Burnout is a significant, ongoing challenge in higher education that affects the entire educational community (including students, faculty, instructors, support staff, and administrators). In a partnership between Alchemy (formerly O’Donnell Learn) and the Online Learning Consortium, this collaborative, two-day Foundry Day event will bring together institutional leaders for a series of constructive dialogues to consider strategies and challenges related to burnout. Questions to be addressed include:
- What are institutions currently doing to address burnout?
- How do we create institutional cultures that minimize burnout?
- How do we break the cycle of increased workload and expectations that lead to burnout?
This event will take place on May 15 from 11:00 am-5:00 pm ET, and May 16 from 11:00 am to 2:15 PM ET. It will lay the foundation for the development of an open framework that provides actionable strategies for mitigating burnout in higher education. Participants will gain a richer, more diverse perspective on burnout and will contribute to the development of a key and actionable resource in the field.