Signature pedagogies in a blended professional practice doctoral degree for educational technologists (original) (raw)

We share how we used Shulman's three dimensions of signature pedagogy to design a blended professional practice doctoral degree in Educational Technology. The presentation includes data related to programmatic development, student interest and enrollment, student learning, programmatic impact and recommendations for others interested in designing blended professional practice doctoral programs. The Great Ideas format is intriguing to us because it necessitates presenting a complex topic via a minimal time (and slides). We believe this is the direction conferences need to go to remain viable in the future because attendees are more interested in interacting than they are in passively listening to presentations. As such, we will align our three multimedia slides with the objectives listed above.Slide One (Background and describing how Shulman's signature pedagogies are applied in a blended professional practice doctoral degree for educational technologists). Since 2007, we have been engaged with colleagues participating in The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate, a comprehensive effort to critically examine doctoral degrees leading to careers in professional practice (Perry & Imig, 2008). In Fall 2008 we enrolled our first cohort in a blended professional practice degree for educational technologists modeled after work from the Carnegie initiative. Currently, we have over 400 students who have expressed interest in our next cohort that will begin Fall 2010.Our program was conceptualized using Shulman's dimensions of signature pedagogies (2005). This slide will include a visual representation of our program and the ways in which signature pedagogies are supported throughout. We will begin by defining these pedagogies and then describe how we operationalize them in our program.Slide Two (Present data related to programmatic development, student interest and enrollment and programmatic impact). This slide will include a visual representation of data collected on our program to date. Data comes from surveys, interviews, document analysis, data logs and observations.Slide Three (Provide recommendations for others interested in designing blended professional practice doctoral programs). We will share recommendations for others based on what we have learned through our research and experiences and engage participants in a discussion we hope will continue after the session.