| Was the roundtable format (un-conference style) successful? | Please expand on your answer | Was the roundtable content (topics) successful? | Please expand on your answer | Was the roundtable CIO panel session successful? | What one thing did you learn at the roundtable that you can use in your work? | How interested would you be in coming to a future IT roundtable? | What improvements do you suggest for a future IT roundtable? | What breakout session topics or conference them would you like to see at next year's roundtable? | Whom would you suggest as a keynote speaker for next year's roundtable? | Where should next year's Fall Roundtable be hosted? |
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| Yes | Yes | Yes | 5 |
Ask each breakout group to come up with at least one deliverable/action item/etc proposal. We did a lot of talking of theory, which is nice, but... would like to have had folks more focused on putting that into practice (moreso than they already were) |
Portland OR somewhere in the Seattle area | |||||
| Yes |
Learned a lot just by hearing informal discussions about what others are doing on a topic. |
Yes | Yes | Ways of promoting our activities | 5 |
When breaking into unconference small groups, give specific directions. |
Theme? I'm serious about having it on faculty development again. |
No 1 | Either further north or HI | |
| Yes |
Some good conversation! |
Yes |
Fac dev is highly relevant. |
Radical re-design. | 5 |
More work on comparing our org structures. |
Comparing org structures. |
Horto | downtown Portland | |
| Yes |
I liked being able to direct the conversation toward issues that were relevant to me and my campus. It was nice to hear that those same issues were important to others as well. The only issue was that as someone new, I was hoping to glean a little bit more from from colleagues and others about what they were doing at their campuses, and I didn't always feel ready to jump into conversations about a big project that we should all be working on. As a new member, it would have been nice to spend a session or two learning so that I had more buy in and I could see how the group would be helpful to me, before thinking about investing in another project. It sounds selfish, but being on multiple committees already, I wanted to make sure that I would benefit from NWACC before committing to yet another project that would take time while I remained uncertain that it would lighten my load in the end. An old fashioned "sage on the stage" session in the beginning might have been helpful, but in the end I think the side conversations that I had with others were very helpful. |
Yes |
Yes, topics were successful. We could have benefited from smaller break out groups or a different room arrangement. A more defined purpose to each breakout session may have helped conversations gain focus more quickly. |
Yes | I might try to use help desk sessions as a lead into more discussions about instructional design. | 4 |
*Emerging technologies |
Hawaii or Seattle | ||
| No |
Whether I would rate it as successful depends on the objectives, which are unclear. A lot of discussion resulted, but I don't know if I am returning to my institution with any new knowledge or skills. |
Yes |
I think the topic of faculty development was very relevant. |
Yes | Not sure yet | 3 |
I like the opportunity for roundtable discussion, but I would also like to receive at least some traditional, pre-planned development from an expert in a pertinent topic. |
More topics around faculty interaction and support |
N/A | Hawaii! |
| Yes |
I enjoyed being able to work through a problem, or discuss different approaches to a problem, as a team. |
Yes |
They were successful because we (attendees) had a chance to self-select which topics were to be discussed. |
Yes | Well...I have 4 pages of notes for that. The best was seeing what others were doing versus what we were doing. | 4 |
Build the community before the event so that attendees have a chance to introduce themselves prior to arrival. It would have been great to join the Google community group, introduce myself, read other's introductions, and recognize friendly faces at the first evening's get together. Instead, it was all new to me...which means it was a slower start. |
It seems that anything related to NWACC Marketing, NWACC Certification, Marketing and Promotional Items, etc., would be of interest to a large part of the group. Because attendees are made up of leadership, anything that helps promote, market, or communicate would be helpful to bring back to a campus. |
error | Portland is a perfect central location for this event. |
| Yes |
This was the first NWACC where I felt like the differences between the schools in the consortium didn't matter (size/economics, etc.). I felt more connected to my fellow colleagues and definitely built better relationships as a result. |
Yes |
Faculty development is an important topic that all institutions face. |
Yes | I learned that the majority of schools use externally hosted email solutions. | 5 |
CIO panel was okay. I didn't really get much out of it and I think they tend to temper their responses so as not to cause too much strife. |
Assessment. **Speaker could be someone who can speak to assessment and provide meaningful materials and guidance. |
Hawaii!!! Anywhere, but PSU. That hotel was terrible and the food wasn't great, either. I really liked the White Stag building and accommodations. | |
| Yes |
I haven't been to previous NWACC conferences, but this format seemed successful. |
Yes |
Self-directed sessions allow us to focus energy on topics that need the most attention |
Yes | Aurasma looks like a solution to a problem that a colleague has been struggling with | 5 |
I'd like to see some discussion around trending or startup technologies, such as those listed in the Horizon Report. If there are appropriate vendors for any of the technologies, maybe they would be willing to help sponsor in exchange for hosting a discussion about topics related to the horizon reports. |
Wesch | Duh, Hawaii! 😉 | |
| Yes | Yes | 5 | seattle | |||||||
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Aurasma! | 4 | White Stag in Portland. Or Seattle. | |||||
| Yes |
I appreciate the democratized engagement of crowd-sourced topics- it seemed to make the sessions meaningful to what is important in our work now. |
Yes |
See above |
Yes | Connect with administrative assistants to gain a pulse of what our faculty are doing- great advice! | 5 |
Continue to invite CIO's- I thought it was very helpful to 'bridge the gap' between academic and infrastructure technology |
I'd like to hear more from instructors directly about how to meet their needs- I feel like too much of my work is presenting solutions to find problems to solve, rather than solving problems meaningfully from the toolkit available. |
? | I'm a big fan of Portland- returning to U of O building? |
| Yes |
It was good that folks had input into what would be discussed. |
Yes | Yes | Ideas on peer faculty development | 5 |
Would like to hear more from others about what they are up to and what is working for them. |
Portland works well | |||
| Was the roundtable format (un-conference style) successful? | Please expand on your answer | Was the roundtable content (topics) successful? | Please expand on your answer | Was the roundtable CIO panel session successful? | What one thing did you learn at the roundtable that you can use in your work? | How interested would you be in coming to a future IT roundtable? | What improvements do you suggest for a future IT roundtable? | What breakout session topics or conference them would you like to see at next year's roundtable? | Whom would you suggest as a keynote speaker for next year's roundtable? | Where should next year's Fall Roundtable be hosted? |
