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Title: | Having your cake and eating it too: The rhetoric and reality of redesigning staff professional development | Contributor(s): | Thorneycroft, Sarah (author); Landrigan, Brian (author) | Publication Date: | 2014 | Open Access: | Yes | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16417 | Abstract: | Despite significant change in higher education, the structure of professional development for academic staff has remained largely unchanged, consisting primarily of workshops and other forms of face-to-face development. While this is the accepted and often demanded mode of delivery, workshop-based programs are resource-heavy and often unsustainable. Until 2012, the central support unit at the University of New England had been offering a traditional program based on workshops. While the program attracted positive reviews, it was becoming increasingly apparent that there were significant issues in the structure that could no longer be ignored. An alternative, innovative solution was sought, which would allow far more flexibility and scalability while improving the experience and outcomes of professional development. This paper outlines the design of a new program according to the above rhetoric, and then examines the reality of analytics and participant experience data to draw conclusions about the success and viability of such a redesign. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | ASCILITE 2014: 31st Annual Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education International Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, 23rd - 26th November, 2014 | Source of Publication: | Rhetoric and Reality: Critical perspectives on educational technology. Proceedings of ascilite Dunedin 2014, p. 756-760 | Publisher: | Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) | Place of Publication: | Dunedin, New Zealand | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators 139999 Education not elsewhere classified 130103 Higher Education |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 390305 Professional education and training 399999 Other education not elsewhere classified 390303 Higher education |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930203 Teaching and Instruction Technologies 930202 Teacher and Instructor Development |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 160304 Teaching and instruction technologies 160303 Teacher and instructor development |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | http://ascilite.org/conference/past-proceedings/ |
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