Northeastern University and O’Donnell Learn will summarize 3 years of research leading to the creation of a personalized and scalable faculty support solution for creating humanized, inclusive and engaging learning – Faculty Concierge. Northeastern University will discuss how this learning design support and technology platform is simplifying and reducing course preparation time and equips faculty with the tools they need for creating successful, contextualized learning experiences.
As screens rapidly replace classrooms and technology revamps traditional learning modules, a vital and yet unanswered question lingers: are teachers being provided with the tools they need to keep up? O’Donnell Learn has, over the last 3 years, conducted exploratory research aimed at answering how much time are instructors spending on learning design? Where are they spending their time – and how effective is it? What are instructor-stated needs for learning design support? Finally, how do instructor needs align with administrator perceived needs for faculty learning design support?
O’Donnell Learn and Northeastern University will share how the outcomes of this research framed the development of a personalized faculty support solution for creating contextualized and humanized learning while simultaneously simplifying and reducing instructor course development time. Further, Northeastern will share how this service, Faculty Concierge, and complementary technology platform, Nectar, has successfully increased the University’s capacity for providing personalized faculty development and learning design support.
Engagement: Brief discussion around the need for humanizing learning; the current condition of faculty, staff, and students and why students seek better learning experiences. Discussion on research of how much time instructors spend on online course development. We will also be sharing research on what instructors are interested in improving while also inviting the audience to add their ideas for classroom improvements.