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Bushra Jaleel; Stephanie Horsley; Melanie-Anne Atkins – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
The concept of thriving in post-secondary education has largely been studied in the context of academic advising and student support services, with limited research that links thriving to pedagogical practices. This paper presents a conceptual model created using an integrative literature review to illustrate how instructional choices made during…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Distance Education, Higher Education, Curriculum Development
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Ahmadi, Reza – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
While cross-cultural student voice has led to transformations in education, research is scarce about the interplay between student voice, culture, and power. For this reason, student voice informs this study to investigate the benefits and constraints of curriculum co-design with respect to teacher power and higher education culture in Iran. The…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Curriculum Development, Student Participation, School Culture
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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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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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O'Toole, Sarah; O'Sullivan, Ide; O'Brien, Emma; Costelloe, Laura – International Journal for Academic Development, 2022
The disruption caused by the pandemic and the rapid transition to online teaching brings into sharp focus the role of academic development within the institution and creates an opportunity to pause and reflect on the impact of the academic developer (AD) role. This reflection on practice explores how the AD role has transitioned through the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education
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Cunningham, Catriona; Cunningham, Tom – International Journal for Academic Development, 2022
Using a creative and playful fairy-tale storyboard approach this paper explores the impact of the pandemic, the move to online and blended learning, and the role academic development can have in the future of learning and teaching. We refract academic staff experiences of teaching during the pandemic through our own experiences as academic…
Descriptors: Reflection, COVID-19, Pandemics, Electronic Learning
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Grunefeld, Hetty; Prins, Frans J.; van Tartwijk, Jan; Wubbels, Theo – International Journal for Academic Development, 2022
This study considers the extent to which a professional development programme for educational leaders in a research-intensive university contributes to participants' adaptive expertise in the domain of leading educational change. We evaluated the programme by asking participants to execute an authentic task at the beginning and end of the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Expertise, College Faculty, Middle Management
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Turner, Nancy K.; Healey, Mick; Bens, Susan – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
Institutional approaches to curriculum development often privilege outcome over process. This paper explores the use of an adapted Change Academy approach, originally developed for teams from different institutions, to supporting teams from different disciplines within the same institution. The approach was evaluated through analysis of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Change Strategies, Educational Change
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Bens, Susan; Kolomitro, Klodiana; Han, Andrea – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
Educational developers play a critical role as change agents and facilitators of curriculum development initiatives. This reflection explores factors that enable and limit curriculum development initiatives as experienced by a group of educational developers working in different university contexts in Canada. By highlighting aspects of our…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, College Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Capacity Building
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Burnett, Greg – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
Constructive alignment as a way of framing curriculum has wide appeal in many tertiary education contexts. At one Pacific regional tertiary institution, it has recently been embraced as a means toward greater program quality. Its unquestioned acceptance, however, raises the need for critical reflection. This reflection critiques constructive…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Alignment (Education), Educational Quality, Curriculum Development
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Wimpenny, Katherine; Beelen, Jos; King, Virginia – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
While the literature acknowledges the central role of academics in internationalization of the curriculum (IoC), little has been published regarding training of academic developers themselves to support IoC initiatives. However, higher education institutions around the globe are responding to strategic demands for IoC that prepare students as…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, International Education, College Faculty, Teacher Role
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Brown Wilson, Christine; Slade, Christine – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
Scholarly discourses call for curriculum development to be democratic and collaborative, include multiple stakeholders' perspectives, and aligned to values that promote the professional, social, and public good. Despite this, curriculum development remains an internal process: a situation challenged by a greater emphasis on employability. This…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Delphi Technique, Participative Decision Making, Stakeholders
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Reeping, David – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
The framework of threshold concepts has been used across several disciplines in higher education. Although the literature surrounding the identification of threshold concepts and their nature has flourished, their conceptualization has seemingly diverged across disciplinary lines, which should be recognized by educational developers who work with…
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, College Curriculum, Engineering, Writing (Composition)
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Moya, Beatriz; Turra, Héctor; Chalmers, Denise – International Journal for Academic Development, 2019
This article describes the development of an evaluation and impact framework to assess the effectiveness of educational innovations. It can be utilized within a single program, as well as at institutional and national levels. While it is contextualized in a Chilean university, it is argued that it is widely applicable as it is informed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Higher Education, Educational Innovation
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Bilous, Rebecca; Hammersley, Laura; Lloyd, Kate; Rawlings-Sanaei, Felicity; Downey, Greg; Amigo, Maria; Gilchrist, Samantha; Baker, Michaela – International Journal for Academic Development, 2018
This paper shares an innovative methodology to 'co-create' a curriculum with eleven international community development organisations from seven countries to prepare undergraduate students for international work-integrated learning activities. The co-creation process was complex, messy, and always evolving. Here we reflect on and document the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Community Development, Foreign Countries, Cooperative Planning
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