Advancing Academic Development Events

From 2018 to 2021, Advancing Academic Development Events were held in Australia to provide an opportunity for academic developers to network, share, and shape good practice.

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The events featured keynote speakers, finalist's presentations on innovative academic development practice and active workshops for academic developers. 

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They enabled academic developers to:

• Be inspired by internationally recognised key note speakers,

• Gain insights into distinctive, innovative and exemplary practices presented by finalists in the Global Academic Development Advancement Awards as Pecha Kucha-style showcases.

• Participate in choosing the people’s choice award, adjudicated live at the event.

• Engage in professional development through active workshops on leadership, scholarship, and good practice with peers from across the sector

• Connect and network with peers from across the sector.

 

The Advancing Academic Development Event were supported by a CAULLT grant. Thanks to this generosity, there was no registration cost for delegate/s. 

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Current events

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 The Council of Australasian University Leaders in Learning and Teaching (CAULLT) now holds an annual Academic Development Day and Conference, which we would encourage Australasian academic developers to attend.   (https://www.caullt.edu.au/events-and-learning/)

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Archive of past events

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2021 Program

Ninety-one participants from across the world joined the online event to share good practices, celebrate academic development, and hear from two distinguished Keynote Speakers

• Professor David Sadler, DVC Education, University of Western Australia, speaking on Learning and teaching awards, and

• Professor Elizabeth Johnson, DVC Education, Deakin University, addressing The value and role of Academic Development

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2019 Program

One hundred and twenty participants from across Australasia attended the event at QUT on 6th November  2019 to share good practices, participate in professional  development, engage in dialogue with peers and hear from two distinguished Keynote Speakers

• Dr Allan Goody, President International Consortium for Educational Development speaking on An international perspective: roles, issues and challenges of Academic Development

• Jade Kennedy: 2018 Winner of the Australasian Academic Development Good Practice Awards for Jindaola: An Aboriginal approach for academic and curriculum development

Professional development workshops included:

• Associate Professor Marina Harvey: Demonstrating impact through scholarly enquiry, research,  and evaluation

• Professor Jillian Hamilton: Academic Development workshop: Communicating a purposeful mission

• Professor Jillian Hamilton: Interviews with good practice finalists:Principles, practices, and value  of Academic Developmentand value of Academic Development

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2018 Program

Forty eight participants from across Australasia attended the event at Bond University  on 7th November 2018  to share good practices, participate in professional  development, engage in dialogue with peers and hear from two distinguished Keynote Speakers:

• Dr Kathryn Sutherland: An international perspective on Academic Development

• Professor Suzi Derbyshire: The value of Academic Development for universities and the sector

Professional development workshops included:

• Dr Andrea Adam: Progression of Partial Solutions (POPs): Issues, challenges and success for the future of Academic Development

• Associate Professor Marina Harvey: Academic Development & SoTL

•  Professor Jillian Hamilton: Interviews with good practice finalists:Principles, practices, and value  of Academic Developmentand value of Academic Developmentl Development workshop

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