Managing programmatic trade-offs for centers of teaching and learning: Applying a segmentation, targeting, and positioning approach to pedagogical offerings

The demands of current instructional realities for moving to completely online formats have led to dramatic changes in the ways that centers for teaching and learning serve their communities. Pedagogical programs have been adapted, invented, and reimagined for online modalities. In this article, we...

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Main Authors: Caitlin P. DeClercq, Christopher V.H.-H. Chen, Ian Althouse, Mark Phillipson
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Language:English
Published: Michigan Publishing Services 2023-05-01
Series:To Improve the Academy
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Online Access:https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/tia/article/id/690/
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description The demands of current instructional realities for moving to completely online formats have led to dramatic changes in the ways that centers for teaching and learning serve their communities. Pedagogical programs have been adapted, invented, and reimagined for online modalities. In this article, we share an approach borrowed from marketing—segmentation, targeting, and positioning (STP)—and describe three cases showing the application of STP in our center’s work with instructors. This approach has helped us clarify and target our pedagogical priorities, allowing us to make appropriate trade-offs to produce more focused educational development programming that better meets our audience’s needs, constraints, and contexts.
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spelling doaj-art-65e449b73e444ed8af1425d5e614ba942025-08-20T03:58:49ZengMichigan Publishing ServicesTo Improve the Academy2334-48222023-05-0142110.3998/tia.690Managing programmatic trade-offs for centers of teaching and learning: Applying a segmentation, targeting, and positioning approach to pedagogical offeringsCaitlin P. DeClercq0Christopher V.H.-H. Chen1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1477-6024Ian Althouse2Mark Phillipson3Center for Teaching and Learning, Columbia UniversityCenter for Teaching and Learning, Columbia UniversityCenter for Teaching and Learning, Columbia UniversityCenter for Teaching and Learning, Columbia UniversityThe demands of current instructional realities for moving to completely online formats have led to dramatic changes in the ways that centers for teaching and learning serve their communities. Pedagogical programs have been adapted, invented, and reimagined for online modalities. In this article, we share an approach borrowed from marketing—segmentation, targeting, and positioning (STP)—and describe three cases showing the application of STP in our center’s work with instructors. This approach has helped us clarify and target our pedagogical priorities, allowing us to make appropriate trade-offs to produce more focused educational development programming that better meets our audience’s needs, constraints, and contexts.https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/tia/article/id/690/online teachinggraduate student instructorstrade-offsmarketing
spellingShingle Caitlin P. DeClercq
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Managing programmatic trade-offs for centers of teaching and learning: Applying a segmentation, targeting, and positioning approach to pedagogical offerings
To Improve the Academy
online teaching
graduate student instructors
trade-offs
marketing
title Managing programmatic trade-offs for centers of teaching and learning: Applying a segmentation, targeting, and positioning approach to pedagogical offerings
title_full Managing programmatic trade-offs for centers of teaching and learning: Applying a segmentation, targeting, and positioning approach to pedagogical offerings
title_fullStr Managing programmatic trade-offs for centers of teaching and learning: Applying a segmentation, targeting, and positioning approach to pedagogical offerings
title_full_unstemmed Managing programmatic trade-offs for centers of teaching and learning: Applying a segmentation, targeting, and positioning approach to pedagogical offerings
title_short Managing programmatic trade-offs for centers of teaching and learning: Applying a segmentation, targeting, and positioning approach to pedagogical offerings
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topic online teaching
graduate student instructors
trade-offs
marketing
url https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/tia/article/id/690/
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