Investigating a Faculty Development Program’s Impact: Applying Four Levels Evaluation Model Using Multiple Data Points

COVID-19 changed teaching practices in the Philippines at all levels. It created a stressful situation for educators, given the demands of new teaching and learning modalities and the persistent worry of getting sick, triggering psycho-social and physiological health issues. Most needed to prepare on how to respond and found themselves struggling in engaging students.

In late fall 2021, the presenter conversed with university administrators in preparing faculty to meet the demands of shifting teaching practices. After several zoom meetings, the university contracted with the presenter to deliver a 10-week online faculty development program focusing on designing online, blended, and hyflex learning experiences.

Two batches of faculty participants completed the program in 2022: March to June and September to December. The university recruited twenty faculty members for each set across the colleges and external campuses. The program curriculum covered design models involving learner analysis and mapping content, tasks, and schedule. Several participants from the second batch had opportunities to create prototype modules using a learning management system.

The presentation will describe and discuss the program curriculum, including activities. The presenter will summarize key points from the data collected during the program implementation and discuss them in alignment with the essential elements and principles from Kirkpatrick's Evaluation Model.

The presenter will also discuss challenges in designing the program and the responses received from the participants. Also, further discussions will cover decisions made on teaching formats, tools, and applications to support the changing practices, interactive strategies, synchronous and asynchronous activities, and assessment strategies. Finally, the presenter will share insights and recommendations for future program design.