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Cathryn Magno; Anna Becker; Elmina Kazimzade; Ulviyya Mikailova; Daniela Schädeli; Batjargal Batkhuyag; Brian Denman – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
This article depicts the emergence of an intercultural learning community through an international research project on educational leadership. Drawing from partners' self-reflections collected and analyzed during the project, we engage with concepts including transformative leadership, practice architecture, and Northern/Western power and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Holistic Approach, Educational Development, International Cooperation
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Allyson Skene; Laura Winer; Erika Kustra – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
This article explores potential uses, misuses, beneficiaries, and tensions of learning analytics in higher education. While those promoting and using learning analytics generally agree that ethical practice is imperative, and student privacy and rights are important, navigating the complex maze of ethical dilemmas can be challenging, particularly…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Higher Education, Ethics, Privacy
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Angela Daddow; Alison Owens; Georgia Clarkson; Vanessa Fredericks – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
Academics are constantly undergoing identity shifts in response to globalisation, marketisation and the impact of technology on academic work. This study investigates the impact of a Graduate Certificate of Higher Education (GCHE) on academic identity development in an Australian University. GCHE graduates and their educators were interviewed to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Professional Identity, Neoliberalism
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N. Godbold; K. E. Matthews; D. Gannaway – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
This study outlines an approach that captures the messy landscape of the learning opportunities on which teaching focused academics draw. The Activity Centred Analysis and Design framework was employed to analyse data from a focused ethnographic study of seven TFAs in a research-intensive university. The Activity Centred Analysis and Design…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Learning Analytics, Learning Processes, Instructional Design
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Katherine Herbert; Luke van der Laan; P. A. Danaher – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
The academic voice related to learning and teaching (L&T) professional development (PD) is an important consideration in supporting universities' pursuit of improving their teaching as a core function of their mission. Framed by a typology of L&T PD in Australian universities, this paper reports on a study that investigated academics'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Instruction, College Faculty, Faculty Development
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McComb, Vivien; Eather, Narelle – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
There is a need to understand sessional staff experiences of professional development in universities, and as academic developers play a key part in university teaching and learning, they are well placed to provide this insight. The aim of this phenomenological study was to explore academic developers' perceptions of support and development for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty
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Ruge, Gesa; Sch?nwetter, Dieter J.; McCormack, Coralie; Kennelly, Robert – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
This research investigates the value of teaching philosophies (TP) for today's academics and their institutions. It offers a new framework to enhance academic development, personal resilience, and institutional capacity building. Since the 1990s, TPs have been formalised as personally constructed and reflectively written statements of educational…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Capacity Building, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
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Christian, Katherine; Johnstone, Carolyn; Larkins, Jo-ann; Wright, Wendy – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
The workplace for early-career researchers (ECRs) in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine) is highly competitive; ECRs urgently need to publish and attract funding to secure their next job. The literature suggests this environment is more difficult for women than for men. They start the postdoctoral period in equal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Researchers, Women Faculty
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Gurney, Laura; Grossi, Vittoria – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
In this article, we examine the "entrepreneurial self" as a response to prevailing neoliberalism in higher education. We draw on positioning theory to explore a case study of an academic language and learning (ALL) advisor at an Australian university. ALL advisors work closely with students and academic teaching staff to develop teaching…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Universities, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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Mercer-Mapstone, Lucy; Banas, Kasia; Davila, Yvonne; Huston, Wilhelmina; Meier, Peter; Mekonnen, Bethlehem – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
We explored the experiences of and outcomes for students and staff working in partnership on an academic development project aiming to enhance the inclusivity of science curricula across a faculty. Quantitative survey data revealed changes in student and staff perceptions, including increases in sense of belonging for both, perceptions of fairness…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Science Curriculum, Teacher Student Relationship, Decision Making
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Cathcart, Abby; Dransfield, Mark; Floyd, Sarah; Campbell, Laurie-Anne; Carkett, Rachael; Davies, Vicky; Duhs, Ros; Smart, Fiona – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
Global membership of the HEA fellowship scheme is increasing. Despite the focus by academic developers on supporting staff to achieve fellowship, there is limited research that examines whether it improves teaching and the learning experience. Our detailed survey of educators in the UK and Australia indicates perceptions of impact on individuals,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Higher Education, Fellowships
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Jaci Mason; Lynne D. Roberts; Helen Flavell – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
Consensus moderation is an approach to quality assurance where collaboration and discussion take place to agree mark allocation. This study explored sessional academics' perceptions and experiences of consensus moderation in higher education. Data from four focus groups were analysed using Foucauldian Discourse Analysis. The findings reveal four…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Cooperation, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty
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Aparna Datey – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
This paper argues that in undergraduate architectural design education, professional learning and the formation of casual academics as university educators occur while 'situated' in tutorials through design conversations with students and as-needed chats with colleagues. For casual academics, such disciplinary, routine, and informal activities…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Architectural Education, College Faculty, Faculty Development
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N. Godbold; K. E. Matthews; D. Gannaway – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
Researching the experiences of teaching focused academic (TFA) roles reveals challenges and alienation. Investigating their practices can enrich theorisations of their role. We conducted a focused ethnography capturing data from institutional materials, focus groups, and key informant interviews. We present two vignettes demonstrating the…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, College Faculty, Teacher Role, Instructional Development
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Taylor, Darci; Bearman, Margaret; Scarparo, Simona; Thomas, Matthew Krehl Edward – International Journal for Academic Development, 2022
Moving to online teaching is an emotional experience for university educators. With increased demand for online learning, understanding emotions associated with this change is important so support can be provided. In a novel use of the Kübler-Ross model to illuminate educators' emotions about transitioning online, this study analysed texts from a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, College Faculty, Emotional Experience
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