19 June 2002 - 21 June 2002
Location: Lancaster House Hotel, Lancaster

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.

Day 1

Introduction to Educational Development

10.30am

Registration and refreshments

11.00 – 1.30pm

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

1.30 – 2.30pm

Lunch

2.30 – 3.30pm

Session 2:

Personal and professional coping strategies. Issues session.

Neill Thew, University of Sussex

3.30 – 4.00pm

Refreshments

4.00 – 5.30pm

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

6.00pm

Dinner

7.30 – 9.00pm

Final session:

Over to You – participants presentations

Ali Cooper, University of Lancaster

 

Day 2

Some Practicalities of Being an Educational Developer

9.00 – 12.30pm

Session 1:

Designing and running events. A workshop including refreshments at 10.30am.

Peter Kahn FSEDA, University of Manchester

12.30 – 2.00pm

Lunch

2.00 – 3.30pm

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

3.30 – 4.00pm

Refreshments

4.00 – 5.30pm

Session 3:

Mentoring sessions

6.00pm

Dinner

7.30 – 9.00pm

Final session:

Modelling action learning.

Sue Thompson, Liverpool John Moores University

 

Day 3

Reflection and Progress Planning

9.00 – 11.15am

Session 1:

The role of educational developers in managing change. A workshop including refreshments at 10am.

Sue Thompson,  Liverpool John Moores University

11.30 – 1.00pm

Session 2:

Evaluation and feedback.

Rhona Sharpe FSEDA, The Open University

1.00 – 2.00pm

Lunch

2.00 – 3.30pm

Session 3:

Planning and demonstrating our own development.

David Baume FSEDA, Higher Education Consultant

3.30pm

Close and departure