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# Professional Development

## Stepping Stones and Structured Conversations <a href="#professionaldevelopment-steppingstonesandstructuredconversations" id="professionaldevelopment-steppingstonesandstructuredconversations"></a>

The Unizin Faculty Development Subcommittee has released 2 projects: Structured Conversations with Faculty about Learning Analytics asks faculty what they want from learning analytics; Stepping Stones: A Faculty Development Curriculum for Learning Analytics Use gives them information they need to use learning data effectively and ethically.

### [**Structured Conversations with Faculty about Learning Analytics**](/support-and-training/professional-development/structured-conversations-initiative.md) <a href="#professionaldevelopment-structuredconversationswithfacultyaboutlearninganalytics" id="professionaldevelopment-structuredconversationswithfacultyaboutlearninganalytics"></a>

The Structured Conversations initiative was launched to gather perspectives from classroom practitioners about how they would like to use learning data in support of academic achievement.

### [**Stepping Stones: A Faculty Development Curriculum for Learning Analytics Use**](/support-and-training/professional-development/stepping-stones-a-faculty-development-curriculum-for-learning-analytics-use.md) <a href="#professionaldevelopment-steppingstones-afacultydevelopmentcurriculumforlearninganalyticsuse" id="professionaldevelopment-steppingstones-afacultydevelopmentcurriculumforlearninganalyticsuse"></a>

The Stepping Stones curriculum is a cross-institutional effort from the Unizin Faculty Development Subcommittee to prepare faculty to use learning analytics data ethically, effectively, and equitably.


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