Showing papers in "International Journal for Academic Development in 2019"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors extend a previous systematic review of the partnership literature by presenting an analysis and discussion of the positive and negative outcomes of partnership, and the inhibitors to partnership, including the importance of academic developers supporting: the relational processes of partnership; institutional or structural change to address resistance; and the potential of partnership to make institutions more equitable and empowering spaces.
Abstract: A growing body of literature on students as partners in learning and teaching offers evidence on which academic developers can draw when supporting, advocating for, or engaging in partnerships. We extend a previous systematic review of the partnership literature by presenting an analysis and discussion of the positive and negative outcomes of partnership, and the inhibitors to partnership. Implications include the importance of academic developers supporting: the relational processes of partnership; institutional or structural change to address resistance; and the potential of partnership to make institutions more equitable and empowering spaces.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that academic development must re-examine and reimagine its relationship to students, as calls for student-staff partnership proliferate across higher education.
Abstract: As calls for student-staff partnership proliferate across higher education, academic development must re-examine and reimagine its relationship to students. Students generally occupy roles with lim...
29 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a study was conducted to further understand how instructors find support for their teaching via membership in small social networks, and the results showed that instructors found support for teaching through membership in social networks.
Abstract: Current research indicates that instructors find support for their teaching via membership in small social networks. The present study was conducted to further our understanding of these networks b...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that by positioning partnership as the basis for learning, student-faculty partnership provides an alternative discourse to contest the marketisation and corporatisation of higher education, the (re)production of learners as competitive and self-interested, and the standardisation and mechanisation of learning.
Abstract: Student–faculty partnership has been researched by contemporary academic developers, particularly its outcomes and challenges. However, theoretical discussions linking it with larger social–educational–political discourses are still lacking. This reflection aims to help fill the gap by analysing how student–faculty partnership might contest the neoliberalisation of higher education. It argues that, by positioning partnership as the basis for learning, student–faculty partnership provides an alternative discourse to contest the marketisation and corporatisation of higher education, the (re)production of learners as competitive and self-interested, and the standardisation and mechanisation of learning.
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TL;DR: In this article, three distinct learning paths relating to teachers' learning preferences and activities were identified: learning by performing daily teaching activities; deliberately experimenting with new teaching approaches; and reflecting on teaching experiences.
Abstract: Curriculum development initiatives, especially those involving educational technologies, provide a rich learning space for university teachers. In-depth interviews with teaching staff (n = 11) were qualitatively analysed to gain insight into the variety of individual learning paths and to identify potential relationships between learning paths, motivation, and conceptions of teaching and learning through educational technology. Three distinct learning paths relating to teachers’ learning preferences and activities were identified: learning by performing daily teaching activities; deliberately experimenting with new teaching approaches; and reflecting on teaching experiences. The relationships between learning paths and relevant factors are described and implications for professional development practices are discussed.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2018.1500916
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellen-sjoer-06506a2/
21 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the development of educational leadership in higher education is essential for strengthening the quality of teaching and learning, and additional research is needed to conceptualize education, and to promote educational leadership.
Abstract: Promoting the development of educational leadership in higher education is essential for strengthening the quality of teaching and learning. Additional research is needed to conceptualize education...
20 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore research integrity training for PhD-students as a site of production of academic cultures and researcher development, based on ethnographies of four courses in research integri...
Abstract: The article explores research integrity training for PhD-students as a site of production of academic cultures and researcher development. Based on ethnographies of four courses in research integri...
19 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative study suggests that not all academics engage in social networking sites for informal and social learning of academic practices in higher education, yet not all academia engage in these spaces.
Abstract: Social networking sites provide opportunities for informal and social learning of academic practices in higher education, yet not all academics engage in these spaces. This qualitative study sugges...
19 citations
TL;DR: This paper introduced the context and design of an institutional educational development grants program, Jindaola, which reflects an Aboriginal way towards reconciling Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. But they did not address the issues of racism in the grant process.
Abstract: This paper introduces the context and design of an institutional educational development grants program, Jindaola, which reflects an Aboriginal way towards reconciling Indigenous and non-Indigenous...
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TL;DR: The articles in this issue are all firmly situated in the complex world of higher education as discussed by the authors and each contribution explores a challenge that has the potential of being turned into an opportunity. Thus,...
Abstract: The articles in this issue are all firmly situated in the complex world of higher education. Each contribution explores a challenge that has the potential of being turned into an opportunity. Thus,...
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TL;DR: In this article, an approach to the integration of theory and practice at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and organizational levels is described, and the results of the research projects in which they have been involved are described.
Abstract: In this paper, I describe an approach to the integration of theory and practice at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and organizational levels. The results of the research projects in which I have ...
TL;DR: This work reports on two workshops, with academic development participants who collaboratively addressed assessment identity verification through problem identification and solution creation, and provides one approach to developing practice-driven resources and insights for academic developers to encourage others to collaboratively address complex problems that are difficult to resolve.
Abstract: Contract cheating presents an existential threat to university assessment integrity and, therefore, to the reputations of universities and their graduates. We report on two workshops, with academic development participants who collaboratively addressed assessment identity verification through problem identification and solution creation. As facilitators, we iteratively reflected on the workshop processes to design and refine subsequent offerings. The corresponding research sought to increase sectoral collaboration and evidence student authorship in assessment. This work provides one approach to developing practice-driven resources and insights for academic developers to encourage others to collaboratively address complex problems that are difficult to resolve, like contract cheating.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the development of an evaluation and impact framework to assess the effectiveness of educational innovations, which can be used within a single program, as well as a...
Abstract: This article describes the development of an evaluation and impact framework to assess the effectiveness of educational innovations. It can be utilized within a single program, as well as a...
TL;DR: New voices emerging in the global South are contesting the academy's elitist and exclusionary ethos by disrupting the normalcy of coloniality as mentioned in this paper, which is a concern raised by the student protests of 2015 and 20...
Abstract: New voices emerging in the global South are contesting the academy’s elitist and exclusionary ethos by disrupting the normalcy of coloniality. Concerns raised by the student protests of 2015 and 20...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that theoretical models currently used in the context of an intensified discourse within which academic developers are being asked to provide evidence of impact, and argue that the theoretical models used currently used...
Abstract: This article is situated in the context of an intensified discourse within which academic developers are being asked to provide evidence of impact, and argues that theoretical models currently used...
TL;DR: In this article, the role of academic development has to play in responding to radical cultural shifts in the global landscape, and whose voices and identities are contributing to institutional change, according to the authors.
Abstract: What role does academic development have to play in responding to radical cultural shifts in the global landscape? Whose voices and identities are contributing to institutional change? This reflect...
TL;DR: How the ‘assessed dialogue’ evolves to expose learning and is managed is discussed, in order to support those using dialogue for assessment in the UK and internationally.
Abstract: In 2015, over 40% of UK higher education (HE) institutions employed oral assessment when assessing and awarding fellowship on HE Academy-accredited schemes using the UK Professional Standards Frame...
TL;DR: In this article, the experiences of a group of academic developers who support educational development work as Faculty Liaisons at a large, research-intensive university are explored. These academic develope...
Abstract: This paper explores the experiences of a group of academic developers who support educational development work as Faculty Liaisons at a large, research-intensive university. These academic develope...
TL;DR: In this paper, the lecturers' contribution to the development of academic development programs is analyzed, and the authors analyze the contribution of lecturers in terms of personal and professional level.
Abstract: Lecturers may be exposed to the same Academic Development Programme but their course of action at personal and professional level vary. In this paper, I analyze the lecturers’ contribution ...
TL;DR: The relevance of the bond between professor and adviser and the establishment of a horizontal relationship is highlighted, which means breaking away from the classic view of the counseling process, where aspects of discipline and context are not necessarily considered.
Abstract: We propose a ‘1-to-1’ accompaniment and teaching development model emerging from the analysis and reflection of professional experience at a Teaching and Learning Center in a Chilean university. We...
TL;DR: In this article, a formal course for academic developers, feedback supports the induction of participants into the field, using participatory research strategies, and the authors investigate how feedback supports induction.
Abstract: Using participatory research strategies we critically reflect on how, in a formal course for academic developers, feedback supports the induction of participants into the field. We investigated how...
TL;DR: The themes of being and becoming have had a recurring presence in the pages of this journal and throughout the literature on academic development from the beginning, scholars writing in IJAD have.
Abstract: The themes of being and becoming have had a recurring presence in the pages of this journal and throughout the literature on academic development. From the beginning, scholars writing in IJAD have ...
TL;DR: In 2015/16, 30 of 40 universities reviewed provided one or more days of teaching induction for their staff, while 10 did not as discussed by the authors. Twenty-six of the 30 teaching induction...
Abstract: Australia has 42 universities. In 2015/16, 30 of 40 universities reviewed provided one or more days of teaching induction for their staff, while 10 did not. Twenty-six of the 30 teaching induction ...
TL;DR: This article explored the identity of part-time academics in Indonesian higher education and found that casual academics were more likely to be employed than full-time academic workers in higher education, while casual academics are employed more often.
Abstract: Employing part-time and casual academics is now a widely accepted practice in higher education globally. We explored the issue of the identity of part-time academics in Indonesian higher ed...
TL;DR: The work to which we turn our attention is becoming more varied, and the people doing that work and writing about it are becoming more diverse, and more varied as discussed by the authors...
Abstract: Academic development as a field of practice and research is growing in both scope and reach. The work to which we turn our attention is becoming more varied, and the people doing that work and writ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the experience of 10 graduate interns employed in an academic development team at a modern British university was explored, and the interns came from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds with...
Abstract: This article explores the experience of 10 graduate interns employed in an academic development team at a modern British university. The interns came from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds with...
TL;DR: In this paper, written submissions are traditionally used in the assessment of applications for Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, with dialogue offering an alternative approach, and the authors explain why individuals el...
Abstract: Written submissions are traditionally used in the assessment of applications for Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, with dialogue offering an alternative approach. Quite why individuals el...
TL;DR: In this paper, three postdoctoral scholars at a Teaching and Learning Institute at MIT were investigated for their contributions to research productivity, and they were found to be important members of the research community who make substantial contributions.
Abstract: Postdoctoral scholars are important members of the research community who make substantial contributions to research productivity. Three postdoctoral scholars at a Teaching and Learning Institute i...
TL;DR: The mobility of academic staff to South Africa is expected to benefit higher education institutions through teaching-research collaboration and capacity building as discussed by the authors, however, South African institution cannot cope with the high mobility cost.
Abstract: The mobility of academic staff to South Africa is expected to benefit higher education institutions through teaching-research collaboration and capacity building. However, South African institution...
TL;DR: In this article, a survey was conducted to gain a broader understanding of what department heads and doctoral students believe to be the value of credentialed teaching certificates, using a survey method.
Abstract: The purpose of this research was to gain a broader understanding of what department heads and doctoral students believe to be the value of credentialed teaching certificates. Using a survey methodo...