We discovered new faculty needs during remote instruction and the power of pedagogical resilience. It's time to launch from those experiences to consider faculty development through the lens of resilient pedagogy. We'll share insights and hold discussions around faculty support and adaptable course design to reimagine the faculty development experience.
We’re hoping to close the chapter on COVID, and we’re looking ahead to the future. It’s not a matter of closing to forget, but for closure so we can open our minds to new possibilities.
We’ve supported more than 950 faculty through our Teaching Online (TOL) course, which recently included a Remote Instruction Edition. This endeavor surfaced the pedagogical resilience of our faculty and online instruction, which has inspired our response to faculty training and support. Now we’re prepared to launch from these experiences with our sights on the future of faculty development.
Through the lens of resilient pedagogy, we’ll briefly discuss our faculty development structures pre-COVID and touch upon solutions we rapidly developed for emergency remote instruction and lessons learned from our experience. Then we’ll return to our fac-dev foundations and consider what faculty need and how to build resilient design for learning into their online practices.
We’ll share faculty feedback and hold interactive dialogue around the practices needed to build their skill set (and confidence) to teach online along with the expectations being set by our institutions. These talking points will frame our discussion regarding how (and if) our current faculty development models can be sustained or reimagined so we can propose new trajectories aligned with resiliency and faculty needs.
Participants will work in small groups to construct a virtual vision board, which will yield a digital resource you can take back to your institution to support your faculty development goals. Participants will also gather a collection of ideas we hope will illuminate new paths and advocacy for faculty-focused support and resilient design for learning. Above all, we hope to start reimagining faculty development.
References
Quintana, R. (2020). Resilient teaching through times of crisis and change [Video]. Coursera. https://www.coursera.org/lecture/resilient-teaching-through-times-of-crisis/designing-for-resilience-W0aw4
Tange, A. K. (2020, June 8). Resilient design for remote teaching and learning. Thinking About the Humanities. https://andreakastontange.com/teaching/resilient-design-for-remote-teaching-and-learning
Thurston, T., Lundstrom, K., Gonzalez, C., Stommel, J., Masland, L, et al. (2021). Resilient Pedagogy. Pressbooks. https://oen.pressbooks.pub/resilientpedagogy/front-matter/land-acknowledgment/