Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

 

Date of this Version

Spring 2020

Document Type

Article

Citation

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (spring 2020) 39(1)

doi: 10.3998/tia.17063888.0039.104

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License: CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

A prominent goal of colleges and universities today is to enact data-driven teaching and learning. Faculty clearly play a key role, and yet they tend to have limited time, a lack of training in assessment or education research, and few incentives for engaging in this work. We describe a framework designed to address the practical and cultural aspects of these challenges via a cycle of educational development and support: motivate, educate, facilitate, disseminate. We illustrate this systems approach with concrete examples and conclude with lessons learned from our experiences that should translate to a variety of institutional contexts.

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