Spreading the Gospel with Speed Designing: Faculty Development through Peer Coaching Terry Carter, Roy Sabo, and Fidelma Rigby Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine The Problem The Challenge Unique Aspects of Teaching in a Medical School Block schedules 215 students in a class Learners that drink from a firehose! Kurt Lewin’s Force Field Restraining Forces New Building Accreditation Standards Didactic Tradition New Curriculum Desire for Active Learning Resistant Faculty Lack of Knowledge about Pedagogy Lack of Facilitation Skills The Road Ahead The Solution: Speed Designing Our Sources of Inspiration: Speed Dating Ideas in Speed Dating Adapted to Speed Designing! Rapid, round robin sharing of information Introduction to potential “partners” Matchmaking to find a good fit with an instructional or assessment strategy Diffusion of Innovations: Rogers (1962/2003) Origins of Rogers’ Theory Anthropology Early Sociology Rural Sociology Education Industrial Sociology Medical Sociology Five Stages of Accepting an Innovation Knowledge Persuasion Decision Implementation Confirmation During communication, an idea is rarely evaluated from a scientific standpoint; rather, subjective perceptions of the innovation influence diffusion : Peer Coaching (Showers and Joyce, 1996) Faculty as Cheerleaders and Coaches Why It Worked: A Core Group of Faculty Trained in Educational Methods Goals for the Program Enhance depth and breadth of faculty expertise to support teaching and learning in medicine. Foster the development of a cadre of academic leaders who can model best practices in teaching within undergraduate, clinical, and graduate programs. Promote leadership in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) through contributions in the medical education literature. Courses in the Graduate Certificate Required to earn the Certificate Electives (Choose two) Instructional Strategies Performance Feedback and Simulation Curriculum Design Group and Team Facilitation Adult Learning Theory and Practice Digital Media Technologies for Teaching in Medicine Teaching as Scholarship in Medical Education Reflective Practice Faculty in theand TiME Program Influence Credibility ofBecame Peers the Innovators Adopters Sharingand withEarly Peers How Speed Designing Sessions Worked Three hour commitment, Noon – 3 pm Lunch and Listen to 45 minutes of lecture • Writing goals and objectives • Alignment between goals & objectives, instructional and assessment strategies Move to the Learning Studios, one or two coaches per table Eight tables offering 15 minute overview of a teaching topic Used a Web-based timer to signal time to rotate among tables Speed Designing with Instructional Strategies Case-based Learning Team-based Learning Learning Climate Just-in-Time Teaching POGIL Using Bloom’s Taxonomy Human Simulation Standardized Patients Speed Designing with Assessment Strategies Oral Presentations Peer Assessments Using Bloom’s Taxonomy Using Rubrics Reflective Writing Self-Assessments Writing MCQs ePortfolios and Concept Maps The most important thing I walked away with was a clearer understanding of how important course goals and objectives are… Really demystified the details of using some of these small group strategies … loved the different approaches, when prep is involved for students, and when it is not… The most important thing I learned was how to develop a rubric … and how to encourage reflective writing in my course I never realized that peer evaluation was one of the best ways to evaluate at the highest levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Six Months Later Which Workshop / What Role? Implementation of New Ideas? • How well did it work? • Barriers or constraints? • Intentions to use, if not yet? Did you share any of the ideas learned with peers? Have They Tried it? How Did It Work? If Not, What Barriers or Constraints Prevented Implementation? Do they Intend to Use The Ideas They Learned? When? Influence and Credibility of Peers Sharing with Peers What Have They Shared? What We Have Learned about The Diffusion of New Ideas Opportunities for Practice and Reinforcement Support for Speed Designing Teaching in Medical Education (TiME) Faculty Fellows program of graduate courses Special Interest Groups iTeach Web Portal - Online Resources and Tutorials (under development) Lunchtime Learning Workshops Additional Plans for Future Speed Designing Sessions Digital Media Technologies in Teaching Simulation in Medical Education Strategies for Reflective Practice How Might You Use Speed Designing in Your Teaching and Learning Setting? Credits George Ben Johnston Auditorium VCU MCV Campus http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewbain/2492083539/ Photo taken May 14, 2008 by taberandrew Collaborative Tables Jeanne Schlesinger, VCU School of Medicine, 2012 Doctor, Doctor! http://www.flickr.com/photos/littman/185210169/in/set72157605511735837/ Used with permission from photographer, Littman, March 18, 2006 – All rights reserved otherwise Credits Desert Leader Hamed Saber http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamed/327939900/sizes/m/in/faves-carlaarena/ December 15, 2006 Diffusions of Innovations http://www.robertsoninnovation.com/favorite-innovation-books/ and http://www.altastreet.com/sites/all/files/asxhost/20110714211709!DiffusionOf Innovation.png Speed Dating http://www.wrwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Speed-Dating-2.jpg Speed Dating Business Finance Style http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/3059068335_4e0562ab29.jpg Singles Speed Dating, Washington, DC http://www.prosinthecity.com/blog/images/dating-in-dc.jpg Credits Peer Coaching https://as.exeter.ac.uk/support/educationqualityandenhancementprojects/curr ent_projects/peercoaching/ Peers – Kidspot, Peer Pressure at School http://www.kidspot.com.au/schoolzone//Social-and-emotional-FriendshipsPeer-pressure-at-school+4056+394+article.htm Taken by Justin Coulson Student Activities Office presents: Speed Dating http://www.flickr.com/photos/schoolcraftconnection/8679196498/ Taken by Ann Phan February 15, 2013 Speed Dating Taken by Linh Do http://www.flickr.com/photos/lmdo/6404420503/ November 25, 2011 Credits Virginia Commonwealth University Rams – NCAA Tournament Cheerleaders http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/1103/cbb-ncaatournament-cheerleaders-southwest/images/vcu-cheerleaders-opxc-38542.jpg Shaka Smart http://www.ibtimes.com/shaka-smart-vcu-illinois-427750 Time Management vs. Drinking from a Firehose http://debevansce.com/2010/09/16/time-management-vs-drinking-from-afire-hose/ Getting kids to practice http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2012/06/18/155282684/gettingkids-to-practice-music-without-tears-or-tantrums Why climb a ladder when you can climb a jungle gym http://thrivepotential.com/why-climb-a-ladder-when-you-can-climb-a-junglegym/ Credits SunGraph Calendar http://www.dcgeorge.com/SunGraphCalendar.html Grab and Go http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/beauty/fashion/host-a-clothing-swapgrab-and-go-2#slide-7 Learning- ASTD banner http://www.astd.org/Communities-of-Practice