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Direct linkSmith, Tracy; Spooner, Melba – To Improve the Academy, 2021
This article describes the rationale, development process, and initial artifacts and outcomes of a faculty support (a.k.a. mentoring) model developed for a specific academic context: a College of Education at a Southeastern comprehensive public university. The purposes of this article are to (1) describe the research and theoretical models that…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Participatory Research, Community Development, Models
Inman, Johanna – To Improve the Academy, 2021
This article provides a summary of the steps that were taken to launch a new center for teaching and learning (CTL) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Analysis of these steps explain how the inaugural director leveraged the pivot to emergency remote teaching to capitalize on faculty interest for educational development and increase collaboration…
Descriptors: Pandemics, COVID-19, Resource Centers, Distance Education
Smith, Tracy W.; Greenwald, Sarah J.; Nave, Lillian Y.; Mansure, Victor N.; Howell, Michael L. – To Improve the Academy, 2020
This critical retrospective review describes the ideation, creation, and implementation of a faculty development fellows program at a regional comprehensive university. The authors share their perspectives as fellows regarding primary considerations for designing the program, including attention to the fellows selection process, required…
Descriptors: Fellowships, Faculty Development, Faculty College Relationship, Educational Innovation
Williams, Kate Z.; Margulieux, Lauren E.; Lawrence, G. David – To Improve the Academy, 2020
Higher education teaching certificate programs can improve graduate students' and postdoctoral scholars' teaching while preparing them for their future roles as faculty, providing a multi-tiered benefit to universities' teaching goals. This article documents the decision points and initial success of a redesign of one such teaching certificate…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Certification, Graduate Students, Doctoral Students
Schoening, Anne M.; Oliver, Sarah – To Improve the Academy, 2016
In an era of limited fiscal and human resources, educational developers are seeking innovative ways to connect with their constituents. Developing a "virtual" center for teaching and learning (CTL) is one approach to consolidating development resources and reaching busy full-time and adjunct faculty. This article will describe the…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Social Media, Instructional Innovation, Partnerships in Education
Ortquist-Ahrens, Leslie – To Improve the Academy, 2016
Scholarship about the growth of educational development has charted major shifts in developers' focuses and roles through time and, especially in recent years, has explored the professionalization of the field around the globe. This essay uses a lifecycle analogy to consider the development of one organization, the POD Network (The Professional…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Organizational Development, Higher Education, Networks
