Everyone once in awhile I peruse LifeHacker or TED just to see what I can see, and I come across something interesting and exciting that couldn't be more relevant to something I happen to be working on. Such was the case with this video what motivates us:
Facilitating the "iTeach Essentials" course for the past year and a half certainly validates the information in this video. Although it's true that the kind of people who would be sign up for the course are already probably highly motivated, I have found that by the end of the course, most participants report feeling really energized and motivated to learn more and do more, and many report that they can't wait to begin completely redesigning their courses.
One of loveliest emails I've received recently was from a recent course participant who told me that he was so motivated by the iTeach course and the Barnes seminar that he'd recently attended, that he planned to spend several hundred dollars in retroactive money he'd received (which came out of a collective bargaining issue) on the purchase of a comprehensive suite of software that will enable home to add a lot of new multimedia and redesigned graphic content into his online course.
The information in this video aligns closely with many conversations and efforts by various councils and committees in our system, and I personally plan to try to promote more local and system-level conversations around ways in which we can identify professional development efforts that actively identify specific and support opportunities for Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose in our faculty and staff.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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