OBSERVATIONS ON C2L

JAM #2:

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

FOR INTEGRATIVE

EPORTFOLIOS

CONNECT TO LEARNING

APRIL 18, 2011

Forum Discussion – 4/7-4/9

Leslie Lieman (Lehman) – themes from the

reading

Adoption vs. transformation

Local (class, program, department) vs.

institutional

Bottom up vs. top down

Short-term vs. long-term

Improve faculty teaching vs. improve

student understanding/learning

Additional Themes

Trust – willingness to take risks within a

community that is supportive AND critical

Redesign vs. just “adding on” – a more

holistic view of the “system”

Ownership – From being support-driven to

faculty-driven (Nancy W., Stony Brook)

Faculty’s role as a “change agent” on

multiple levels

Digital Stories of Students

Digital Stories of Faculty

Opportunities for Synthesis and

Collaboration

Lillian Rafeldt (Three Rivers CC): multiple

sessions for faculty development

Lehman (6 sessions ), Manhattanville (4), Pace

(3), Johnson & Wales (2 w/online component),

TRCC (1 plus mentoring), Tunxis (4)

Additional support structures outside of

workshops:

Individual consulting (IUPUI), mentorship

(Hunter), Ambassadors (Queensborough),

ePortfoilio Student Team (Virginia Tech), student

mentors (Rutgers)

Questions to continue to

explore…

How can we, in our faculty development practices,

prioritize and foreground the focus on student learning?“

What practices did you see where that is the focus?

What else could we be doing in this regard?“

What kinds of reflective prompts and activities are most

effective for faculty? (e.g., SFSU’s Guiding Questions,

U Delaware’s structured interview protocol)

What is the evidence of success and how do we

measure and collect this evidence?

Your thoughts, questions? What’s next?