iScholarReflections on a Faculty PD initiative

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today….

• About the initiative

• Reflections from the generation 1 iScholars

• Reflections from generation 2 iScholars

• Ask us…..•

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About the initiative

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about iScholar

foster & support learning & teaching innovation

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specific goals

to build and/or extend academic staff capability and capacity in online and blended learning

to develop a scholarly community of practice in online and blended learning in higher education

to improve the student experience in the online and blended learning modes so that learning activities are engaging, relevant and high quality.

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iScholar commitments…….

• participate in a community of practice • present to faculty their work & create

a video case study

• develop the innovation into a paper

• mentor a future iScholar

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Gen 1 - CDU iScholars 2014

• Rebecca England – IT

• Jim Lee– Sports Science

• Karen Joyce Remote Sensing

• Angela Sheedy– Nursing

• Rob Wolff– Engineering

• Barbara White (Faculty AD L&T)

• Paul Irving (Faculty Materials Developer)

• Nancy Rees(Faculty Ed Developer)

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Gen 2 - CDU iScholars 2014

From SEITSami, Daria & Luis

From HealthVirginia, Leena, Lisa, Tejaswini, Eva, Robyn

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From SPaCSHana, Kwang, Martin, Isabelle, Petra

From EnvironmentErica

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Hear from the ischolars

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Questions: ask the panel

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take aways…

• What’s one thing you’d like to find out more about?

• What’s one good idea you may have heard today?

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