Professional Development 24/7: Restructuring How We Deliver Training

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Professional Development 24/7 Restructuring How
We Deliver Training
Denise Swett, EdD Acting Vice President Student
Development Instruction Foothill College,
CA Valerie Kisiel Innovative Educators
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Who is out there?

• Who are you?
• What kind of professional development do you
  offer?
• Who is your primary audience?
• Do you offer online training or podcasts?
• Do you currently offer any on-demand training?

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What are the goals for today?
Todays Goals

• Think outside of the box
• Do more with less
• Restructure the way we provide professional
  development

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What We Know
Research shows that professional development
leads to better instruction and improved student
learning -American Educational Research
Association, 2005
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Some of the Challenges

• Difficulty scheduling in-person workshops
• Identifying trainers
• Wide variety of needs
• Financial support
• Documenting participation
• Keeping it simple

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Influential Factors

• We are
• Online
• Part-time
• Broke
• All of the above

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Online Education Services
Online enrollment increased by what percentage
from 2001-2009? A. 50 B. 75 C. 543 D.
832
US News World Report, Sept. 2010
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Part-Time Faculty
 
In 1975, only 30.2 of faculty were employed part
time by 2005, according to data compiled by the
AAUP from the Integrated Postsecondary Education
Data System (IPEDS), what percentage of all
faculty members in the US were part-time? A.
35 B. 45 C. 48 D. 65
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Budget Cuts
In 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/californi
a-schools-face-1_n_807378.html
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3 Changes 2 Questions
 

• A lot of people want information online.
• There is an increase in part-time faculty.
• Schools are required to do more with less.
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1. What does that mean about how we deliver
professional development? 2. How have your other
college services changed?
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Solutions

• Podcasts/Vodcasts
• Web Conferencing
• On-Demand Training

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Podcasts/Vodcasts

• 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

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Training Uses

• Online Learning
• http//itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/faculty-develo
  pment-for-online/id421439101
• Technology
• http//www.sjsu.edu/itunesu/
• On-Campus Resources (strategic planning, library,
  training opportunities, etc.)
• http//deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse
  /fhsu.edu.1273029454

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Other Uses

• Curriculum Teaching Techniques
• http//itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/faculty-develo
  pment-center/id429192111
• Classroom Management
• http//itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/center-for-fac
  ulty-development/id422852091
• Personal and Professional Growth
• http//itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/center-for-fac
  ulty-development/id422852091
• http//edcommunity.apple.com/ali/index.php

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Example
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Steps to Implementation
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Implementation

• Getting started
• http//net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/MWR08006.pd
  f
• Administration Guide
• http//deimos.apple.com/rsrc/doc/iTunesUAdministra
  tionGuide/GettingStarted/chapter_4_section_1.html
  
• Campus Guide for Faculty
• http//podcasting.gmu.edu/getting_started.php

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Web Conferencing

• DEFINITION
• Web conferencing is used to conduct live
  meetings, training, or presentations via the
  Internet.
• EXAMPLES
• Webex, NetMeeting,
• Yugma (free), Adobe
• Connect, Elluminate

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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

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Implementation

• 2 Options
• Deliver content using on campus resources and
  presenters
• Outsource www.innovativeeducators.org
• Cost Vs. Benefits
• Resources
• Perspective

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Examples In-House

• What software do you have on campus?
• Examples
• Webex
• NetMeeting
• 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?
• How will you invite people, send logins, provide
  tech support?
• Who will host
• Community College Example
• http//www.cccconfer.org/trainingCenter/recordedTr
  aining.aspx

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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 Student Success
• Teach Students How To Learn Metacognition Is The
  Key!
• Increasing Online Student Engagement And
  Retention Through Online Human Touch
• Community College Example
• http//www.cccconfer.org/trainingCenter/recordedTr
  aining.aspx

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On-Demand Training

• DEFINITION
• Basic 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.

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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

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Examples

• Open Educational Resources
• http//www.onefortraining.org/selfpaced
• http//www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?categor
  y2295
• http//www.educause.edu/eli/collaborativelearning
  
• http//www.educause.edu/ELI7Things
• http//pedagogy.merlot.org/index.html

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More Examples

• Video
• YouTube
• http//www.weeklyinnovations.org/video/action-agen
  das-for-basic-1
• Common Craft
• http//www.commoncraft.com/video/project-based-lea
  rning
• http//www.commoncraft.com/video/twitter
• TED 8 To Be Great www.ted.com
• http//www.weeklyinnovations.org/video/great-for-s
  tudents-secrets-of
• 2 Minute Takeaways
• http//www.weeklyinnovations.org/video
• http//www.weeklyinnovations.org/video/the-jigsaw-
  method-using-groups-in-the-classroom
• On-Demand Training Systems
• www.Go2Knowledge.org

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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

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Go2Knowledge Features

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

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Implementation

• Questions 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

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Certificate
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Tracking
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How does it work?
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Foothills 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

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Questions
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Contact Info
Denise Swett Foothill College, CA swettdenise_at_foot
hill.edu Valerie Kisiel Innovative
Educators val_at_ieinfo.org
Preview Go2Knowledge www.Go2Knowledge.org More
Information 1.303-819-5366