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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Collaborative Discipline-Based Curriculum Change: Applying Change Academy Processes at Department Level
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Healey, Mick; Bradford, Michael; Roberts, Carolyn; Knight, Yolande – International Journal for Academic Development, 2013
Bringing about change in teaching and learning in higher education is a core aspect of the work of academic developers. This paper is novel in analysing the experience of a year-long initiative to support curriculum changes in departments in related disciplines in different universities. It applies some of the processes developed by Change Academy…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Change Strategies
Reflections on Engaging Students in the Process and Product of Strategy Development for Learning, Teaching, and Assessment: An Institutional Case Study
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Healey, Mick; Mason O'Connor, Kristine; Broadfoot, Patricia – International Journal for Academic Development, 2010
Two areas of growing importance for academic developers are: first, their involvement in the development of institutional and faculty learning and teaching strategies; and second, how to engage students in academic development activity at institutional, department and discipline levels. This paper explores both interests by considering how…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Case Studies, Educational Development
International Perspectives on Student Awareness, Experiences and Perceptions of Research: Implications for Academic Developers in Implementing Research-Based Teaching and Learning
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Turner, Nancy; Wuetherick, Brad; Healey, Mick – International Journal for Academic Development, 2008
This paper explores the implications of the effective integration of research, teaching and learning for academic development through the lens of an international multi-institutional comparison of student perceptions of research and its impact on their learning environment. The study, with a sample of over 500 final-year undergraduate students…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Theory Practice Relationship