ABSTRACT

How can Academic Developers provide evidence of the effectiveness and ‘added value’ of their work to the key stakeholders within their institutions?

Written for Academic Developers, academic administrators and others responsible for promoting organizational change, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Development is a professional guide that shares best practice advice and provides developers with useful frameworks for effective evaluation and monitoring of their work.

Through case studies and up-to-date examples from experts in the field, this collection explores the nuances of evaluative practice and the tensions inherent in claiming a causal link between academic development and organizational transformation. As higher education institutions continue to seek effective ways to determine the impact of academic development on organizational transformation in general and student learning in particular, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Development is sure to be an invaluable resource.

part I|2 pages

I Evaluation of Academic Practice

chapter 1|14 pages

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Academic Development: An Overview

ByLORRAINE STEFANI

chapter 2|14 pages

Locating Academic Development: The First Step in Evaluation

BySHELDA DEBOWSKI

chapter 3|14 pages

The Quality Agenda: Where Does Academic Development Sit?

ByGEORGE GORDON

chapter 5|14 pages

Using Student Survey Data to Shape Priorities and Approaches

ByKERRI-LEE KRAUSE

chapter 6|14 pages

Innovation and Change: Responding to a Digital Environment

ByCATHY GUNN

chapter II|80 pages

II Case Studies of Evaluative Practice

part III|2 pages

III Evaluation of Large-Scale Development Projects

chapter 7|14 pages

Accreditation, Accountability and Assessment: Addressing Multiple Agendas

ByCLAUDIA J. STANNY, JANE S. HALONEN

chapter 8|14 pages

An Institutional Programme: A National Model for Evaluation?

ByRONI BAMBER

chapter 9|12 pages

Evaluation Matters in a National, Funded Academic Development Project

ByProject KOGI NAIDOO AND ALISON HOLMES

chapter 10|12 pages

Impact Evaluation and its Implications

ByKATHLEEN GRAY, ALEX RADLOFF

chapter 11|6 pages

Evaluation of Academic Development: Looking to the Future

ByLORRAINE STEFANI