HERDSA Special Interest Group: Academic Development

The HERDSA Academic Development SIG is an international network for HERDSA members and others dedicated to advancing teaching and learning in Higher Education. Our mission is to create networking opportunities, promote scholarly research and practice and support members through sharing resources and leadership opportunities.

We aim to provide a scholarly platform to:

· Facilitate ongoing professional development for academic developers

· Share knowledge, resources, skills, and practices in academic development as a community of practice

· Contribute to theory building in academic development

· Explore and critique the roles / responsibilities of (strategic) academic development

· Identify effective measure to evaluate the impact of academic development

· Engage with other professional bodies in academic development (POD, SEDA, CAULLT, ASCILITE)*

· Increase capacity to advocate for innovation in academic development practices

· Provide a platform for reflection on challenges of academic development

· Support the development of leadership capacity in academic development.

You can stay in touch with SIG activities via the:

· HERDSA AD SIG homepage - https://herdsa.org.au/sig/academic-development

· the AD SIG LinkedIn group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/10387957/

For more information or for additional ideas or activities for the SIG, please contact one of the executive members:

Olga Kozar (Co-chair), Macquarie University

olga.kozar@mq.edu.au

Kelly Shoecraft (Co-Chair), Griffith University

k.shoecraft@griffith.edu.au

Rosetta Romano, University of Canberra

Rosetta.Romano@canberra.edu.au

Marina Harvey, Macquarie University

marina.harvey@mq.edu.au

 Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)

Council of Australasian University Leaders in Learning and Teaching (CAULLT)

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD)

Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA)