How "Hybrid" is our Pilot so far?
COVID-19 continues to challenge how our Hybrid Work Pilot is developing. However, as public health conditions improve, it's important to try to create more truly "hybrid" work opportunities into our daily schedules, such as appropriate in-person meetings and other human interactions where participants are comfortable being together. Click on the Tom Talk below to learn more.
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Redefining productivity in Hybrid Work
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In a recent Harvard Business Review article, “Let’s Redefine ‘Productivity’ for the Hybrid Era,” Microsoft Chief Scientist Jaime Teevan suggests that pre-pandemic measures of productivity aren’t enough to accurately assess performance in a hybrid work environment. Instead, managers should consider more inclusive measures that promote well-being, collaboration and innovation.
During our Hybrid Work Pilot, how can we incorporate these ideas as we reframe our own measures of success?
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Leadership Transition at Continuing Education
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With the departure of UCF Continuing Education Executive Director Sean Armstrong to Washington University in St. Louis, former UCF Connect Vice Provost Jeff Jones will serve as interim director on a part time basis. Jones, who oversaw Continuing Education in his previous role, brings decades of experience in the space and will be supported through the transition by Program Directors Chris Rose and Lisa Ruscigno.
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Don’t Miss the Open Enrollment Deadline
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There’s still time to make changes to your benefits during the State of Florida Group Insurance Program Annual Open Enrollment period, which continues through October 29. To inform your decisions, take advantage of the Department of Management Services' virtual webinar series and visit the UCF Human Resources open enrollment page for more information.
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Make Room on Your Bookshelf
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Congratulations to Chuck Dziuban and Patsy Moskal of DDL’s Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness on the recent publication of Blended Learning: Research Perspectives, Vol. 3. The new book, which they wrote with Charles Graham and Anthony Picciano, offers new perspectives on the state of blended learning as influenced by advancing instructional design technologies. Volume 3 is the last of the team's blended learning trilogy that they began in 2007. Their next project is a book on analytics and adaptive learning.
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Learn Leadership Skills
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The UCF Academic Affairs Diversity Task Force and UCF Women in IT present the Leadercast Shift virtual conference,
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., October 15. The free event features a diverse lineup of topics and speakers, including Rainn Wilson of The Office, NPR’s How I Built This host Guy Raz and NFL Hall of Fame receiver Cris Carter. Registration is limited, so sign up as soon as possible.
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Thompson Elected to New WCET Role
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CDL Executive Director Kelvin Thompson has been elected to serve on the WCET Steering Committee for the “Digital Learning Practices” slate. WCET, the WHICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies, is a regional U.S. compact on a mission to improve the quality and reach of digital learning programs.
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DDL on the Road
Arianna Davis and Marie Bartlett of the Faculty Multimedia Center represented DDL at OLC Accelerate 2021, October 5-8, presenting “Not Just Another Zoom Class: How to amplify and engage students with tools used by Twitch streamers!” The pair also volunteered to provide technical support during the conference, along with Jackie Compton from the iDev team. Other DDL employees who attended the conference include instructional designers Sue Bauer, Tina Calandrino, Joe Lloyd, Roslyn Miller, Charlotte Jones-Roberts, Nancy Swenson, Trudy Trail-Constant and Florence Williams.
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Get to Know tim Reid
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What goes on behind the scenes during a typical day for Video@CDL's Tim Reid? Find out when the Emmy Award-winning video producer takes over the DDL Twitter account for the latest edition of The Faces of Digital Learning. You can also view Tim's feature on the @UCFDigitalLearn Twitter feed.
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Welcome New Employees
- Robert Boyd, Techranger, LS&T
- Conor Daly, Techranger, LS&T
- Chris Knight, Client Support Specialist II, Webcourses@UCF Support
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WE ARE AN ENGINE FOR INNOVATION
By leveraging game-changing educational technology, we pioneer new ways to fuel student access, enrollment and success, with an emphasis on decreasing time to graduation, reducing the cost of higher education, and improving the quality of the learning experience — at UCF and beyond. Let's change the future, together.
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