Alternative approaches in academic development: Delivering between a rock and a hard place

Champion, Emma; Robson, Linda and Shah, Rupesh (2023). Alternative approaches in academic development: Delivering between a rock and a hard place. In: Teaching and Learning Conference 2023: Shaping the future of HE, 4-6 Jul 2023, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.

Abstract

The Open University is a world leader in distance learning and teaching, and we are proud to offer innovative, pedagogically informed educational experiences to our students. However, for our 4000 Associate Lecturers who, like our students, work at a distance, our standard offer for professional development tends to be online events, where interaction is often mediated by PowerPoint presentations, and which afford limited scope for interactive and unanticipated learning between ALs. This presentation will report on the experiences and challenges faced by us, a team of educator-managers, to design and deliver a development opportunity to our Associate Lecturers that was outside of this norm.

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