Dear James
The work being done in HK (that was the reason for the source email in
this series) will be accessible to colleagues and universities in China.
Also, while many of the HEA projects appear to be exclusively
UK-centric, I have found them really useful in my work in Asia and the
Middle East, and, of course, in Australia and New Zealand. We are indeed
a global community of practice. :)
This is also a 'holding' message of thanks to the many colleagues who
have sent ideas and references to me in the past week. The HERDSA call
for ideas will only appear on Wednesday (HERDSA does a weekly
compilation). So, it might be a couple more weeks before I send a
summary to the lists. Sincere thanks.
Best regards, Carmel
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Carmel McNaught, PhD, FAACE
Emeritus Professor of Learning Enhancement
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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On 2/9/2015 5:42 AM, James Wilson wrote:
> It's a pity that all these types of projects primarily focus on the UK sector and never offer an opportunity for universities like ours here in China to be involved even though we do offer dual degrees; one from Liverpool University the other from a Chinese university.
> James
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joelle Fanghanel
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 6:27 PM
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> Subject: Re: Defining the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
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> Great project Carmel . You, and colleagues may also be interested in a project we are presently running funded by the HEA on Defining and supporting SOTL. There are definitely synergies, and we should try to catch up on this
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> We would welcome responses to our survey too (from colleagues with an institutional role in EdDev) - if you donıt mind my piggy-backing on your enquiry The link to the survey is https://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/technical/sotlsurvey/
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> PROJECT OVERVIEW - This project is funded by the Higher Education Academy and examines current implementation of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in the UK higher education sector. It examines how SoTL is used to support academicsı professional development and universitiesı promotion structures. SoTL emerged, as a concept, from the work of Ernst Boyer, former President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, in the US. Boyerıs reflections on academic work and academic careers (1990) called for the need to approach teaching as a scholarly activity. For the past two decades, SoTL has informed the work of educational development centres in the UK, US, Australia, and Europe.
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> Link to that project https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/project/10351
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> Professor Joëlle Fanghanel
> Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Development and Scholarship) Head of the Graduate School
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> University of West London |Room A400|St Maryıs Road | Ealing|W5 5RF |UK
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> Past President |International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning | http://www.issotl.com <http://www.issotl.com/> Co-Chair Heads of Educational Development Group UK National Teaching Fellow (NTF) 2011 http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/contacts/detail/ntfs/2011/Fanghanel_Joelle_profi
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> http://www.remote-sensing.routledge.com/books/details/9780415573719/
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> On 04/02/2015 06:24, "Carmel McNaught" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> With funding from the University Grants Committee in the Hong Kong, the
>> Hong Kong Polytechnic has embarked on an exciting project to provide
>> comprehensive online professional development resources for teachers in
>> Hong Kong at all phases of their careers. There is, of course, a
>> bewildering amount of existing material but there is one aspect this
>> project that distinguishes it from some of the other offerings. Besides
>> providing professional development for teachers new to teaching (such
>> as postgraduate students) and those teachers who have some experience
>> but are taking on new teaching roles, the project team wants to
>> emphasize the importance of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
>> (SoTL) as an integral part of teaching development. In thinking about
>> what is meant by SoTL exemplars and best practices internationally, it
>> seems sensible to get the international community involved. Resources
> >from the project will be publicly accessible to the world.
>> To this end, here are a few questions which is being sent to both the
>> SEDA and HERDSA lists. In true SEDA/ HERDSA convention, responses will
>> be collated and sent back to the lists.
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>> Please answer any or all of the questions below. Brief notes are fine.
>> Please send responses to me at [log in to unmask] and not to
>> the whole list.
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>> 1. What are the key features that distinguish a goodı or excellentı
>> teacher from a scholarlyı teacher? Just the top one or two.
>> 2. What incentives could be provided to encourage teachers to become
>> involved in SoTL?
>> 3. Please provide one or two examples of what you think is truly an
>> exemplar of SoTL. Reference to a paper or a URL would be excellent.
>> 4. The UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) offers a
>> comprehensive scheme for nurturing and rewarding SoTL
>> (https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/professional-recognition/uk-professional-s
>> tan dards-framework-ukpsf). For those with experience of implementing
>> the UKPSF, some comments about characteristics of teachers who do or do
>> not get involved would be very useful.
>> 5. Any other comments as well would be much appreciated.
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>> Many thanks and best regards, Carmel
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