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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
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
J. Pareigis; M. Kvarnström; B. Cefa; J. Y. H. Bai; O. Zawacki-Richter; L. Uhlin; N. Jakobsson; G. Theilmeier – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
Open Networked Learning (ONL) is a collaborative open online course for higher education educators worldwide, focusing on open education, collaborative learning, and course design. The interorganizational course welcomes both institutional and open learners from around 30 nations. Delivered 17 times since 2014 with up to 120 participants in each…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Communities of Practice, Open Education, Problem Based Learning
Embracing Liminality: Academic Development for Early Career Academics within a Community of Practice
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
Breana Bayraktar – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
This study explores the experiences of academic developers engaged in creating a cross-institutional community, the Academic Development Collective (ADC). The ADC was formed to address inequities in resources for educational development across institutions in one U.S. state. Semi-structured interviews with 7 participants were used in a case study…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Institutional Cooperation, Equal Education, Communities of Practice
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
Elisa K. Bone; Elaine Huber; Lynn Gribble; Isabelle Lys; Camille Dickson-Deane; Chris Campbell; Ping Yu; Lina Markauskaite; Lucila Carvalho; Cheryl Brown – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
Academic development usually focuses on individuals, with activities bounded by institutional strategy. There is a lack of research exploring the emergence of cross-institutional communities of practice and their ability to offer opportunities for professional collaboration, particularly for underrepresented or marginalised groups. Our study…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Institutional Cooperation, Communities of Practice, Faculty Promotion
Vickel Narayan; Thomas Cochrane; Todd Stretton; Nawal Chanane; Mehrasa Alizadeh; James Birt; Elisa Bone; Neil Cowie; Chris Deneen; Meredith Hinze; David Sinfield; Tom Worthington; Paul Goldacre; Robert Vanderburg – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
This paper explores the development of a special interest group bound by common interests, experiences, and access to opportunities in mobile learning as a model of a networked academic development community. With core members spanning eleven educational institutes across three continents, the Mobile Learning Special Interest Group (MLSIG) was…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Communities of Practice, Networks, Electronic Learning
Henk Huijser; Janel Seeley; Siobhán Wittig McPhee – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
This paper reports on a new version of the ISSOTL (International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)-based International Collaborative Writing Groups (ICWGs), which has a specific focus on public scholarship. In this study, we focus on the community-based elements of the ICWGs-Public, and in particular on community-based academic…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Scholarship, Instruction, Learning
Gabriela Pleschová – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
This paper discusses a sustained effort to introduce and make richer educational development opportunities for colleagues in Slovakia: a community that has common experiences, needs, expectations, access to opportunity and social interactions that follow mutual interest. In this paper, I reflect on the challenges and lessons learnt over two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Scholarship, Instruction
Emily O. Gravett; Laurie L. McCarty; Lindsay Bernhagen – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
Recent research has explored the role of gender in educational development. International and national studies have shown that women predominate the field. In 2017, Bernhagen and Gravett analyzed the gendered nature of educational development in the U.S. specifically. What went unaddressed were the identities of the faculty served. Despite recent…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Sex Role, Gender Issues, Disproportionate Representation
Adiningrum, Tatum S.; Budiono, Tri A.; Lappalainen, Harri – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
This study attempts to explore changes in teaching conceptions after a transnational project to introduce new pedagogical methods in Indonesia. The project involved a consortium of European universities as mentors and Indonesian universities as mentees, piloting methods based on a student-centred learning approach. We analysed vignettes from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Mentors, Student Centered Learning
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
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
Dean, Bonnie Amelia – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
This paper will challenge readers to consider their approach to supporting academics who are writing a teaching portfolio. What comes first? The literature, collecting evidence or something else? In this reflection on practice, I offer an approach that centralises practice as the core focus for starting this process. Grounded in theoretical…
Descriptors: Educational Development, College Faculty, Portfolios (Background Materials), Writing (Composition)