Navigating the Pilot Process: Tools, Templates, and Best Practices
This session will showcase how our department identifies, explores, and evaluates emerging technologies that support effective teaching and learning. Our department regularly pilots academic technology tools hosted by third-party vendors, so we developed a comprehensive guide to streamline and navigate through the piloting process. Join us as we walk through the guide, covering key aspects such as establishing scope, developing timelines and milestones, identifying risks and mitigations, creating a communications plan, conducting assessments, and defining success metrics. We will share real examples, including project charters, evaluation surveys, and exploratory conversation templates used in successful pilots. Attendees will leave with practical insights on leveraging the guide to enhance their own pilot processes for tools and services for teaching and learning.
Speaker/Host
Primary/Host Speaker
Allison Czapracki
Manager of Learning Environments and Tools at UC Berkeley
Allison leads the Learning Environments and Tools (LET) team within Research, Teaching, and Learning at UC Berkeley. LET manages and supports a portfolio of academic technologies including Canvas, Kaltura, lecture capture, Ally, Turnitin, the campus Jupyterhub instance, and course evaluations. Allison co-facilitates Canvas R1 Peers, a monthly working group that brings together 150+ to share best practices around using Canvas in support of teaching and learning. She is passionate about accessibility and creating initiatives that guide faculty in using edtech as the foundation for an engaging, equitable educational experience.
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