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0.1 Outcomes (WHAT): : In Micro-Lesson 0.1, we will

Outline the core focus of the Institute
Set achievable goals in the context of the Institute’s focus

0.1 Purpose (WHY): Although the world keeps changing, we need to find ways to make our own changes to adapt. At the same time, we need to practice making small changes that will be effective and that are a reasonable amount of work!

0.1 Instructions (HOW): To complete this micro-lesson:

Review the material in at least one of the following ways:
1. watch the Micro-Lesson 0.1 video OR
2. review the Micro-Lesson 0.1 slides with speaker notes OR
3. review the Micro-Lesson 0.1 transcript
Click the 'Mark as done' button on this Micro-Lesson 0.1 page when you are ready to move on. This helps you keep track of your progress in a flexible course experience.

Estimated time: 3-5 minutes

We’re still in this together
Institute focus
Meta-moment

We're still in this together

Let’s start by recognizing that we’ve all been working hard. Regardless of your role -- teaching part-time while working to pay the bills, teaching full-time, or working full-time supporting teachers and learners – like every person in higher ed you have found, reached or exceeded your limits. Many of us made it through because we adopted a “We’re in this together” attitude. Well, we’re still in this together.

Institute focus

The focus of this Institute is to explore ways to increase flexibility in our courses. That means different things to different people. Some of you may be focused on managing multiple technology platforms or managing multiple learning modalities at the same time. Some of you want to know how to make equivalent learning experiences for people in your classroom and people learning from home. As a group, we have a range of different goals and needs. To address this variety of needs related to this one area of focus, we’re putting out a buffet--you only have to take what you want or what you need right now. You can always come back for more.

However, we’re also going to talk about how to make sure that we keep our workload in check. I am not asking you to redesign your entire course!

Together or on your own, you’ll go through modules and micro-lessons designed for faculty who want to increase flexibility for students. All of the activities are designed to help you add flexibility to your course experiences. If some of these lessons don’t make sense for your campus’ prescribed course delivery methods or if they don’t make sense for you personally, then skip them! In the spirit of managing workloads, pick just one or two things from each module that you will do to increase flexibility for students.

Along the way, I’ve added “meta-moments” for people guiding and supporting faculty learners. If these meta-moments don’t pertain to you, you’re welcome to look behind the curtain at an instructional design or academic technology idea, or you can skip them.

Meta-moment

Here’s our first meta-moment. If you’ll be running your own institute this summer, you can reuse this course however you want:

Run an Institute-in-a-box: Make a copy of the course as-is. Then play my video recordings at your workshops and run the activities locally after I explain them.
Customize the Institute: Download the course template, my slides and scripts to build your own version of the course, record or facilitate your own micro-lessons, etc.
Scrap the Institute for parts: You can use any part of the Institute or its materials to develop your own institute.

Whatever works for you.