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Inverting the Professional Development PyramidLynnette FlynnWilma PfitznerHarriet RidolfoLinda Ward

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We are aiming to answer these questions...

As Professional Development leaders how can we:

1. Enable academic staff to up skill so that they can “adopt new models of learning and teaching” in an environment which is fast changing and complex?

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2. Explore challenges, solutions and outcomes in our own practice to model, support and foster transformation of practice and culture amongst academic staff and not simply a change of product?

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Who are we? - Background to CSU• Multi-campus • 39,315 students • 29,632 students studying at a distance • 940 academic staff• * Sessional/casual staff numbers • 2015 number of subject offerings * 5185• Adjunct staff in partner institutions

• 26 EDs(2013)

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What are the issues/challenges?

• Strategic priority to be fully online from 2015• Rollout of new LMS (timeframe)• Use of other (internal and external) technologies

needs to be integrated • Learning & teaching in HE is changing• Student expectations changing

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What are we doing?

Distributed approach• Faculty of Business

• Faculty of Education

• Faculty of Science

• Faculty of Arts

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So if ...

•Traditional PD does not invigorate practice and is not getting full engagement with academic staff•Majority of academics are still using traditional teaching methods

We need more Active teaching methods?

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Inverting a pyramid – or two

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Inverting a pyramid – or two

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Professional Development & Training

Demonstrations &Workshops

Higher Education Learning & Teaching

Lectures & tutorials

L&T strategies in HE Professional Development comparison - then

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Higher Education Learning & Teaching

Problem based learning

Peer to peer learning

Active Learning Approaches

Flipped classroom

Collaborative learning

Self –assessment

Professional Development & Training

Compulsory workshops

?Non-compulsory workshops

Drop - in sessions

L&T strategies in HE Professional Development comparison - now

Students taking responsibility of learningCreation and co-creation of knowledge

Top down – Academics are told what they need and when they need it?

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1. How can we enable academics to up skill so that they can “adopt new models of learning and teaching” in an environment which is fast changing and complex?

In search of the magic bullet

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Problem solving!Break into groups of 4-5 and record on:

‘Today’s meet’

http://today.io/qfhj

Meeting name ‘PD Blackboard’1. What approach do you use for professional development

in your area – are you modelling more active learning approaches?

2. What are the issues and challenges?

3. How could you make it more effective?

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What did you find? .....

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What did we find? .....

Flipped Professional Development has the potential to disrupt the way teachers learn and will accelerate innovation in education

A multifaceted approach?

Daniels, K (2014) The Flipped side of Professional Development. EduSurge https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-04-18-the-flip-side-of-professional-development

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Professional development

“learning is shifting from past (efficiency, best practice) to future (creative response, innovation)”.

Inverting the pyramid

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What would happen if....

… Imagine telling senior management you are stopping PD sessions in favor of peer-to-peer learning. You're redeploying learning & teaching staff as mentors, coaches, and facilitators who work on improving core business processes (L&T), strengthening relationships with customers (students), and cutting costs. You're shifting the focus to creativity, innovation, and helping people perform better, faster, cheaper.

Perhaps the time has come?

Cross, J & Harold J. "The Training Department of the Future." Training 27 May 2009. Expanded Academic ASAP. Web. 14 Jan. 2014.http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA208113675&v=2.1&u=csu_au&it=r&p=EAIM&sw=w&asid=6a29eed5450b0f7a33c1a5e421935f06

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