Welcome to our session! We have set it up a little bit differently than some of the others, and you will find all the material, including videos, in the interactive slide presentation:
Personalities, perspectives, and politics: the cultural work of curriculum redesignAbstract: An ineffective curriculum redesign can result in fruitless meetings over multiple years, some small tweaks to a few classes, and much frustration. In this session, we argue that beginning a curriculum redesign with attention to the cultural and human nature of the work preempts common problems and helps educational developers and faculty evolve beyond crisis. Participants will engage with a fictional department beginning a curriculum redesign, considering aspects of stakeholder analysis including departmental power dynamics and pedagogical approaches. Using this analysis, participants will make decisions to initiate a process that transforms not only the curriculum itself but also department culture.
