Volunteer-first faculty recruitment with modeling of good practice rather than top-down mandates¶

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Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

The report's tentative conclusions recommend recruiting faculty already committed to instructional quality and spreading adoption through their example. Project leads "believe that convincing less-interested and reluctant faculty through modeling of good practice by these volunteers and finding positive impacts on their students is more likely to succeed than top-down mandates." Clear contractual requirements also created urgency and drew in staff who do not usually collaborate.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• External funding for faculty stipends or course releases
• Face-to-face interaction opportunities such as on-campus workshops and summits

Constraints¶

• Changes initially involved only a minority of each institution's faculty

Target Learners¶

• higher education faculty teaching gateway courses

Target Learning Goals¶

• faculty adoption of adaptive and active learning practices

Related Strategies¶

• Recruit volunteer implementers first to generate small wins, models, and critical mass for change
• Build trust early through quick wins and visible responsiveness to feedback, using a tiered rollout to grow champions
• Demonstrate solution benefits through participant perspectives, direct experience, and foregrounded student voice

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Digital Promise. (2020). Every Learner Everywhere and Lighthouse Institutions: First-Year Experiences. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/abf8db78-dc7a-4f4f-b06a-b00d1bda63e8