We’ll start at 10am PST. Meanwhile, here’s a question to ponder:What does educational development mean to you?

Nancy RandallHonorary Research Associate Vancouver Island University

Campus-Based Educational Development

What does educational development mean to you?

DIMENSIONSStructures: Models

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1. Volunteer 2. 5% Model

DIMENSIONSStructures: Models

1. Volunteer Faculty Committee withadvisory, decision-making and/or working roles.

2. Off the side of the desk” Administrator ~5%

May work with ED Advisory Committee.

DIMENSIONS Structures: Models

FT

Consultant and/or Faculty Associate

FT Admin. Assist

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PT Admin. Assistant

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3. Part-time +++ 4. Full-time +++

DIMENSIONS Structures: Models

3. Part-time Coordinator with PT Support Staff. May work with volunteer ED Committee.

4. Full-time Coordinator/Director with full-time Administrative Assistant; 1 to 3 FTE TLC consultants or seconded Faculty Associates.

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6. Integrated ED Centre

E-Learning

Writing Centre

5. Team

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5. Team in the 4 to 8 FTE range with Coordinator/Director and Administrative Assistant with TLC Consultants and/or Faculty Associates. Institutional focus: curriculum design, technology, program review and more.

6. Integrated ED units with one or two Directors/Deans, one or two Managers. Units have specific focus on areas such as Writing Centre, Technology, Curriculum Design, Internationalizing the Curriculum, and many more options.

DIMENSIONS Structures: Models

• Medicine

• Medicine

• Health/ Nursing

7. Disciplinary/ decanal/ decentralized

DIMENSIONS Structures: Models

7. Decentralized Disciplinary decanal units (e.g., Science, Medicine, Health). Usually one centralized office with meeting spaces and/or teaching spaces.

Distribution of ED Models

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Decentralized Disciplinary Decanal Units

Amalgamated Educational Development Units

Educational Development Team

Full-time Director

Part-time Coordinator

"Off the Side of the Desk"

Volunteer Advisory Committee/Peer Led

2011 Educational Development ModelsN=21 institutions

(multiple responses from several institutions)

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