The need for
universal, lifelong, hybrid professional development is
increasing rapidly. The technologies and strategies
available to offer such professional development
effectively are increasing rapidly. The gap between
those in need and those responsible for helping them is
widening. This is as true on campus as online.
How can we provide
better combinations of hybrid/blended education to help
others offer better combinations of hybrid/blended
education?
We're all tormented by
the same burning question:
Why is it so difficult
to engage the vast majority of college and university
faculty members and other academics in educational
activities to support their own continuing professional
development?
On campus?
Online?
Especially when we
know that the options available for improving teaching
and learning are proliferating at an accelerating pace,
that the demand for hybrid or blended courses is also
accelerating, and that institutional commitment to
offering and supporting hybrid/blended courses is
growing!
We will parse the
question, identify some of the most pressing needs,
develop a framework for exploring this confusing
challenge, begin to establish guidelines, and commit to
some modest next steps.
