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Retreat to Advance: A Residential “Collaboratory” Approach to Program Redesign
Type of Presentation
Concurrent Session (45 minutes)
Session Abstract
This session will discuss program redesign through the implementation of a “collaboratory” in which geographically dispersed faculty convened an intensive week-long live-in workshop to redevelop program goals, competencies and courses.
Target Audience
This interactive session is geared toward administrators and faculty who wish to engage in highly collaborative curricular redesign and knowledge sharing. Colleagues seeking to restructure their programs and courses using innovative technology tools, like-minded external partners, and proven adult learner-focused models such as project- and problem-based learning will find particular value in this session.
Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Describe a systematic approach to collaborative program redesign.
2. Identify strategies to connect geographically dispersed faculty.
3. Discuss strategies to overcome financial, administrative, and curricular hurdles.
Session Description
Our desire to update our program while being asked by administration to reduce credit hours prompted our geographically dispersed faculty to seek internal funding for a 4-day “collaboratory” to reinvigorate our fully online M. Ed. in Adult Education curriculum. All faculty convened and resided together during the week-long program redesign. In this session, small groups will be used to consider how to make comprehensive program improvements rapidly and address the needs of today’s adult learners and institutions of higher learning. Relevant research, processes and final products from the “collaborator” will be shared and discussed.
Efforts are made to try to schedule sessions on the day preferred by the Primary Presenter, though this cannot be guaranteed. Please check your preference.
Wednesday November 6
Primary Presenter
Amber Dailey-Hebert, PhD, Park University
Work Title
Professor of Adult Education
Additional Presenters: Enters In Order.
Kay S. Dennis, EdD, Park University
Work Title
Associate Professor of Adult Education
Marthann Schulte, PhD, Park University
Work Title
Associate Professor of Adult Education