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Vikki Hill; Susan Orr; Emily Salines – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
This article investigates the role of an academic development programme associated with the implementation of newly designed assessment criteria in the UK-based Arts University. The introduction of new assessment criteria was accompanied by a pan-university academic staff development intervention. In a small-scale qualitative study, we researched…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Criteria, Art Education, Faculty Development
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Mandy McGrew; Esther Jordan; Carmen Skaggs – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
This reflection examines the impact of a hybrid Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) mini-series developed through a partnership between a comprehensive public university's center for teaching and learning and its largest college. Longitudinal participant survey results indicate that this intervention was effectively designed, with broad…
Descriptors: Accountability, Disclosure, Instruction, Learning
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Ian M. Kinchin; Suzie Pugh – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
This paper considers the process of "professional becoming" for an academic developer as a complex transition towards epistemological plurality. This is a necessary step to appreciate and support the lived experiences of teachers across the spectrum of academic disciplines. Viewed through an ecological lens, the complexity of the…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Foreign Countries, Universities, Faculty Development
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Martin Compton; Sally Alsford – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
This study explores the experiences of international staff in Egypt and Trinidad who undertook a UK-based teaching development course provided by the London University who were validating and franchising the offshore courses they taught. Such transnational education (TNE) is a significant but under-researched area of Higher Education and…
Descriptors: Foreign Nationals, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Faculty Development
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Dewa Wardak; Elaine Huber; Sandris Zeivots – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
Business education has had limited discussion on professional development for academics. Given the increasing focus on the quality of teaching and learning in higher education, we investigate how academics conceptualise professional development. This has important implications since one's conceptions of a phenomenon can influence subsequent…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Business Schools, College Faculty, Business Administration Education
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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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Vincent Crone; Frans Prins; Christel Lutz; Irma Meijerman; Veronique Schutjens; Maarten van der Smagt; Leoniek Wijngaards-de Meij; Niels Bovenschen; Manon Kluijtmans – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
In this paper, we describe the underlying mechanisms that both facilitate and limit the formation of successful educational leadership of participants of the 'Senior Fellow Programme': a professional development programme in conjunction with a career track leading up to a teaching-focused full professorship. Based on an analysis of the…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Educational Administration, Faculty Development, Career Development
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Laura A. Lukes; Sophia Abbot; Dayna Henry; Melissa Wells; Liesl Baum; Kim Case; Edward J. Brantmeier; Lindsay Wheeler – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
Academic developers play a key role in advancing instructor engagement in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) at their higher education institutions, but face structural and epistemological isolation. To leverage the knowledge and experience of developers leading SoTL efforts at their respective institutions, a group of academic…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Strategic Planning, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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Nokukhanya Ndlovu; Nosipho Mbatha; Vusi Msiza – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
Academic development is a mammoth undertaking that requires collective effort from all stakeholders, extending beyond academic developers alone. As early career academics, we explore our experiences of academic development within our community of practice. Through a collaborative self-study, we reveal how our community of practice has bolstered…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Beginning Teachers, Communities of Practice, College Faculty
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Tracie Marcella Addy; Mark J. Sciutto; Eric J. Hagan – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
VITAL faculty, also known as non-tenure-track instructors at colleges and universities in the United States, play critical roles in educating students but are often excluded from professional development and community-building opportunities that support their growth and development as instructors. In this article, we describe how we addressed…
Descriptors: Consortia, College Faculty, Communities of Practice, Sense of Community
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Yaw Owusu-Agyeman; Gertrude Amoakohene – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
This paper examines how pracademics who teach at different universities in Ghana contribute to shaping their academic development. In this study, a pracademic refers to an industry practitioner who is employed by a university as a part-time academic to teach academic courses and support the knowledge and skills development of learners. Using a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Educational Development, Communities of Practice
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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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Xiangyun Du; Youmen Chaaban; Hessa Al-Thani; Adrian Lundberg – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
This article reports on an evaluation study of the Qatar University Pedagogical Development (PD) Program. The PD program advocated pedagogical advancement towards student-centered learning (SCL), which has been highlighted as an important part of the university's overall strategy. This study explored 30 university teachers' perspectives on the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Faculty, Q Methodology, Student Centered Learning
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Callahan, Kadian M. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
Applying a retrospective, qualitative, longitudinal approach, this study identified aspects of teaching and learning in mathematics and science courses that were the focus of reflections for faculty who were involved early in a STEM improvement effort at an institution oriented toward change. Results indicated an emphasis on instructional…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Science Teachers, College Faculty, STEM Education
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