Change is constant in today's fast paced world. It’s critical for institutional leaders to embrace and build capacity for change. Whether you’re looking to implement a new online initiative or you’re concerned about how your faculty will embrace any change, this session will give you strategies and best practices for moving your school through change.
Online or digital learning initiatives impact many different areas of our schools. Our faculty will need help moving from their current way of doing things to what’s expected of them in the future. Along with this, they will be expected to change many of their process, and maybe the technology they use as well.
The Problem: Faculty go through change all the time. There are critical aspects involved in online education or digital learning initiatives:
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Faculty moving from F2F or blended to fully online
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Process changes
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Technology changes
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How do we make this easy on them?
The Solution: Change Management
The Why: Why change management is important?
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ROI - You're investing time and money in your initiatives. Change management will help you show a return on a your investment.
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Change happens at the individual level, so we need plans that will help individuals with change.
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Ensures successful initiatives
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Helps build capacity for future change
The Plan: Planning for Change
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Vision/Goals
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Communication
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Training
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User Engagement
The Key: The key to sustaining this model and building capacity:
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Empower your leaders
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Change leadership strategies