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Kim Round, Ph.D.Director of Instructional TechnologySaint Anselm College
March 25, 2014
Plan It, But Will They Come?Attracting Faculty to a Campus Technology Conference
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How many of you are involved with planning a faculty development conference?
(1/3 of the audience was currently involved in faculty development)
What are the biggest challenges?
Audience responses:
•Finances•Scheduling when faculty are available•Mustering resources•Gaining faculty interest
At Saint Anselm College, the challenges around our week-long Summer Faculty Institute looked like this:
Limited to 7 participants
Many of the same facultywere participating
No General Sessions
Interest had waned
Engage more faculty
Who is our learner? How do we engage him?
BYOD - We don’t know what is in his physical backpack
BYOApp – We don’t know what is in his digital backpack
Turning to Educause
Attracting Collaborators
SFI ‘13
Center for Teaching Excellence
•Credibility•Consulting•Peer contributions
Instructional Technology and Design
•$7K Budget•Leadership•Technology and ID knowledge
Geisel Library
•Consulting•Information Resource knowledge
Program Development Scaffolding
But, would they come?
Six Weeks BeforeFinalizing program with CTE and Library
IT&D sends “Save the Date” and Cohort Call for Proposals emails
Four Weeks BeforeOne Cohort proposal trickles in
IT&D continues efforts to promote the redesigned SFI ‘13 with faculty
Three Weeks BeforeWe reach out to our Library and CTE collaborators for help
Three-prong marketing effort begins, as CTE and Library promote SFI ’13
They’re coming!!
Two Weeks BeforeRSVP’s are rolling in
Order food!
One Week Before40 General Track Attendees
15 Cohort Attendee ProposalsDean approves requests for additional stipends
How to restructure the Cohort to work with additional people?
Five Days BeforeOrder more food!
Inform Library of need to restructure the Cohort programFloat possible options for Cohort restructuring
Repair relationship with the Library
Outcomes
What worked well•One third of the faculty attended SFI ’13 overall•Fifteen faculty members spend the week with us•Compressed IT&D strategic planning session•Roughly 50% of cohort gave their flipped lessons in the Fall. •Increased collaboration this year with faculty – not just about “tools”•Attendance was used for IT&D and Dean’s Office performance metrics •Increased CTE and Library interest in SFI ‘14 collaboration•We turned one of our largest detractors into an evangelist
Not so much…•Vendor participation•Roughly 50% of cohort gave their flipped lessons in the Fall. IT&D needed to do more follow up to help people stay on track.
What about SFI ‘14!
Same Formula•General track•Cohort track•Lots of food
Plus•Media Monday•Cohort peer mentors from SFI ’13•Increased IT&D follow up after Institute
Thank you for your interest!
Acknowledgements
Adam Albina, CIO, Saint Anselm CollegeDr. Jaime Orrego, Saint Anselm CollegeDr. Michael Wesch, Kansas State UniversityEducauseSaint Anselm Instructional Technology TeamSaint Anselm Geisel Library TeamSaint Anselm Center for Teaching Excellence