35: Questionable Undefined Modalities
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35: Questionable Undefined Modalities

On Topic Episode 35: Questionable Undefined Modalities

Recorded July 21, 2023

We’re joined by Marina Walton from Trinity University to talk Faculty Support covering everything from identifying champions, supporting innovative learning spaces (that everyone hates), engaging department chairs, hosting an IT Open House to put faces to names, adding a personal touch to IT support, and much more. We also discuss an article (and related study) about giving faculty more time to learn and adopt new technologies before deploying them campus wide.

Connect with Marina on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marina-walton-m-a-ed-cts-884782173/

Article discussed:
https://edscoop.com/faculty-edtech-review-time-survey/

Full report:
https://www.wgulabs.org/posts/cin-faculty-survey-2022-faculty-as-edtech-innovators-moving-beyond-stereotypes-to-promote-institutional-change

Alternate show titles:
  • We just figured out how to use the other one
  • It’s the same thing, just a different name
  • Biting off that hard bite first
  • Find the complainers
  • This has never worked
  • Of course it works– watch!
  • Does it turn on, show a picture; don’t worry about it
  • Just because it works, doesn’t mean it’s a success

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