Reflection – Mind Mapping 

 Challenge 

 I work for a land grant higher education institution where the traditional focus of academics has been on   face - to - face instruction . Over the past decade we have started to expand our online course offerings   and enter the global learning environment but we have experienced push back from our tenured   faculty . We are a faculty - led institution where faculty governance rules and often times if we do not   have faculty buy - in for an initiative , it goes nowhere . My challenge , the Division has a new Director and   she wants to see us grab more of the online education market share – yesterday . We need to gain the   support of our faculty in order to build more programs ( faculty are the content experts ) , figure out how   to make our internal processes more efficient , and grow our revenue by $ 20 million over the next five   years . 

 Selection 

 In an effort to find patterns and insights in the information we have been gathering , I am going apply the   mind mapping approach . Like in the case study MeYou Health , I want to understand the research data   before we start building programs and make sure we can successfully gain faculty support . 

 Application 

 My first step will be to start going through the data in a way that will sort by category and , hopefully ,   reveal patterns within the information . We have data about faculty experience and satisfaction with the   online development process , their collaboration with our instructional design team , and overall   feedback from their online course offerings . Combing through this information will help us   understanding where the faculty are in their thinking and true perception around online learning . 

 We also have data from students that outlines their satisfaction of engagement with faculty , course   content , course quality , and navigation within our learning management system . Student data is   significant because they are a significant group of stakeholders for us . If students do not enroll and   complete a program then the courses and programs we develop do not matter . 

 We also have enrollment data , trend data , and detailed program data . I will begin by sorting and   categorizing this information in order to get the team to start generating ideas . I believe this will be an   effective approach since the team I work with is a data driven team and we sometimes get stuck on the   data collection piece . Mind mapping will help us move past that portion and into brainstorming . 

 Insight 

 Unfortunately , I have not been able to apply this mind mapping approach . I have not had the lead time   needed to gather my team , sort the data , and move into idea generation . I do believe that when I do the   outcome will be fruitful . We will have specific information to present to faculty that we will be able to   use that I believe will support the idea of collaborate in a way that is mutually beneficial . The goal will be   to gain their buy - in to support the growth we have been tasked to realize . 

 Approach 

 Next time , I will start this process of design thinking earlier . I will look for ways to incorporate the tools   of visualization , storytelling , mind mapping and learning launch . I know that I have been stuck thinking   about problem solving in a linear fashion , which I did not realize until this course , was narrow and most   likely short sighted . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Reflection – Mind Mapping 

 Challenge 

 I work for a land grant higher education institution where the traditional focus of academics has been on   face - to - face instruction . Over the past decade we have started to expand our online course offerings   and enter the global learning environment but we have experienced push back from our tenured   faculty . We are a faculty - led institution where faculty governance rules and often times if we do not   have faculty buy - in for an initiative , it goes nowhere . My challenge , the Division has a new Director and   she wants to see us grab more of the online education market share – yesterday . We need to gain the   support of our faculty in order to build more programs ( faculty are the content experts ) , figure out how   to make our internal processes more efficient , and grow our revenue by $ 20 million over the next five   years . 

 Selection 

 In an effort to find patterns and insights in the information we have been gathering , I am going apply the   mind mapping approach . Like in the case study MeYou Health , I want to understand the research data   before we start building programs and make sure we can successfully gain faculty support . 

 Application 

 My first step will be to start going through the data in a way that will sort by category and , hopefully ,   reveal patterns within the information . We have data about faculty experience and satisfaction with the   online development process , their collaboration with our instructional design team , and overall   feedback from their online course offerings . Combing through this information will help us   understanding where the faculty are in their thinking and true perception around online learning . 

 We also have data from students that outlines their satisfaction of engagement with faculty , course   content , course quality , and navigation within our learning management system . Student data is   significant because they are a significant group of stakeholders for us . If students do not enroll and   complete a program then the courses and programs we develop do not matter . 

 We also have enrollment data , trend data , and detailed program data . I will begin by sorting and   categorizing this information in order to get the team to start generating ideas . I believe this will be an   effective approach since the team I work with is a data driven team and we sometimes get stuck on the   data collection piece . Mind mapping will help us move past that portion and into brainstorming . 

 Insight 

 Unfortunately , I have not been able to apply this mind mapping approach . I have not had the lead time   needed to gather my team , sort the data , and move into idea generation . I do believe that when I do the   outcome will be fruitful . We will have specific information to present to faculty that we will be able to   use that I believe will support the idea of collaborate in a way that is mutually beneficial . The goal will be   to gain their buy - in to support the growth we have been tasked to realize . 

 Approach 

 Next time , I will start this process of design thinking earlier . I will look for ways to incorporate the tools   of visualization , storytelling , mind mapping and learning launch . I know that I have been stuck thinking   about problem solving in a linear fashion , which I did not realize until this course , was narrow and most   likely short sighted .
### Output: 