Today's Customers
For this assignment we had to think about the skills necessary for 21st instruction and learning and compare those to 20th century teaching and learning. This assignment guided me to think about how I can encourage instructors at my institution adapt to new ways of thinking about their instructional methods and subsequently how to help them implement new methods of teaching.
Change is inevitable. Some embrace change, others view it as daunting, and some even feel it is unnecessary for them because, “we have always done it that way.” Moving from 20th century to a 21st century mindset in education shouldn’t be overwhelming because learning is all about change; from behaviors and beliefs to new ways of doing things.
At my institution (Chemeketa Community College) there are approximately 375 instructors who could benefit from a change...These are the instructors who do not currently use any type of web presence, or even the college’s learning management system to support their instruction. They are the ones who still believe in standing in front of the class for the entire 50 minutes, think that a student with a cell phone must not be paying attention, and that every word they say should be on their powerpoint slides.
They aren’t bad people, and might even be really good instructors, but they not the best at accepting change. I believe that the resistance to change is because educators sometimes forget who their customers are...and they don’t take into account Student Success. Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment can all be transformed with a willingness a change from 20th century to 21st century mindset.
The following infographic outlines a few of the items I would highlight for the 375 instructors at my institution about making a shift to blended or online learning.
At my institution (Chemeketa Community College) there are approximately 375 instructors who could benefit from a change...These are the instructors who do not currently use any type of web presence, or even the college’s learning management system to support their instruction. They are the ones who still believe in standing in front of the class for the entire 50 minutes, think that a student with a cell phone must not be paying attention, and that every word they say should be on their powerpoint slides.
They aren’t bad people, and might even be really good instructors, but they not the best at accepting change. I believe that the resistance to change is because educators sometimes forget who their customers are...and they don’t take into account Student Success. Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment can all be transformed with a willingness a change from 20th century to 21st century mindset.
The following infographic outlines a few of the items I would highlight for the 375 instructors at my institution about making a shift to blended or online learning.
For several years I have been advocating that every course and section should have a presence in our LMS. What has been a grassroots effort encouraging instructors to use eLearn (The campus name for Blackboard, our LMS) is now coming to fruition through of all things...the grade book.
Our campus has been evaluating various options for a digital grade book and the determination has been made to use eLearn as the campus digital grade book.
By establishing a digital grade book students will now have access to their grades and progress in each course more readily than before. A small piece of the instructional process is proving to be a catalyst for change and can open the door for 375 instructors to embrace a new way of teaching, and provide opportunities for their own learning.