1. Plan It, But Will They Come?
Attracting Faculty to a Campus Technology Conference
Kim Round, Ph.D.
Director of Instructional Technology
Saint Anselm College
March 25, 2014
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2. How many of you are involved with planning a faculty development conference?
(1/3 of the audience was currently involved in faculty development)

3. What are the biggest challenges?
Audience responses:
Finances
Scheduling when faculty are available
Mustering resources
Gaining faculty interest

4. At Saint Anselm College, the challenges around our
week-long Summer Faculty Institute looked like this:
Limited to 7 participants
Interest had waned
Engage more faculty
No General Sessions
Many of the same faculty
were participating

5. Who is our learner? How do we engage him?
BYOD - We don’t know what is in his physical backpack
BYOApp – We don’t know what is in his digital backpack

6. Turning to Educause

7. Dr Michael Wesch “A View of Students Today”

8. Attracting Collaborators
CTE
IT&D
Library
Center for Teaching Excellence
Credibility
Consulting
Peer contributions
Instructional Technology and Design
$7K Budget
Leadership
Technology and ID knowledge
SFI ‘13
Geisel Library
Consulting
Information Resource knowledge

9. Program Development Scaffolding
Educause On-Campus Tool Kit
Vision of Students Today
Engaging Students at Saint Anselm College
General Track: Knowledgeable to Knowledge-Able
Cohort Track: Flipped Classroom lesson planning.

10. But, would they come? Six Weeks Before
Finalizing program with CTE and Library
IT&D sends “Save the Date” and Cohort Call for Proposals s
Four Weeks Before
One Cohort proposal trickles in
IT&D continues efforts to promote the redesigned SFI ‘13 with faculty
Three Weeks Before
We reach out to our Library and CTE collaborators for help
Three-prong marketing effort begins, as CTE and Library promote SFI ’13

11. They’re coming!! Two Weeks Before One Week Before Five Days Before
RSVP’s are rolling in
Order food!
One Week Before
40 General Track Attendees
15 Cohort Attendee Proposals
Dean approves requests for additional stipends
How to restructure the Cohort to work with additional people?
Five Days Before
Order more food!
Inform Library of need to restructure the Cohort program
Float possible options for Cohort restructuring
Repair relationship with the Library

12. Outcomes What worked well Not so much…
One third of the faculty attended SFI ’13 overall
Fifteen faculty members spend the week with us
Compressed IT&D strategic planning session
Roughly 50% of cohort gave their flipped lessons in the Fall.
Increased collaboration this year with faculty – not just about “tools”
Attendance was used for IT&D and Dean’s Office performance metrics
Increased CTE and Library interest in SFI ‘14 collaboration
We turned one of our largest detractors into an evangelist
Not so much…
Vendor participation
Roughly 50% of cohort gave their flipped lessons in the Fall. IT&D needed to do more follow up to help people stay on track.

13. Ongoing SFI Experience via EC

14. What about SFI ‘14! Same Formula Plus General track Cohort track
Lots of food
Plus
Media Monday
Cohort peer mentors from SFI ’13
Increased IT&D follow up after Institute

16. Thank you for your interest!

17. Acknowledgements Adam Albina, CIO, Saint Anselm College
Dr. Jaime Orrego, Saint Anselm College
Dr. Michael Wesch, Kansas State University
Educause
Saint Anselm Instructional Technology Team
Saint Anselm Geisel Library Team
Saint Anselm Center for Teaching Excellence