When the party’s over: TEL and change management
A post by Dr Monica Chavez Munoz, Educational Developer (TEL), Centre for Innovation in Education, University of Liverpool. @drmonicachavez
88% of change initiatives fail. What are the factors that make change difficult or a failure? There are people and process dynamics. I will talk about my experience of organising a TELFest in my presentation during the ALT conference in Edinburgh.
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1-The Mexican Catholic meaning of the piñata represents the struggle between man, temptation and sin. In my case, the piñata represents TELFest as the technology adoption strategy which brings all its players into a one big fiesta:
2-The struggle between the institutional leadership, the community of practice, and the TEL team as the organiser of TELFest.
3-We got the institutional leadership as the entity that holds, swings and sponsors the piñata, without their support, vision and commitment, TELFest would not be possible as their role in change management is key for the successful adoption of technology in higher education.
4-Then there is the community of practice attending the ‘party’. They stand and watch, racing thoughts about attending an event that advocates the adoption of technology in teaching and learning.
5-The community members share their experience in TEL by putting their contribution in the piñata ( the sweets!).
6-The TEL team is the entity who brings and hits the piñata: TELFest is like a piñata, you don’t know exactly what you are going to get and yet you must face it with a good attitude and skill. There is lots of good practice inside, you have found the perfect vehicle to instigate change and yet, the successful outcome is uncertain.
88% of change initiatives fail. What are the factors that make change difficult or a failure? There are people and process dynamics. I will talk about my experience of organising a TELFest in my presentation during the ALT conference in Edinburgh. See you there!
Dr Monica Chavez Munoz, Educational Developer (TEL), Centre for Innovation in Education, University of Liverpool. @drmonicachavez
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