Thursday, June 23
9:00 AM-12:00 PM
EDT
Liberty 4

Standing Up a Community of Practice For Your Online Faculty

F2F Workshop ID: 61341
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    Marnie OBrien-Wagner
    USC Gould School of Law

Abstract: First proposed by cognitive anthropologist Jean Lave and educational theorist Etienne Wenger in their book "Situated Learning," 'Communities of Practice (CoP) are groups of people who share a concern, a set of problems, or a passion about a topic, and who deepen their knowledge and expertise in this area by interacting on an ongoing basis.' Your online, adjunct or TPT faculty most certainly fit this description. This workshop employs project management standards, business and systems analysis concepts, as well as best practices in teaching and learning to break down the necessary steps for designing, developing and implementing a community of practice for adjunct, temporary and/or part-time instructors serving education institutions. Attendees will review and complete proven analyses models so they’re prepared to evaluate and justify a similar community of practice at their home institutions. Outcomes expected for CoPs may include a better trained adjunct pool, online teachers who are well-versed in their classroom and online technologies, teachers that feel more connected to their peers and a student body that benefits from all of the above.

Objectives

1. Highlight traditions and current trends of adjunct hiring by post-secondary and higher education institutions. 2. Summarize strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of implementing a community of practice at your institution. 3. Prepare a preliminary work breakdown structure for designing, developing and implementing a community of practice using USC as a benchmark.

Topical Outline

Proposed Workshop Outline The Age-Old Debate: Adjunct Hiring Trends and Statistics o COVID-19 o In-house vs. 3rd party Case Study: USC Online CoP o Proven Upline Community (Center for Excellence in Teaching) o Aligned with Move to In-House Support o For Online Adjuncts Only o Incorporating the Course Update Process o Streamlining the Communication Process o Getting Everyone to Use Collaboration Tools Content Considerations: o Completing a SWOT Analysis (to guide content decisions) o Recommended Teaching Standards (QM, CET) o Online Technologies and/or Sandbox Section to Encourage Innovation o Tech Training for Teachers (LMS, Zoom, etc.) o Developing Teaching Frameworks for Non-Teachers (Google) Technical and Project Parameters o Selecting a Platform: Merging ADDIE & PMI for an Educational Implementation o Handout Sample Project Charters & Design Documents o Business and Systems Process Modeling with Education POV o Determining Scope (what’s in and what’s out) o Brainstorming and Breaking Down the Work o Stakeholder Management The Result – A Tour of USC’s Online CoP created in MS SharePoint

Prerequisites

This workshop is appropriate for administrative decision-makers and/or educational technologists employed by community colleges, technical colleges or four-year institutions; who wish to provide a better teaching and learning experience for their adjunct or temporary instruction pool, as well as their students.

Experience Level

Intermediate

Qualifications

The instructor’s 15+ years of Instructional Design and Educational Technology experience includes working and consulting in both academic and corporate environments; specifically, in fast-changing STEM organizations (e.g., Google) where she developed and scaled training frameworks for non-teachers involved in onboarding their peers. Currently, she is an Instructional Designer at the University of Southern California, where she is a member of the Instructional Design Advisory Group for their Center for Excellence in Teaching. She holds a Master’s Degree in Learning Technologies and is a PMI certified Project Management Professional.

Topics

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