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Data Driven Development: Using First Year Experience Program Assessment to Guide Faculty Development Initiatives
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O'Neill, Megan – Journal of Faculty Development, 2019
In response to existing anecdotal evidence on faculty development in first-year experience program, this paper provides both a model and an adaptable heuristic for using assessment data to shape faculty development. The author argues that using a mixed method methods approach to assess FYE students' critical thinking provided unique data on…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Formative Evaluation
Student Perceptions of Instructors as Growing Learners: Implications for Educational Development
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Streifer, Adriana C.; Gravett, Emily O.; Taggart, Jessica – Journal of Faculty Development, 2019
Popular teaching books often advise instructors to tell students about efforts to improve teaching, and Centers for Teaching and Learning often inadvertently reveal such efforts to students through particular programs. Yet no research exists that investigates students' perceptions of educational development and the growth in teachers that it…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Educational Development, Teacher Effectiveness
Moving from Administrivia Overload to Leadership Competency Development
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Hogan, Amy M. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2018
Virginia Tech has intentionally moved beyond the traditional policy-heavy approach to department head orientation to employ a robust leadership development program for new and aspiring academic leaders and faculty. The annual program begins with a full-day workshop in mid-August, and continues throughout the fall semester with a series of shorter…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Faculty Development, Feedback (Response), Program Descriptions
The Faculty Learning Outcome Assessment Framework
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Hurney, Carol A.; Brantmeier, Edward J.; Good, Megan R.; Harrison, Douglas; Meixner, Cara – Journal of Faculty Development, 2016
Assessment is a cyclical process within which educators construct outcomes, implement programs, assess constructs such as learning, evaluate results, and utilize results to craft stronger programs and services. Within educational and faculty development, assessment measures program impact on faculty, students, and/or institutional culture.…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Evidence Based Practice
Using Social Media for Student Collaboration
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Tucker, Virginia – Journal of Faculty Development, 2015
The iGeneration is predisposed to communicating via social media, and oftentimes students' first instinct in classroom group work is to connect with members on social media. While some social networks allow for the creation of private groups, these students are still responsible for adapting the technology for this new purpose: collaborative…
Descriptors: Social Media, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Cooperative Learning
Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration to Engage Diverse Researchers
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Loveless, Douglas J.; Sturm, Debbie C.; Guo, Chengqi; Tanaka, Kimiko; Zha, Shenghua; Berkeley, Elizabeth V. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2013
Grounded as a self-study using arts-based inquiry to explore the experiences of six university faculty members participating in a cross-disciplinary faculty development program, the purpose of this paper is to (1) describe the Madison Research Fellows (MRF) program, and (2) explore the impact of the MRF program. Participating members included…
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, Educational Research, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teacher Collaboration