balancing priorities in the academic workplace
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'Balancing Priorities in the Academic Workplace: Teaching, Research, and Academic Service' a talk presented on Nov 13 in The National Electronics, Communications and Photonics Center in KACST - King Abdulaziz City for Science and TechnologyTRANSCRIPT
Balancing Priorities in the Academic Workplace :Research, Teaching, and Academic Service Roles
Areej Al-Wabil, PhDNovember 13, 2012
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In academia..
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Work-Life Balance?
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Balance-Stability vs Priorities-Momentum
“It’s not like a see-saw,.. with research on one end and teaching on the other; it’s more like a bicycle that I’m riding.
In other words, the “thing” being balanced is me, not some object outside of me. And it’s movement that keeps me upright.” ~Libby Gruner
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How do Professors spend their time?
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Research, Teaching, ServiceResearch
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Research..
Research gets the shortest shrift, at least in my experience,
because it makes the quietest demands
Heat map
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Research
Gaze Plots
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Research
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=961
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Research – Management Framework
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Research Dissemination
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Research, Teaching, ServiceTeaching
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Teaching
Reshape my research program to integrate it with my teaching
Shape my courses around my research activities and interests
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Research, Teaching, ServiceAcademic Service
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Academic Service
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Administrative roles
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Do what you love; love what you do
My work is an expression of my creative process; work-life balance is sought by having them both integrated into one fulfilling journey.
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With shifting priorities, Are we seeking balance..
Balance is an elusive concept in so many ways..
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..or momentum?
momentum.. Shifting priorities.. moving at a slower pace, but moving
Thank You!Balancing Priorities in the Academic Workplace
Web - http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/areejalwabil RG - http://ksu.skerg.org
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November 13, 2012