International participation needed: EDs

Dear colleagues,

We invite you to participate in a study of educational developers around the world.

The short, anonymous survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.

If you are willing to participate, please click on the following link to complete the online consent form and access the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/eddev2020

The survey remains open until 23:59 (Pacific Standard Time) on Sunday 15 March 2020.

Further details about the survey are given at the end of this message. We hope to present our initial findings at ICED 2020 in Zürich.

Thanks for giving this your consideration.

Best regards,

David A Green, PhD | Seattle University, WA, USA
Deandra Little, PhD | Elon University, NC, USA

FURTHER DETAILS

 Definition:

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (also known as academic or faculty development) is work focused on supporting university teachers to improve the quality of academic practice in higher education. This work might include improving learning and teaching, research practice, e-learning, academic leadership skills, organizational change, or other related areas.

 Purpose:

We aim to identify ways in which the field of educational development and work as educational developers has changed since our previous survey in 2014, and to see what emerging or recurring issues ICED may wish to focus on in the coming years.

 Ethics approval:

This study has been exempted by Seattle University’s Institutional Review Board. Full information is provided in the online consent form.

 Further details:

Deandra Little, PhD

Assistant Provost, Director, Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning,

Professor of English
Elon University 2610 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244
336.278.5205; dlittle@elon.edu