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O'Keeffe, Muireann; Crehan, Martina; Munro, Morag; Logan, Anna; Farrell, Ann Marie; Clarke, Eric; Flood, Michelle; Ward, Monica; Andreeva, Tatiana; Van Egeraat, Chris; Heaney, Frances; Curran, Declan; Clinton, Eric – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
This paper explores how cross-institutional Peer Observation of Teaching (PoT) provided a structured opportunity for professional conversations by which observers and observees shared and developed their perspectives on teaching experience and skills. Such professional conversations offer opportunities for both parties to gain a perspective on…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, College Faculty, Observation, Peer Evaluation
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
Nguyen, Phuong Vu; Pham, Huong Thi – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
This paper discusses academics' perceptions of challenges during the implementation of peer observation of teaching (POT) for promoting teachers' reflection and teaching improvement. This qualitative case study involved 11 academics teaching English at a university in Vietnam. Data were analysed inductively and thematically. Several challenges…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Peer Evaluation, Confucianism
Mårtensson, Katarina; Roxå, Torgny – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
This text discusses the professional development of academic developers. It is based on the authors' reflections and observations in the context of a semi-formal programme, "Strategic Academic Development," held for academic developers in different regions of the world. Most recently the programme participants were academic developers in…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Educational Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Anjum, Imran; Fraser, Sharon; Thomas, Sharon – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
This paper, reporting the findings from a larger, earlier study, aimed to develop an in-depth understanding of the struggles involved in six Pakistani academics' experiences of professional growth. A narrative inquiry approach was used to explore the experiences and the data were analysed using paradigmatic reasoning, an approach to analysing…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Personal Narratives, Barriers
McGowan, Susannah; Felten, Peter – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
Reflecting on more than five years' work in a project to support faculty in redesigning large enrollment, high failure rate courses through an equity lens at multiple U.S. institutions, hope emerged as a crucial component of the academic development process. We consider the necessity of hope in the midst of a global pandemic, and also in long-term…
Descriptors: Educational Change, College Faculty, Academic Failure, Equal Education
Chen, Chwen Jen – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
This paper describes how various initiatives to develop SoTL culture can be inspired by the eight steps of Kotter's model of organizational change. The purpose of each step is to provide a set of probing questions for institutional leaders, academic developers, and faculty leaders on their roles to support this enculturation. Mapping Kotter's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scholarship, Instruction, Learning
Brogt, Erik – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
I discuss my engagement with three professional recognition and development opportunities for academic developers: Senior Fellowship of HEA, HERDSA Fellowship, and SEDA Fellowship. I found that the portfolios for these fellowships complement one another well, and together present a valuable reflection on all aspects of the academic development…
Descriptors: Professional Recognition, Educational Development, Fellowships, Faculty
Ng, Eugenia M. W. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
This paper reflects on an initiative led by the author in collaboration with six teachers across different faculties that sought to adopt flipped classroom pedagogy in a liberal arts university in order to implement the university's strategic plan for blended learning. The author was an academic developer who adopted a research-informed teaching…
Descriptors: Reflection, Flipped Classroom, Liberal Arts, College Students
Greer, Dominique A.; Cathcart, Abby; Swalwell, Georgia C. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
Globalisation and massification are creating significant expansion in the higher education sector in Asia and forcing institutions to professionalise their teaching. Merely implementing academic development, however, does not ensure improvement in teaching quality. We report an action research project, which demonstrated that the combination of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs, Faculty Development, College Faculty
Transition from Content Expert to Interdisciplinary Educator: Narrative Accounts from Health and Law
Hayes, Melanie J.; Cejnar, Leela – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
Interdisciplinary education is gaining prominence in higher education, but little is known about the experiences and professional development needs of interdisciplinary educators. Through the lenses of self-reflection, peer review, and the educational literature, this paper uses a narrative enquiry approach to explore the lived experiences of two…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, College Faculty, Teaching Experience, Faculty Development
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
Daumiller, Martin; Rinas, R.; Olden, D.; Dresel, M. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
Although professional training or development opportunities can help university academics to expand their competences and implement high quality educational practices, academics differ in the extent to which they engage in such learning opportunities and their resulting learning gains. A theoretical explanation for these differences involves their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Motivation, Faculty Development
Wheeler, Lindsay B.; Bach, Dorothe – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
This study explored three US educational development (ED) programs: a weeklong course design institute, a new faculty learning community (NFLC), and a STEM learning community (STEM-LC). We compared observed instruction and student achievement for 239 STEM undergraduate courses taught by instructors who had or had not engaged in ED. Courses taught…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Evaluation, Faculty Development, STEM Education
Herman, Nicoline; Jose, Maria; Katiya, Misiwe; Kemp, Merlisa; le Roux, Natalie; Swart-Jansen van Vuuren, Claudia; van der Merwe, Charmaine – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
This research explored the experiences of three health professionals transitioning into academia as second-career academics (SCAs), with the aim of gaining insight into potential enablements and constraints for such career changers. The process of redefining identity from expert health professional to novice academic could occur through a…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Career Change, Educational Development, Health Personnel