This three day course is designed for those who have a professional role as educational and academic developers in higher education. It is aimed at those with less than three years experience and will support those who are working towards SEDA Fellowship. Participants may include staff in educational development units, those who have a role in LTSN Centres or those responsible for co-ordinating teaching and learning developments in their department or faculty.
Building on last year’s experience, the course will be designed around workshop activities and participants will focus on their own work, concentrating on developing the skills and conceptual framework necessary to plan, run and evaluate educational development activities to meet the needs of higher education institutions.
Sessions will be practice based, facilitated by experienced educational developers and grounded in research on learning and teaching. Presenters are David Baume FSEDA (Higher Education Consultant), Ali Cooper (University of Lancaster), Peter Kahn FSEDA (University of Manchester), Dr Helen King AFSEDA (LTSN-GEES), Dr Rhona Sharpe FSEDA (The Open University), Neill Thew (University of Sussex) and Sue Thompson (Liverpool John Moores University). The workshop element will involve example case studies, role play and collaborative problem solving supported by a range of materials. The course will include opportunity for small group work and tutorial time with an experienced developer to support action planning.
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Day 1
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Introduction to Educational Development
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10.30am
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Registration and refreshments
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11.00 – 1.30pm
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Session 1: What is educational development? A workshop on models of educational development and our role as educational developers. David Baume FSEDA, Higher Education Consultant
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1.30 – 2.30pm
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Lunch
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2.30 – 3.30pm
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Session 2: Personal and professional coping strategies. Issues session. Neill Thew, University of Sussex
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3.30 – 4.00pm
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Refreshments
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4.00 – 5.30pm
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Session 3: Using scholarship and research in educational development. A seminar, including a paper on learning from experience. David Baume FSEDA, Peter Kahn FSEDA and Neill Thew
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6.00pm
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Dinner
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7.30 – 9.00pm
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Final session: Over to You – participants presentations Ali Cooper, University of Lancaster
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Day 2
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Some Practicalities of Being an Educational Developer
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9.00 – 12.30pm
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Session 1: Designing and running events. A workshop including refreshments at 10.30am. Peter Kahn FSEDA, University of Manchester
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12.30 – 2.00pm
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Lunch
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2.00 – 3.30pm
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Session 2: Issue sessions (choice of): (a) Developing in the disciplines – Helen King AFSEDA, LTSN-GEES (b) Programmes in educational development – Ali Cooper, University of Lancaster
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3.30 – 4.00pm
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Refreshments
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4.00 – 5.30pm
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Session 3: Mentoring sessions
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6.00pm
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Dinner
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7.30 – 9.00pm
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Final session: Modelling action learning. Sue Thompson, Liverpool John Moores University
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Day 3
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Reflection and Progress Planning
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9.00 – 11.15am
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Session 1: The role of educational developers in managing change. A workshop including refreshments at 10am. Sue Thompson, Liverpool John Moores University
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11.30 – 1.00pm
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Session 2: Evaluation and feedback. Rhona Sharpe FSEDA, The Open University
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1.00 – 2.00pm
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Lunch
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2.00 – 3.30pm
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Session 3: Planning and demonstrating our own development. David Baume FSEDA, Higher Education Consultant
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3.30pm
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Close and departure |
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