Georgian College COED 2009 Update

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Georgian College Update by Annique Boelryk (Instructional Designer/Faculty Developer) (Last updated November 14, 2009 - More to come before the meeting)

Successes

• Annual Focus on Teaching conference - great energy, excellent participation, good community building
• Annual Teaching and Learning Open Forum (day based on Open-Space Technology)
• Academic Development Program (one semester course for new full-time faculty)
• Teaching Practice Credential (in-house credential recognizing participation in professional development activities; significant increase in number of faculty working towards this credential)
• Significant increase in participation in part-time faculty sessions (series of 10 sessions); now offered in both fall and winter semesters
• Review and provincial audit of Curriculum processes
• CTL Website - new CMS, updating info
• Upgrade to Bb9 including development / implementation of extensive training and support materials (30+videos; 200 pages of instructional documentation; 100+workshops) [1]

Challenges

• Determining best use of energy devoted to enhancing teaching and learning institution-wide
• Weak tech support for any initiatives
• Maintaining quality assurance in online courses given accelerating development conditions

Goals for 2009-2010

• New Strategic Plan being developed
• Exapnd support to other campuses
• Explore ideas for virtual pd