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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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Instructional Coaching Reflection, Digital Literacy

Katie Clum November 22, 2021 November 22, 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, Change Agent, Collaborator, Connected Learner, Digital Citizen Advocate, Learning Designer, Professional Learning Facilitator

This quarter I’ve had the opportunity to dust off some of my classroom teaching skills and come alongside a friend and fellow teacher to help her think critically about a 6th grade nonfiction English/Language Arts unit she’ll be teaching this Fall. In this unit, which is approximately one month in length (3-4 weeks), 6th grade students …

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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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21st Century Skills in the Higher Education Classroom

Katie Clum October 10, 2021 October 10, 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, 21st Century Skills, Higher Education, Learning Designer, Professional Learning Facilitator, standards

The term “21st Century Skills” has been referenced frequently in education circles for over a decade. Though the educational philosophies and political/economic motivations undergirding these skills originated well before the dawn of the 21st century, the list that coalesced into the 21st Century Skills we recognize in American education today gained prominence with educational initiatives like the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) Framework for education (2002) and the Common Core State Standards (2010). 21st Century Skills have been discussed ubiquitously over the …

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Online Teaching & Learning in Higher Education During COVID-19 & Beyond: Pitfalls & Opportunities for Access & Equity

Katie Clum September 24, 2021 September 24, 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, Access, Change Agent, COVID-19, Digital Citizen Advocate, Digital Divide, equity, Higher Education, Learning Designer, online learning, online teaching, Professional Learning Facilitator

Like so many other countries across the globe, higher education institutions in South Africa were forced to reckon with a rapid pivot to online teaching/learning in order to maintain operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 26 public universities in South Africa, 25 are residential institutions that did not allow distance education prior to 2014 (Czerniewicz et al., 2020). This scramble to change modalities in 2020 came …

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EDTC 6104 Community Engagement Project – Professional Development Workshop for Resilient Pedagogy

Katie Clum August 4, 2021 August 4, 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, faculty professional development, Higher Education, Learning Designer, online learning, online teaching, Professional Learning Facilitator, resilient pedagogy

For this quarter’s Community Engagement Project I have been tasked with creating a professional learning presentation or workshop on a topic of my choice which would be used to engage and provide professional growth for a selected audience. This project is meant to demonstrate my understanding of the performance indicators for ISTE Coaching Standard 3. …

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“Put me in, Coach:” A Brief Look at Best Practices for Instructional Coaching in Higher Education

Katie Clum August 4, 2021 August 4, 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, Collaborator, faculty professional development, Higher Education, instructional coaching, Instructional Design, Learning Designer, Professional Learning Facilitator

In 2020, Apple TV’s comedy series Ted Lasso starring Jason Sudeikis became an unlikely hit after its debut season, earning rave reviews, excellent ratings, and a platform as a quirky source of inspiration for coaches–and really just ordinary people–everywhere. The premise of the show has fictional American football coach, the mustachioed Ted Lasso, recruited to …

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Professional Development & Technology in Higher Education: What’s Working?

Katie Clum July 15, 2021 July 15, 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, Collaborator, Higher Education, Learning Designer, online learning, online teaching, Professional Development, Professional Learning Facilitator

As a former classroom teacher, I am deeply aware of the potential professional development (PD) activities have to positively improve teaching practice; it’s the same potential that PD has to overwhelm instructors and use up valuable time, energy, and resources that might have been used elsewhere in jam-packed school schedules. When it comes to effective …

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Supporting Students in Building Mathematical Confidence

Megan Heineman June 3, 2021 June 3, 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, Collaborator, Instructional Design, Learning Designer, Mathematical Confidence, professional learning, Professional Learning Facilitator, Student Support

As I wrap up my time in the Digital Education Leadership (DEL) Master’s program at Seattle Pacific University, I decided to focus my culminating project on the Tier II math intervention courses in my district. As a former math teacher this is an area that has a special place in my heart and a subject […]

Using Canvas Analytics to Support Student Success

Katie Clum May 14, 2021 May 14, 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, analytics, canvas, Data-Driven Decision-Maker, faculty professional development, Learning Designer, LMS, Professional Learning Facilitator, student engagement

Though online teaching/learning are hardly new concepts in education, the pandemic has necessitated a massive shift to online learning such that educators worldwide–at all levels–have had to engage with online learning in new, immersive ways. Online learning can take many forms (synchronous, asynchronous, hybrid, hyflex, etc.), but regardless of the form, educators with access to …

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