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Change Management Basics: Communication Planning considering the Rogers Features of Innovations
Change Management Basics: Communication Planning considering the Rogers Features of Innovations Authored by: Holly Whitaker, PhD, Learning Strategy Consultant at D2L. As a change leader, you are likely responsible for the entirety of Brightspace operations at your institution, and then some. Planning communications around…
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Change Management Basics: Understanding why people resist change with the Rogers Innovation-Diffusion Model
Change Management Basics: Understanding Why People Resist Change With The Rogers Innovation-Diffusion Model Authored by: Holly Whitaker, PhD, Learning Strategy Consultant at D2L. As a change leader, you are probably shining a huge spotlight on your success stories. For Brightspace adopters at your institution, this is…
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Change Management Basics: Managing Resistance using the Concerns Based Adoption Model
Change Management Basics: Managing Resistance using the Concerns Based Adoption Model Authored by: Holly Whitaker, PhD, Learning Strategy Consultant at D2L. As a change leader, you have probably seen your fair share of instances when that resistant faculty member finally gave in and adopted a certain technology. The…
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Change Management Basics: Four hands-on strategies to support late adopters
Change Management Basics: Four Hands-on Strategies to Support Late Adopters Authored by: Holly Whitaker, PhD, Learning Strategy Consultant at D2L. If your adoption plan includes 100% of your faculty completing a behavior like posting a syllabus to their Brightspace course, how confident are you that you’ll achieve that? We…
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Adoption Planning: Setting Desirable and Realistic Brightspace Adoption Goals
Adoption Planning: Setting Desirable and Realistic Brightspace Adoption Goals Authored by: Holly Whitaker, PhD, Learning Strategy Consultant at D2L. If you have participated in any professional development or strategic goal setting experiences in the last few years, you're probably familiar with the SMART method of goal…
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Adoption Planning: Establishing your Minimum Viable Learning Experience Toolkit
Adoption Planning: Establishing your Minimum Viable Learning Experience Toolkit Authored by: Holly Whitaker, PhD, Learning Strategy Consultant at D2L. When starting out with Brightspace, it's tempting to let your instructors find and use the Brightspace tools they want to use when they want to use them. However, this…
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Change Management Basics: Planning adoption milestones considering the Rogers Adopter Categories
Change Management Basics: Planning adoption milestones considering the Rogers Adopter Categories Authored by: Holly Whitaker, PhD, Learning Strategy Consultant at D2L. As a change leader, your goal is to get your institution to full adoption by defining what "full adoption" means for your institution and creating a…
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Adoption Planning: Creating Success Case Stories that Motivate and Inspire Further Brightspace Adoption
Adoption Planning: Creating Success Case Stories that Motivate and Inspire Further Brightspace Adoption Authored by: Holly Whitaker, PhD, Learning Strategy Consultant at D2L. As campus-level change leaders responsible for achieving the levels of Brightspace adoption you want among your faculty & instructors, you know that…
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Adoption Planning Series: Get Started on the Right Path as Quickly as Possible
Adoption Planning Series: Get Started on the Right Path as Quickly as Possible Authored by: Holly Whitaker, PhD, Learning Strategy Consultant at D2L. Campus-based change leaders work toward widespread adoption of Brightspace at their institutions. We work with instructors, the e-learning team, IT, academic affairs and key…
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Adoption Planning: How and When to Roll Out New Brightspace Tools
Adoption Planning: How and When to Roll Out New Brightspace Tools Authored by: Holly Whitaker, PhD, Learning Strategy Consultant at D2L. An adoption sprint, or a concentrated effort for the adoption of something specific, is a common practice among change leaders. For higher education, that typically means the sprint…