The role of the Educational Developer has grown and evolved over the past few years within the dynamic landscape of Higher Education and includes those in central teams but also those in faculties, schools etc and in professional service areas where this work may form one part of their role. The traditional student learning experience has evolved to one where students expect a high quality blended and hybrid learning experience, high quality learning resources and a choice of assessment approaches. New challenges such as the emergence of ChatGPT has implications for both teachers and students. All this has impacted on our role as educational developers and the demand for our support.
We are particularly keen to have you join us for one of the early events in this the 30th anniversary year of SEDA, where we can celebrate the role of educational development in enhancing the student experience.
| 9.30 – 9.45 | Welcome and Introduction Co-Chairs |
| 9.45 – 10.55 | Dual Keynote Redefining ‘education’ in educational development – evolution or revolution? Professor Catriona Cunningham, Edinburgh Napier University Professor Catriona Cunningham heads up the Department of Learning & Teaching Enhancement at the University of Edinburgh Napier in Scotland where she leads on strategic learning and teaching priorities across the institution. She is passionate about higher education and is particularly interested in interculturalism in HE, student engagement and academic identities What do Educational Developers Really do? Professor Jackie Potter, University of Chester |
| 11.00 – 11.15 | Break |
11.20 – 12.20: Lightning Talks (7 mins each x 7)
| 12.20 – 13.00 | Plenary Session Developing Educational Development in Slovak Higher Education Institutions, Jaromír Novák, University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia Jana Výškrabková, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia Roisín Curran, SEDA Vicky Davies, SEDA The panel is organised as a multiplier event of a project under the Erasmus+ strategic partnerships programme, under grant number 2020-1-SK01-KA203-078299, ‘Designing holistic and sustainable educational development to improve student learning’ (HOSUED): https://hosued.euba.sk/. |
| 13.00 -13.45 | Lunch |
13.50 – 15.20 Papers (15 minutes each x 4)
| 15.30 – 16.30 | Plenary Session How should our higher education institutions respond to innovations in new AI-based language processing software (like Chat GPT)? Sue Beckingham Sheffield Hallam University, Professor Peter Hartley, Visiting Professor Edge Hill University, Professor Dawne Irving-Bell, BPP University, Mark Dawson, Coventry University ‘ChatGPT and Me’ Learning in the age of artificial intelligence: students’ perspectives, Louise Drumm and Cameron Graham, Edinburgh Napier University Academic development in an age of Generative AI, Sue Attewell and Ayesha Fraz, Jisc National centre for Artificial Intelligence Educational Developers Dealing with Generative AI in Context, Charlie Reis and Olivia Sun, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and Rob Lindsay, University of Liverpool |
| 16.30 – 16.45 | Summary of the day and key messages Pam Parker and Mary Fitzpatrick, Co-Chairs |
Professor Jackie Potter
Jackie is Dean of Academic Innovation at the University of Chester and a Visiting Professor at Oxford Brookes University, where she previously led the Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development (OCSLD). She is Vice-Chair (out-going) of the Heads of Educational Development and holds Senior Fellowship of SEDA and Principal Fellowship of the HEA. She writes about teaching expertise and the scholarship of teaching and learning, educational change and the role(s) of educational developers. Outside work, Jackie is a keen walker in the company of her dog Monty.
LinkedIN – Jacqueline Potter
Twitter – @Jac_Potter
Email – jackie.potter@chester.ac.uk
The conference is free to attend for SEDA individual members and those working in SEDA member institutions.
The non-members price is £30.00.
Please book your place via our Eventbrite page.
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