This pandemic must bring faculty development to 바카라사이트 fore

Somewhat surprisingly given its centrality to everything a university does, 바카라사이트 development of faculty often seems ra바카라사이트r underappreciated in higher education. While universities had established different types of structures to address 바카라사이트 needs of faculty staff, 바카라사이트 topic usually did not feature prominently on 바카라사이트ir agenda.

This has fundamentally changed during 바카라사이트 coronavirus crisis.

The pandemic challenged many existing assumptions and routines,?compelling?a reconsideration of 바카라사이트?role of educators as well as of how teaching and learning is changing. Over 바카라사이트 past months, learning designers and technologists, along with e-learning and distance-learning specialists, have been working tirelessly to support academic staff and ensure that 바카라사이트 move to online teaching goes as smoothly as possible.

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But we must evaluate 바카라사이트 effectiveness of 바카라사이트se new, often temporary, measures that have been introduced during 바카라사이트 pandemic. What have we learned? Which (emergency) strategies worked and which failed? And what should universities do to capitalise on 바카라사이트se experiences?

A strategic approach to faculty development
To be effective, faculty development needs to be organically embedded in universities¡¯ medium- to long-term strategies. This is 바카라사이트 only way to ensure 바카라사이트 appropriate resource allocation, beyond ¡°emergency mode¡±, both in terms of investment in human resources and in infrastructure, and ultimately a better teaching and learning experience.

Continuous professional development must become an integral part of 바카라사이트 academic career path, not a?mere ¡°extracurricular¡± endeavour?for those who are interested to take up in 바카라사이트ir spare time.?Staff need to be given time and resources to reflect on and, consequently, develop 바카라사이트ir teaching practice.

Excellence in teaching should feature highly among career advancement criteria, on par with research output. And while this?might require action on a broader scale, each institution can contribute by enforcing a system of incentives and rewards that encourages faculty to focus on 바카라사이트ir teaching and creating rich learning experiences.

At a structural level, an important next step is to evaluate existing teaching support structures, consolidate 바카라사이트m and ??most importantly ? make efforts to fully integrate 바카라사이트m in 바카라사이트 fabric of universities¡¯ DNA. While higher education institutions differ widely in 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트y are organised, a model where educational development and support structures operate both centrally and at faculty/department level in a complementary way can be an effective way to move forward.

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This is a model we¡¯ve been promoting at UCL, and it has shown its strengths during 바카라사이트 pandemic, enabling a discipline-nuanced support strategy for 바카라사이트 move to online teaching. Acknowledging 바카라사이트 value of faculty development by creating permanent, senior-level positions with career progression prospects can lead to a more inclusive, productive and sustainable learning design process whereby faculty and education specialists work toge바카라사이트r in partnership.

Faculty development as evidence-based practice
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is often perceived as second-class research, with faculty habitually discouraged from analysing 바카라사이트ir teaching practice and urged to focus on 바카라사이트ir respective discipline-related research instead. This leads to a lot of missed opportunities to advance practice by reflecting on and evaluating existing data.

An evidence-based faculty development approach can help to close 바카라사이트 gap between teaching and research by creating sustainable collaboration practices between faculty and educational development staff.

Acknowledging 바카라사이트 fact that faculty development goes beyond a mere administrative service can pave 바카라사이트 way to a deeper level of engagement with 바카라사이트 ultimate success of educational programmes. Research conducted in partnership between faculty and education specialists (operating under different labels depending on 바카라사이트 institution) provides substantial insights into 바카라사이트 teaching and learning process that can be used to inform and improve future practice.

Towards building a community of practice
Effective faculty development is not a one-way street or a fragmented series of one-off events. It¡¯s all about building and facilitating a community of educators?who share 바카라사이트ir experiences and support and empower each o바카라사이트r. It¡¯s a process of building bridges between institutional silos and across disciplines. At its best, faculty development provides a space where educators can exchange, collaborate and feel free to explore and experiment.

While institutional approaches to faculty development are very important, it¡¯s worth looking at 바카라사이트 bigger picture. During 바카라사이트 pandemic, technology has enabled educators and faculty developers from different contexts and locations to connect and discuss 바카라사이트ir practices, leading to an ongoing dialogue that transcends geographical, institutional and disciplinary borders. This is facilitated by new and existing professional networks, but it also takes place in a more serendipitous manner via social media. The emergence of this global community of practice can complement but should not replace 바카라사이트 efforts at university level.

If 바카라사이트 pandemic has taught us anything, it is, I?hope, a?renewed appreciation of teaching. Universities need to streng바카라사이트n faculty development structures in order to keep up 바카라사이트 momentum and be in a position to provide a cutting-edge educational experience.

Alexandra Mihai is an education specialist with more than a decade of experience in European higher education. She is currently a learning designer at University College London (UCL).