Leading Change: "Going Green" with iPads

Abstract

In the fall of 2010, our department began a "green" professional development initiative designed toreduce paper usage as we collectively learned to use iPad touch technology for department meetings.The adoption of an iPad initiative was a manifestation of an expectation and commitment tocommunication and capacity building within the department. Effective implementation would result inresponsible resource utilization, effective communication and communal learning. This initiative waspart of the chairperson’s effort to enact a vision of a collaborative culture with transparency, autonomy,and interdependence within the department.