#TeachEx #TeachEx Updates, scheduling and (Re)thinking Groningen Meeting 23-25/05/2106 Eric Zimmerman & Hila Harel TeachEx: Timeline’s rethinking1

Progress  This PPT is based in part on this meeting’s discussions (notes)  This discussion is the nature of multi-partner international large projects; be happy! Don’t worry!  This file will go on the Google Drive before the event siteGoogle Drive  We need your inputs – crowdsourcing 205/22/2016TeachEx: Timeline’s rethinking

Update  Seven months since the kick-off meeting mapped  Needs and benchmark information are being mapped (WG1)  PPT available  Report in development, by Krakow meeting  Institutional variance  Institutional variance can be very telling; we need to seriously identify this, if and where it exists  CTE has different names in the institutions 05/22/2016TeachEx: Timeline’s rethinking 3

Update WG2-3 is quite advanced in thinking  We have begun to elucidate the project’s five “excellence training domains” and now seek (continued) active involvement of our European colleaguesproject’s five “excellence training domains  We are tackling the big wicked questions; Moshe added as co-facilitator (alongside Anne); an update will be circulated. This will be a consortium-wide effort. We need your input. document  How do we document these discussions? The APP? 05/22/2016TeachEx: Timeline’s rethinking 4

Some “big” question ideas from yesterday Q: Tension between general and specific Q: Who is the community? Q: Contextualizing teaching excellence Q: Generalizing our definition(s) Q: Do we need answers? Q: Integration of Research, Learning and Teaching Q: Excellence as a one-size-fits-all definition? Q: Educational Leadership Q; how do we document teaching 505/22/2016TeachEx: Timeline’s rethinking

Update 2 logo logo  We have a logologo APP  The APP is being conceptualized; if you have (pre) ideas, do let us know  Documenting the “big” questions (and partial answers) is critical website  The website is dynamic; it is continuously updated Zeitgeist  The eclectic list of news in the field – the Zeitgeist - is continuously growing; please subscribe. Please send me items. The News section too has a subscribe feature. #teachex  The twitter feed - #teachex – should be used; save the search term and track us.  The events section is most used thus far.  Kibbutz Seminar College  Kibbutz Seminar College has been added as a partner (with no budget); official amendment is in process 05/22/2016TeachEx: Timeline’s rethinking6

Update 3  Congratulations to Dr. Rivka Wadmany, Deputy Chair of the Council for Higher Education, Israel !!  Congratulations to Prof. Phillipos Pouyioutas, Rector of the University of Nicosia !!  We are in touch with Israeli informal group of CETs  We plan visits at each partner institution to crowdlearn 05/22/2016TeachEx: Timeline’s rethinking7

Update 4 self-assessment  Krakow meeting to include project self-assessment with Carlos; LMF in theory and practice  Krakow meeting and beyond to allow for substantial time for thinking group on big questions, during AND outside of WG sessions field monitoring  We will have a field monitoring visit in autumn by the Israel Erasmus+ office  Cost of Stay  Cost of Stay now independent of 100km travel budget restriction! Common sense wins the day. 05/22/2016TeachEx: Timeline’s rethinking8

Reminders  Reminder: Important to keep ALL documentation.  Reminder: Important to track co-financing.  Reminder: Make your equipment purchases.  Reminder: Update Rhonda on internal institutional dialogues 05/22/2016TeachEx: Timeline’s rethinking9

Question  At this point, all WG2+3 projects have been presented to partners  We hope that each participant belongs to (at least) one of the projects change  If you think there is a change from the approved proposal regarding your institutional and personal input or participation or deliverable, and you are not “happy”, please let us know (offline) Where we write about IT in the proposal, should we change it to ET – from Information -> Educational Collective roadmap design: generalizable tool box, institutional decision on direction and pilot 05/22/2016TeachEx: Timeline’s rethinking10

Question 2 An open point: work together – How can we best work together? – Are we meeting too often? – When is the European partners’ attendance required (due to budget considerations) It should be primarily related to involvement within WG2+3 projects, no? – Future meeting content can be determined according to the projects’ progress and availability of projects’ participants – When should the Core meetings be planned for? When we meet in Israel? Europe? 05/22/2016TeachEx: Timeline’s rethinking11

A reminder of the TeachEx WG2-3 Domains 05/22/2016TeachEx: Timeline’s rethinking12

Year 1 meetings UJOranimRUGBezalelUCCIDCWhere 4-6 July June May April Feb Nov 2015 When PMM and Dev of WP2and WP3 Dev of WP1, WP2 and WP3 Dev of WP1, WP2 WP3 Kickoff And PMM Themes of workshop AllIsraeli diversity group All (except Eurashe) Israeli Eurashe UCC Israeli UJ UCC All Partners attended 5 suggested project workshops --Deliverable Will conduct internal QA notes

Year 2 planned meetings 4 Brighton*EURASHEGlasgowIsrael one-day meetingCyprus Where # Aug 2017 # May / June 2017 # Mar 2017 # Jan-Feb 2017 # December 2016 When The big questions - social app Midterm conference & PMM Dev of WP2 and WP3 Initializing the training process Dev of WP2 and WP3 Themes of workshop Intimate gathering of WG leaders All Israeli partnersAll Supposed to be for Training FacultyTraining trainers Finishing WG2 development + translation to Englidh Deliverable From February 2017January 2017 Deliverable deadline

Year 3 planned meetings 5 05/22/2016TeachEx: Timeline’s rethinking BrusselsOranim+Israel HEI Nicosia Where # Sep 2018 # July 2018 # Jan- Apr 2018 # Nov 2017 When Final high-level round table discussion Final conference & PMM Internal round tables and dissemination events PMM Themes of workshop Core Group, WG leaders, other invited stakeholders AllOnly Israeli partners (if guests from abroad, co-financed) Supposed to be for Monitoring faculty From October 2017 Deliverable Presentation of results from pilot projects and development of social app. Presentation of developments on social app notes

Homework  WG1 data input to Rhonda  WG2-3 – revised concise vision and mission; action plan; road map!!!  Quality plan (Ronen and BGU team)  CTE internal strategy / set-up  Checking LMF and profiles vis-à-vis personal and institutional responsibilities/work load  Diary-in next meetings  News and Zeitgeist information provision  Big question referrals to Anne  Travel and other documentation to Hila  App ideas to Eric  Use of #teachex hashtag on Twitter 1605/22/2016TeachEx: Timeline’s rethinking

Homework for Eric/Hila  Integrate PPTs into one concise coherent status report – with WG leaders  Upload all material to event site  Draft brief update to project officer outlining progress and deviations  Communication management strategy plan  Exploitation ad sustainability plan  Dissemination strategy (with Oranim)  App development (with Brighton and others)  Ongoing management and dissemination 1705/22/2016TeachEx: Timeline’s rethinking

18 Thank you for your ongoing collaboration 05/22/2016