Session+1

= Session 1 Discussions =

How to promote / support technology related faculty development at NLU?

 * Informal avenues tend to be more relaxed, provide opportunity to play.
 * offer more 'informal sessions' for faculty to get together, share what they are working on, then provide some hands-on opportunities.
 * Formal PD / training is less organic.
 * Use technology in personal lives (playful). Skills and knowledge will carry over to professional lives.
 * Organize a formal approach to create a module of a course without given a time limit with flexibility
 * Focus on a personalized approach to participating in the course design
 * Link this to the professional development goals for individual growth and load
 * Understanding what faculty members would like to do and design motivating menu of options
 * Develop a systematic approach in expecting each faculty member would have demonstrate technology goals with professional development
 * Thoughts around offering / developing personal projects as informal training sessions

Faculty Needs:

 * Time to practice, learn, play
 * use of NETS-T for PD framework (self-assessment) to set technology PD goals for year (measurable)
 * assessed annually during review
 * create PD sessions / tech sharing during program or department meetings
 * faculty need to be pro-active about own learning; develop PLN
 * offer "Open Lab" for faculty to learn tools, practice. could be the "personal projects" idea.