jit faculty development

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Colleen Carmean & Beckie Etheridge

University of Washington Tacoma

THE YESTERDAY ACADEMIC

All the time in the world and even the summer!

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TODAY’S ACADEMIC

TECHNOLOGY teaching, research, service, underprepared students, rising class size, society’s expectations,shrinking resources…

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TEACHING THE INFORMATION AGE LEARNERFull and Part-time

Working more, studying less

Multiple generations:

• Baby boomers

• Gen XYZ

• Gen AO

GENERATION AO (2000-?): ALWAYS ON THE GO

“Nimble, quick-acting, multi-taskers who count on the Internet as their external brain”

Learning via continuous connectivity

Reinventing teaching for JIT Learning

JUST-IN-TIME?

• Learning Anywhere-Anytime

• Development and Skill-Building When Needed

• Providing online resources, information, job aids, tutorials

• Context-driven email/distro list

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SUPPORT FOR LEARNER-CENTRIC TEACHINGOccurring outside classroom

Global Reach

Study/Research

Service Learning

Digital anytime

Learner-centric

SUPPORT AS COMMUNITY & CONNECTION

• Coffee house Learning

• Wine & Cheese Forum

• Learning Circles• Communities of Practice

• Drop-In Development

BETTER LEARNING:COLLABORATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES

• Teaching & Learning Center

• Library

• Office of Instructional Technologies

• Information Technology

It takes a village

MODELING COLLABORATION VIA UW-SUPPORTED APPS

Google Docs

Google Sites

Google Groups

Tegrity: New models for supportLive Office hours or recorded capture

Social Media

Blogs - Facebook – Tumblr - Twitter

JING!

Satisficing VS Perfection

ON THE MOVE:TABLETS AND SMART PHONES

VIMEO AT UWT: CREATING, HOSTING, STORING NEW MEDIA

LEVERAGING THE CLOUD

• TED

• Khan

• YouTube

• Common Craft

ONLINE “JOB AIDS”

Knowledge Management Model

Tool Boxes:

Teaching Toolkit:http://tinyurl.com/uwttkit

Facilitation tools/Group Work: http://tinyurl.com/uwtfkit

DEVELOPMENT AS-NEEDED

Faculty Development for the Individual Person

Teaching Portfolios

Tenure Process

Diversity Training

New Faculty Orientations

Lecturer Training

Graduate Teaching Training

SERVICE TO REQUIRED CHANGE

“Tradition is the enemy, innovation is our ally.”

--HE InnovationSummit 2012

Ending filiopietism (excessive veneration of tradition)

MAKING IT FUN• PECHA KUCHA• IGNITE!• UNCONFERENCE

THANK YOU!

Colleen CarmeanAssistant Chancellor for Learning Technologies

carmean@uw.edu

Beckie EtheridgeDirector, Teaching & Learning Center

beckie@uw.edu

University of Washington Tacoma