Around the world: Faculty development stories

This podcast is part of the “Around the world” series on faculty development. In this episode I am talking to Jenny Frederick, the founding Executive Director of the Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning and Associate Provost for Academic Initiatives. We discuss about the benefits and challenges of having an integrated Center for Teaching and Learning and the role the pandemic played in the way the Center is positioned and perceived within the broader university context. 

This podcast is part of the “Around the world” series on faculty development. In this episode I am talking to Simon Beausaert, Associate Professor of Educational Sciences at the Department for Educational Research and Development, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University in The Netherlands. We discuss about the faculty development approach he and his colleagues have developed at the Learning Academy, how they combine research, teaching and professional development and what are the main lessons they've learned during the pandemic.

This podcast is part of the “Around the world” series on faculty development. In this episode I am talking to Dr. Jenae Cohn, Director of Academic Technology at California State University, Sacramento. We talk about her approach to supporting faculty in their use of educational technology, the institutional setup around this process, as well as some important lessons from the pandemic (on its two-year anniversary).

This podcast is part of the “Around the world” series on faculty development. In this episode I am talking to Chahira Nouira, Instructional Designer at the University of Göttingen, Germany. We discuss about how the virtual environment and developing digital competencies can bring added value for international collaboration and the internationalisation of curricula. 

This podcast is part of the “Around the world” series on faculty development. In this episode I am talking to Dr. Adina Dudau, Senior Lecturer in management at University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Business School. We discuss about building and cultivating faculty learning communities and developing an evidence-based approach to enhancing teaching practice.  

This podcast  is part of the “Around the world” series on faculty development. In this episode I am talking to Marco Toffanin, Head of the multimedia division at the digital learning and multimedia office of the University of Padova. We discuss about how he and his colleagues have supported faculty during the pandemic and what are the future plans for using multimedia in education at University of Padova.