This is a copy of the Presentation made at the eLearning eShow n Tell conference, held online in 2007.

1. PD … can be so much more than
a nice morning tea
Presented by:
Sharon Altena
Southbank Institute of Technology

2. About me
Sharon Altena
Educational Designer
Online@Southbank team
Southbank Institute of
Technology.

3. About eLearning at Southbank
• Involved in eLearning for the past
six years
• Use Blackboard as our LMS
• Dedicated online team
• 24% of courses have an online
presence
• Institute goal 30% online by 2010.

4. About you
What is your role?
A. Educational/Instructional Designer
B. Teacher
C. Manager
D. Other.

5. About you
What is your organisation?
A. TAFE College
B. Private RTO or Corporate
C. University
D. Other.

6. About you
Where are you located?

7. Question
What strategies are you using to develop the
eLearning capacity of your staff?

8. Workshop outline
1. What Southbank has been doing to
develop the eLearning capacity of
teachers
2. The problems with current approaches
3. What research has to say
4. What we did
5. Questions and comments

9. One and Two day F2F workshops
What Southbank has been doing

10. What Southbank has been doing
Lunchtime Blackboard Specials

11. What Southbank has been doing
Online Breakfasts

12. What Southbank has been doing
Customised workshops and
one-on-one training

13. What Southbank has been doing
Presentations at the Teaching and
Learning Conference

14. What Southbank has been doing
Community of Practice

15. What Southbank has been doing
Online@Southbank support web site

16. What Southbank has been doing
Self-paced online courses

17. What Southbank has been doing
Print-based support resources

18. What Southbank has been doing
External providers of professional
development

19. The problem

20. The problem
We are not making sustainable change
to the practices of teachers

21. Estimated 15% of teachers
implement what they learn in a
professional development
workshop.
How effective is PD?

22. My research

23. about how to make sustainable
changes to the classroom practices
of teachers.
What the research has to say …

24. Research tells us …
Professional Development must:
• have institutional support
• be continuous
• be related to the classroom
• be individualised
• include follow-up support
• include mentoring
• provide opportunity for collegiality.

25. What we did?
Developed an …

26. What we did?
The program would focus on developing:
• Advanced skills in Blackboard LMS
• Online facilitation skills
• Customisation of toolboxes
• New technology skills
• Writing for the web skills.

27. What we did?
Underlying principles:
• Blend of online and face-to-face workshops
• Showcase eLearning best practice
• Opportunity to be an online student
• Opportunity for self-directed learning
• Peer learning.

28. What we did?
Based on research we proposed to:
• take teachers offline for one day per week for a
semester to develop their eLearning capacity.
Professional Development must:
• have institutional support 
• be continuous 
• be related to the classroom 
• be individualised 
• include follow-up support 
• include mentoring 
• provide opportunity for collegiality. 
Professional Development must:
• have institutional support 
• be continuous 
• be related to the classroom 
• be individualised 
• include follow-up support 
• include mentoring 
• provide opportunity for collegiality. 

29. What we did?
Based on research we proposed to:
• Offer scholarships to two teachers from each
faculty across the institute
• Determine a “set” scholarship day.
Professional Development must:
• have institutional support 
• be continuous 
• be related to the classroom 
• be individualised 
• include follow-up support 
• include mentoring 
• provide opportunity for collegiality. 
Professional Development must:
• have institutional support 
• be continuous 
• be related to the classroom 
• be individualised 
• include follow-up support 
• include mentoring 
• provide opportunity for collegiality. 

30. What we did?
Based on research we proposed to:
• require teachers to develop a blended online
course that they would teach in Semester 2,
2007.
Professional Development must:
• have institutional support 
• be continuous 
• be related to the classroom 
• be individualised 
• include follow-up support 
• include mentoring 
• provide opportunity for collegiality. 
Professional Development must:
• have institutional support 
• be continuous 
• be related to the classroom 
• be individualised 
• include follow-up support 
• include mentoring 
• provide opportunity for collegiality. 

31. What we did?
Based on research we proposed to:
• Engage nine eLearning mentors to
support teachers in the program.
Professional Development must:
• have institutional support 
• be continuous 
• be related to the classroom 
• be individualised 
• include follow-up support 
• include mentoring 
• provide opportunity for collegiality. 
Professional Development must:
• have institutional support 
• be continuous 
• be related to the classroom 
• be individualised 
• include follow-up support 
• include mentoring 
• provide opportunity for collegiality. 

32. What we did?
Based on research we proposed to:
• conduct a needs analysis of program participants
to enable us to customise training and include
self-directed study opportunities.
Professional Development must:
• have institutional support 
• be continuous 
• be related to the classroom 
• be individualised 
• include follow-up support 
• include mentoring 
• provide opportunity for collegiality. 
Professional Development must:
• have institutional support 
• be continuous 
• be related to the classroom 
• be individualised 
• include follow-up support 
• include mentoring 
• provide opportunity for collegiality. 

33. What we did?
Based on research we proposed to:
• prepared a detailed proposal for Institute
management requesting them to support and
fund an Online Teaching Scholarship program.
Professional Development must:
• have institutional support 
• be continuous 
• be related to the classroom 
• be individualised 
• include follow-up support 
• include mentoring 
• provide opportunity for collegiality. 
Professional Development must:
• have institutional support 
• be continuous 
• be related to the classroom 
• be individualised 
• include follow-up support 
• include mentoring 
• provide opportunity for collegiality. 

34. What we did?
• Prepared a Scholarship application form which
included a needs analysis.
• Received 36 applications for 16 places.
• Developed our Online Teaching Scholarship
around the needs analysis.

35. What we did?
Scholarship program – Digital Story

36. The program
Writing for the
web
New
Technologies
Building an
online course
Online
Facilitation
Blackboard
Certified Trainer
Blackboard
OR
Customising
Toolboxes

37. The program
• Podcasting
• Blogs
• Wikis
• Digital Storytelling
• Ivocalize
• Optimising images
• Hot Potatoes
• QuizGame Master
• MovieMaker
• Dreamweaver templates
• PowerPoint
• Learning Units
• Voiceboards

38. Semester 1 Expectations
• Fully participate in all workshops and program activities.
• Build a blended online course.
• Establish a minimum online presence in three other courses.
• Prepare a new technology, Blackboard, toolboxes or online
facilitation workshop.

39. Semester 2 - Expectations
• Teach blended online course in Semester 2
• Prepare a brief report to a faculty staff meeting on the scholarship
program
• Co-present a two hour workshop at Teaching and Learning
conference in July
• Conduct two local PD events for faculty staff
• Assist four teachers in faculty to develop a minimum online
presence.

40. Examples
• Scholarship program – Online course
• Sample courses developed by teachers

41. Feedback from teachers
Tania Vint
Ross McLennan

42. Program Outcomes
Outcome Achieved
Write and develop a blended or fully online course 17
Prepare a training session on Blackboard, facilitating online or a new
technology that can be reused to train additional staff
16
Complete a Facilitating Learning Online course including assessment 17
Complete a Writing Online Course including assessment 17
Complete an intensive Blackboard training course to an advanced
level
17
Customise part of a toolbox that can be used online 17
Set up a minimum Blackboard presence for at least three courses to
be taught in Semester 2
51
Conduct a breakout session at the Teaching and Learning Conference 8

43. Program Outcomes
Outcome Achieved
Prepare and deliver Scholarship report to faculty meeting 17
Prepare and deliver professional development workshop to faculty
staff
34
Development of minimum online presence 68
New blended or fully online courses taught for the first time 19

44. What Southbank has found …
Professional Development must:
• have institutional support
• be continuous
• be related to the classroom
• be individualised
• include follow-up support
• include mentoring
• provide opportunity for collegiality
• have measurable outcomes.

45. Conclusion
Any Questions or Comments?