Digital Pedagogy

Reports to: Committee on Information Technology (CIT)

Charter

The Digital Pedagogy Community of Interest will convene faculty, staff, and students who practice, support, or have interest in digital pedagogy to share successful practices, discuss theory and background, and share experiences with topics related to digital pedagogy and open education. The Digital Pedagogy Community of interest will report periodically to the CIT, share its goals, report emerging issues and receive CIT’s guidance on future discussion topics.

The Digital Pedagogy Community of Interest is open to any faculty, staff, or student with a strong interest in or responsibilities related to digital pedagogy, teaching and learning, online education, open education, accessibility, multimedia production, or digital communications. The Assistant Director of Academic Technology (IS) and the Digital Pedagogy and Open Education Librarian (ZSR Library) will serve as permanent co-chairs for the community and are responsible for organizing meetings, planning agendas, facilitating discussions, and reporting outcomes. 

The specific charge of the Digital Pedagogy COI is to:

• Build excitement and awareness around critical digital pedagogy and open education.
• Stay current with conversations in digital pedagogy and open education communities.
• Identify opportunities to research and pilot new learning technologies or digital pedagogical approaches.
• Sponsor events and opportunities to provide professional development to those engaged in digital pedagogy work.
• Advise Community of Interest Chairs in the design of a website that provides access to digital pedagogy resources, infrastructure, and support currently available at WFU.
• Advise the Community of Interest Chairs in the publication of an annual report detailing how well campus resources currently meet the digital pedagogy needs of faculty and staff, and making recommendations for better meeting those needs.