Educational Development

The Work of Staff in Teaching and Learning Centres

Wel­come to this web page con­tain­ing resources and infor­ma­tion about the field of edu­ca­tion­al devel­op­ment or the work of teach­ing and learn­ing cen­tre staff.  Orga­nized into sec­tions, you’ll find resources as you scroll down. Some of these resources I cre­at­ed. Most I have curat­ed as part of my col­lec­tion of rec­om­mend­ed places to learn more. Hope you find these use­ful. Liesel

Acronyms: CTL = cen­tre for teach­ing and learn­ing | TLC = teach­ing and learn­ing cen­tre | ED = edu­ca­tion­al devel­op­er or edu­ca­tion­al devel­op­ment | Ed Dev = Edu­ca­tion­al Devel­op­ment | POD = Pro­fes­sion­al and Orga­ni­za­tion­al Devel­op­ment Net­work (US-Based) | STLHE — Soci­ety for Teach­ing and Learn­ing in High­er Edu­ca­tion

INTRODUCTORY Video: Educational Development and the Work of Teaching and Learning Centres

Cre­ator and Nar­ra­tor: Liesel Knaack. Access the menu/bookmarks by click­ing on the three (light grey) stacked bars at top left of video to locate a sec­tion you wish to view or play from begin­ning. PDF of Slid­edeck (down­load the PDF deck, open in Adobe PDF and expand the side pan­el to see some addi­tion­al notes per each slide)

About: This video is a nar­rat­ed sum­ma­ry of edu­ca­tion­al devel­op­ment and the work of teach­ing and learn­ing cen­tre staff. Hope­ful­ly a help­ful overview for those apply­ing to posi­tions or those new­ly hired into posi­tions.

What is Educational Development?

Key resources to learn more about the field of edu­ca­tion­al devel­op­ment.

What Resources are best for getting started?

If you are new to edu­ca­tion­al devel­op­ment, here are some key resources to learn more about the job, the duties, and the work of teach­ing and learn­ing cen­tre staff.

What are the Competencies for Educational Developers?

These charts have been built enhanc­ing the work of the authors of the Edu­ca­tion­al Devel­op­ment Guide No. 1 — The Edu­ca­tion­al Devel­op­er’s Port­fo­lio. The charts out­line the skills, qual­i­ties, knowl­edge and abil­i­ties of edu­ca­tion­al devel­op­ers at var­i­ous stages of growth and pro­fes­sion­al learn­ing.

  • Over­all — Edu­ca­tion­al Devel­op­er Com­pe­ten­cies (LKnaack) — PDF
  • Skills, Abil­i­ties and Knowl­edge for Edu­ca­tion­al Devel­op­ment (LKnaack) -PDF
  • Novice Edu­ca­tion­al Devel­op­er Com­pe­ten­cies Chart (LKnaack) — PDF and Self-Assess­ment Tool — PDF
  • Inter­me­di­ate Edu­ca­tion­al Devel­op­er Com­pe­ten­cies Chart (LKnaack) — PDF and Self-Assess­ment Tool — PDF
  • Senior Edu­ca­tion­al Devel­op­er Com­pe­ten­cies Chart (LKnaack) — PDF and Self-Assess­ment Tool — PDF
What Networks and Groups (Resources & Conferences) Exist?

This list includes the key pro­fes­sion­al orga­ni­za­tions, net­works and groups that bring togeth­er peo­ple who engage in the field of edu­ca­tion­al devel­op­ment.

  • Cana­da — Edu­ca­tion­al Devel­op­ment Com­mu­ni­ty in Cana­da — EDCC | Join EDCC
  • Cana­da — Soci­ety for Teach­ing and Learn­ing in High­er Edu­ca­tion — STLHE
  • Cana­da — SoTL Cana­da (Con­stituen­cy of STLHE) — SoTL Cana­da
  • Ontario — Coun­cil of Ontario Edu­ca­tion­al Devel­op­ers — COED
  • British Colum­bia — BC Teach­ing and Learn­ing Coun­cil — BCTLC
  • British Colum­bia — Edu­ca­tion­al Tech­nolo­gies User Group — ETUG
  • North Amer­i­ca Based — Pro­fes­sion­al and Orga­ni­za­tion­al Devel­op­ment Net­work — POD
  • UK — Staff and Edu­ca­tion­al Devel­op­ment Asso­ci­a­tion — SEDA
  • Aus­trala­sia — High­er Edu­ca­tion Research and Devel­op­ment Soci­ety of Aus­trala­sia — HERDSA
  • Inter­na­tion­al Con­sor­tium for Edu­ca­tion­al Devel­op­ment — ICED
  • Inter­na­tion­al Soci­ety for the Schol­ar­ship of Teach­ing and Learn­ing — ISSOTL
What are the EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACADEMIC JOURNALS?

Here are a hand­ful of jour­nals and mag­a­zines that pub­lish arti­cles about work­ing in teach­ing and learn­ing cen­tres.

  • To Improve the Acad­e­my: A Jour­nal of Edu­ca­tion­al Devel­op­ment — Jour­nal Web­site (all free)
  • Inter­na­tion­al Jour­nal for Aca­d­e­m­ic Devel­op­ment  — Tay­lor and Fran­cis Online (some open access)
  • Jour­nal on Cen­tres for Teach­ing and Learn­ing — Web­site (free)
  • Edu­ca­tion­al Devel­op­ments (Mag­a­zine of UK SEDA) — Web­site (free to all arti­cles a year or old­er)
  • Teach­ing and Learn­ing Inquiry (Offi­cial jour­nal of ISSOTL) — Web­site (free access)
Where can I get Further Education and Training?

If you’d like to explore this field a bit more, engage in some learn­ing and enhance your prac­tice — here are some sug­ges­tions.