14 July 2004 - 16 July 2004
Location: Grosvenor Hotel, Stratford upon Avon

This three day course is designed for those who have a professional role as educational and academic developers in higher education. This includes HE in FE. It is aimed at those with less than three years experience in this role. 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.

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 both practice based and grounded in research on learning and teaching. Presenters include Ranald Macdonald FSEDA (Sheffield Hallam University) David Baume FSEDA (Independent Consultant), Peter Kahn FSEDA (University of Manchester) and Sally Brown FSEDA (Higher Education Academy). The workshop element will involve example case studies, role play and collaborative problem solving supported by a range of materials. The course will include an opportunity for small group work and tutorial time with an experienced developer to support action planning.

Click here to view an overview of the sessions. 

 DAY 1

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT – AN OVERVIEW

 

10.30-11.00

Registration and refreshments

 

11.00-12.30

 

Session 1: What is Educational development?

Lynn Roberts

 

12.30-13.30

Lunch

 

13.30-15.00

 

Session 2: The Scholarship of Educational Development

Ranald Macdonald   FSEDA

 

15.00-15.30

Refreshments

 

15.30-17.00

 

Session 3: The Role of Educational Developers in managing change

Ranald Macdonald   FSEDA

 

17.00-17.30

Refreshments

 

17.30-19.00

 

 

Session 4: Modelling Action Learning

Lynn Roberts

 

 

 

DAY 2

 

 

PLANNING SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTIONS

 

9.00-10.30

 

 

Session 5: Goal setting in educational development projects

David Baume FSEDA

 

10.30-11.00

Refreshments

 

11.00-12.30

 

Session 6: Evaluating educational development

David Baume FSEDA

 

12.30-13.30

Lunch

 

13.30-15.00

 

Session 7: Designing and running events (1)

Peter Kahn FSEDA

 

15.00-15.30

Refreshments

 

15.30-17.00

 

 

Session 8: Designing and running events (2)

Peter Kahn FSEDA

 

17.00-17.30

Refreshments

 

17.30-19.00

 

 

Mentoring sessions (optional)

 

 

 

DAY 3

 

 

 

DEVELOPING TEACHERS AND DEVELOPERS

 

9.00-10.30

 

 

Session 9: Encouraging and rewarding excellent teaching

Sally Brown FSEDA                   

 

10.30-11.00

Refreshments

 

11.00-12.30

 

Session 10: Developing the developers

Sally Brown FSEDA

 

12.30-13.30

Lunch and Depart