Here’s the list of solutions to fear that was generated during our session. I’ll post our videos soon.

How do you overcome fear?

• having the conversation
• pool your strengths
• accountability
• make mistakes
• new skills
• understand the problem
• how to get people to pay attention
• need a decision-making process
• make yourself aware of what’s out there
• need a way to disseminate the information
• appreciating the new role of faculty in embracing technology
• working with faculty more closely
• role of students
• need time to adopt new technology–using students to be a part of the process to build resources
• discovery–play around with something for a while before incorporating into courses
• storm the walls
• overthrow the system
• experimenting
• talk to students
• preparing for constant change–perpetual beta
• encouraging students to support faculty
• working together
• identity
• know something truthful about the learner
• learner knows something truthful about us
• reason to use the technology
• examples–show vs. tell
• partnerships among faculty, students, & IT
• appreciate the technology as a consumer
• don’t feel the need to master everything
• faculty getting other faculty on board
• break out of structures
• bringing diverse people together to talk
• naming it–find a place for it