Thursday, February 14, 2008
A stroll down memory lane
Web tour:
Jing movie with voice over
Key points:
* Professional development often occurs out of prior obligation.
* Professional development as presentation at conferences - a way to meet colleagues.
* Professional development as conference host - a way to exploit prior connections and make new ones.
* Professional development as scholarly publishing - more connections particularly with evaluators and especially in the literature review part, a way to learn about the efforts of others in the field.
* Professional development tied to work done down the road.
Links in tour:
* Sloan ALN Conference - 1996
* An interview with Bill Graves (in lieu of an NLII Feb 1997 meeting page)
* FSI 1997 (the first one) Speakers page
* Journal of ALN - Volume 1 Issue 1 and SCALE Efficiency Projects paper
Jing movie with voice over
Key points:
* Professional development often occurs out of prior obligation.
* Professional development as presentation at conferences - a way to meet colleagues.
* Professional development as conference host - a way to exploit prior connections and make new ones.
* Professional development as scholarly publishing - more connections particularly with evaluators and especially in the literature review part, a way to learn about the efforts of others in the field.
* Professional development tied to work done down the road.
Links in tour:
* Sloan ALN Conference - 1996
* An interview with Bill Graves (in lieu of an NLII Feb 1997 meeting page)
* FSI 1997 (the first one) Speakers page
* Journal of ALN - Volume 1 Issue 1 and SCALE Efficiency Projects paper
CIC Learning Technology Group
Web Site
It is great to have peers at similar campuses who do essentially the same job as you do. It does wonders for benchmarking, creating aspirations, understanding the profession as a whole, and establishing enduring friendships. Once the relationships form inside the group many of those extend into other areas and context. I am now one of the faculty at the Educause Learning Technology Leadership Institute, and that is a consequence of my knowing Kathy Christoph of Wisconsin-Madison, whom I know through NLII, the Pew Program on Course Redesign, and of course the CIC LT group. She asked me to fill in at LTLI. I also on a new advisory board for Pearson. That connection came through Steve Acker of Ohio State. Steve is a very good friend now. We first met through the CIC LT group.
It is great to have peers at similar campuses who do essentially the same job as you do. It does wonders for benchmarking, creating aspirations, understanding the profession as a whole, and establishing enduring friendships. Once the relationships form inside the group many of those extend into other areas and context. I am now one of the faculty at the Educause Learning Technology Leadership Institute, and that is a consequence of my knowing Kathy Christoph of Wisconsin-Madison, whom I know through NLII, the Pew Program on Course Redesign, and of course the CIC LT group. She asked me to fill in at LTLI. I also on a new advisory board for Pearson. That connection came through Steve Acker of Ohio State. Steve is a very good friend now. We first met through the CIC LT group.
Professional Development Due to CET/CITES
Educause 2001 National Conference
CNI Conference
Frye Leadership Institute
Educause 2020 group
A Bunch of Campus Level Committees
Blogging as Professional Development
Writing to Learn
Argue online with peers about how to teach - Barbara Ganley and I have been going at it now for almost two years. And consider this little thread with Leigh Blackall, especially given how provocative the title to his post is.
And occasionally some recognition from peers for ideas that we contribute.
In a different vein - if you write a blog you probably read many others. Some of the uber .edu bloggers, such as Stephen Downes or Ray Schroeder, provide information that is more relevant than what you'll find in the Chronicle.
Argue online with peers about how to teach - Barbara Ganley and I have been going at it now for almost two years. And consider this little thread with Leigh Blackall, especially given how provocative the title to his post is.
And occasionally some recognition from peers for ideas that we contribute.
In a different vein - if you write a blog you probably read many others. Some of the uber .edu bloggers, such as Stephen Downes or Ray Schroeder, provide information that is more relevant than what you'll find in the Chronicle.
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