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Lamers, Antonia M.; Admiraal, Wilfried F. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2018
This paper investigates the development of teaching practice of the multinational staff delivering UK programmes in a higher education institution in Oman hosting these programmes. It presents a tool to evaluate the teaching practice, and points to those elements of an academic development framework that were found to be most useful in supporting…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Partnerships in Education
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Beaton, Fran – International Journal for Academic Development, 2017
Part-time teachers form a growing proportion of the global Higher Education (HE) workforce. Their backgrounds can vary from Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) teaching for the first time, to practitioners bringing workplace experience into HE and sessional teachers, all with differing professional development needs. This paper builds on previous…
Descriptors: Part Time Faculty, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Case Studies
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Marquis, Elizabeth; Jung, Bonny; Fudge Schormans, Ann; Lukmanji, Sara; Wilton, Robert; Baptiste, Susan – International Journal for Academic Development, 2016
In light of the growing population of students with disabilities at colleges and universities worldwide, faculty development connected to accessible teaching is of paramount importance. Drawing from the existing literature and from the results of a qualitative study of educational accessibility at one Canadian university, this article offers a…
Descriptors: Disabilities, College Students, Inclusion, Faculty Development
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Jawitz, Jeff; Perez, Teresa – International Journal for Academic Development, 2016
It is often assumed that academics working in a research intensive university are unlikely to invest in the professional development of their teaching. Institutional structures and culture tend to undermine investment in academics' teaching role. This study, conducted at the University of Cape Town, draws on an analysis of the environment within…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Decision Making, College Faculty, Professional Identity
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Di Napoli, Roberto; Fry, Heather; Frenay, Mariane; Verhesschen, Piet; Verburgh, An – International Journal for Academic Development, 2010
This paper reports research in five European universities, in four countries between 2004 and 2008. The research explored and compared institutional contexts for academic development and the interpretations and reflections of a number of academic developers on the organizational position and role of academic development, and of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Universities
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Power, Michael – International Journal for Academic Development, 2008
Online learning is expanding rapidly today in many Canadian universities. Fuelled by Canada's unprecedented broadband access, online teaching is creating new challenges for faculty and new responsibilities for educational developers. Although there is adequate literature with regard to faculty thinking about course planning in general, there are…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Instructional Design, Online Courses, Foreign Countries