New Dates: June 28–July 1, 2020 at the Claremont Colleges (Claremont, CA) Co-hosted by the Claremont Colleges and the University of LaVerne Each year, the POD Network sponsors the Institute to mentor new practitioners and facilitate excellence in practice among its members. The primary audience is persons in the early years of educational development roles.…
I am often at a loss for words, but I’m feeling more so that way at this time. My heart is heavy with the recent overwhelming and devastating acts of anti-Black racism and police brutality in the United States, in Canada, and beyond.
Connecting with POD colleagues is my emphasis this month. Our ongoing pandemic conditions can make us feel not only overworked but also isolated. But when I reach out to my POD colleagues, I feel less alone. How about you?
Friday, May 8, 2020, 1:00–2:00 PM EST
Facilitators: Milton Fuentes, Montclair State University; Isis Artze-Vega, Valencia College
This session will assist educational developers in securing an understanding of equity and adopting equity as a lens through which to examine our efforts.
Let’s take some time to talk to each other about how we are doing and share our collective wisdom on topics including diversity and inclusion in the digital context, distance learning technology resources and troubleshooting, leadership from a distance, programming disruption, and more.
In stepping into the role of President as of March 21, I’ve opted to take a slightly different tack in communicating with you. Our newsletter has been phased out and we are putting more emphasis on social media messaging, but we also know that not all of you engage in those media, so I’m going old school with my messages. On a somewhat regular basis, I will communicate with you directly via a members’ email.
As faculty developers, how do you support your faculty through a request to move traditional instruction online, particularly under tight deadlines? This PODLive session presents perspectives from two institutions on how they have been doing this.
Friday, March 6, 2020, 1-2 EST Facilitators: Catherine Haras, California State University, Los Angeles; Jonathan Iuzzini, Achieving the Dream; Emily Daniell Magruder, California State University; Mary Deane Sorcinelli, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Steven C. Taylor, Wilmington University As institutional leaders use data to make informed decisions about resourcing instructional and student success efforts aligned with…
The leaders of the POD Network have taken the first of many future steps toward a robust change process to critically examine our processes, policies, and practices; and to identify and enact changes that will lead to an organization that is more equitable and one that empowers, values, and centralizes people of color as members, colleagues, and leaders.
Friday, February 7, 2020, 1-2 EST Facilitators: Thomas McManus, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology; Sarah Oliver, Creighton University; and Mandy McGrew, Kennesaw State University Supporting adjunct and part-time faculty comes with several inherent roadblocks at many institutions. Identifying these obstacles is the first step in overcoming them. In this session we will begin to…