learning

Programs beyond Centers? Office of Instructional Technology Service-Learning Coordinator Office of Research Services TA Training Coordinator Learning Communities

Coordinator Teaching Awards Program Student Learning Resource Center …

Program Established

Coherent Purposeful

Topic-Focused Offering of services

and activities

Program = Center Program = Beyond or Without

Center Program = Within Center

Categorizing Programs

Programs You’ve Known…and Loved Thinking about an influential

educational development program in which you’ve been a participant (not facilitator or designer)…discuss with ONE other person:

Program’s purpose? Yours? Overall design (duration, activities,

etc.) Who participated? Who offered the program? What resources did it seem to

require? What made it effective / memorable

/ influential for you? What was its effect on you?

Programs and Aspects of Success Program Title:

Purpose / Goals:

Resources Used:

Overall Design (duration, activities, etc.)

Impact

Coordination / Coherence

Programs and Aspects of Success Program Title:

Purpose / Goals:

Resources Used:

Overall Design (duration, activities, etc.)

Impact

Coordination / Coherence

Programming Resources Another way to categorize

Google as Map and Compendium

Center site searching University of Kansas list Dalhousie University list

Milne’s Diigo Bookmarks from INFD

Thanks! It’s been a pleasure exploring

with you today.