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What if Professional Development Could Be…Fun!?

Katie Clum March 1, 2022 March 1, 202201 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, active learning, Adult Learning, collaborative learning, Collaborator, EdCamp, faculty professional development, Learning Designer, professional learning, Professional Learning Facilitator

As has been oft-discussed on this blog, as well as among communities of teachers since time immemorial, professional development (PD) activities are quite frequently dull, irrelevant, time-consuming, and centered around a single expert delivering one-size-fits-all content to a group of workshop attendees. This is not an effective approach to adult learning (or any learning, really), …

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Meaningful Feedback in Online Professional Development

Katie Clum February 17, 2022 February 17, 202201 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Adult Learning, Collaboration, Collaborator, Connected Learner, faculty professional development, feedback, Learning Designer, online learning, online learning communities, Professional Development, Professional Learning Facilitator

Just as online teaching and learning became a necessity for K-12 and postsecondary students during the COVID-19 pandemic, so too did online professional learning activities for educators at all levels. Not only have professional development (PD) activities primarily been held in virtual spaces over the last two years (both synchronously and asynchronously), but often the …

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Did It Work!? A Brief Look at Professional Development Evaluation in Higher Education & Beyond

Katie Clum February 2, 2022 February 2, 202201 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Adult Learning, Data-Driven Decision-Maker, faculty professional development, Learning Designer, professional development evaluation, professional learning, Professional Learning Facilitator, technology integration

As I continue to dive deeper into the research related to professional development (PD) and adult learning initiatives within higher education, one aspect of PD I’ve yet to explore is the evaluation of PD. In other words, how do we determine if a PD enterprise was successful? Is the learning having an ongoing, meaningful impact …

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Best practices in professional development: What educational institutions might have to learn from the business sector

Katie Clum January 19, 2022 January 19, 202201 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Adult Learning, Collaborator, Learning Designer, problem-based learning, Professional Development, Professional Learning Facilitator

Though it’s generally acknowledged that education theory and practice inform adult learning and professional development activities in all kinds of domains, the connection between education research/best practices and teaching/learning as it occurs in corporate environments is perhaps less explored. For the purposes of this investigation, I’m interested in finding exemplars of professional learning design and implementation that are taking place outside of K-12 schools and higher education institutions. How are best practices in education …

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The Role of Reflection in Professional Learning & Development

Katie Clum October 20, 2021 October 20, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Adult Learning, Learning Designer, metacognition, Professional Development, Professional Learning Facilitator, reflection

When considering the role of an instructional coach or any kind of professional learning facilitator, it’s important to note how their roles are both similar and dissimilar to that of a typical classroom teacher. Both are educators hoping to assist students in reaching learning goals. A notable difference, however, is the fact that instructional designers/coaches work almost exclusively with experienced adult learners who are already professionals in their fields. In what ways, then, …

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Leveraging Digital Tools for Instruction Outside the Classroom: Community Engagement Project, EDTC 6102

Katie Clum March 11, 2021 March 11, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Adult Learning, Digital Citizen Advocate, digital instruction, Digital Learning, Digital Tools, Higher Education, Learning Designer, Professional Learning Facilitator, teacher certification

It’s been a wonderful opportunity to invest time and energy into a project which ultimately helps me do my job better. Though I am not currently a classroom teacher and do not have typical instructional responsibilities in my day to day work, I do constantly convey important information about the WA State teacher certification process …

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A Strong Hex Foundation to Professional Learning

Digital Leader & Educator in Education March 7, 2021 March 7, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Adult Learning, coaching, digital learning environments, ISTE Coaching Standard 5, ISTE Coaching Standards, ISTE Standards, learning vision, peer coaching, Professional Development, Professional Development & Programs, Professional Growth & Expertise, professional learning, Teaching & Learning

What are key ideas to designing professional learning that includes a process of ongoing evaluation that emphasizes improvements for using technology for high-impact teaching and learning? Based on ISTE Coaching Standard 5C #1 Consistent purpose …

Exploring the how and why adult brains learn

Digital Leader & Educator in Education February 6, 2021 February 6, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Adult Learning, coaching, ISTE Coaching Standards, ISTE Standards, leadership, Neuroscience, peer coaching, Professional Development, Professional Development & Programs, Professional Growth & Expertise, Teaching & Learning, Visionary Leadership

(…and what that means for professional development) While the neuroscience and study of brain development, aging, and learning continues to expand, here are a few insights I found particularly insightful to explain how adult brains …

Regional Teacher Professional Learning and Technology – Module 5

James March 22, 2018 March 22, 2018Adult Learning, coaching, EDTC 6016, Educational Service District, ESD, ISTE-C Standard 4, PD, Professional Development, Professional Development and Program Evaluation, Regional Learning, technology integration

Involving Many Stakeholders Like some of my colleagues in the Digital Education Leadership M.Ed. Program at Seattle Pacific University, this quarter has led me to think more broadly about professional development for teachers and specifically professional development through technology. Much of the learning this quarter has been new and valuable to me as a first … Continue reading “Regional Teacher Professional Learning and Technology – Module 5”

Best Practices in Professional Learning: Admin as Building Tech Leaders – Module 4

James March 5, 2018 March 5, 2018Administration, Administrator, Adult Learning, EDTC 6106, ISTE-C Standard 4, PD, Personalized Learning, Professional Development, Professional Development and Program Evaluation

A New Generation I heard this week that the PEW Research Center identified a generational shift for those born after 1996. They are now known as the post-millennial generation while awaiting an official name, (Dimok, 2018). It is interesting that the movement of education mirrors life and society. Just as we have moved into a … Continue reading “Best Practices in Professional Learning: Admin as Building Tech Leaders – Module 4”

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