Educational Development in an Age of Change

Mary C. Wright is a professor in the Division of Teaching and Learning in the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education & Students) portfolio at the University of Sydney, Australia. Previously, she served as the associate provost for teaching and learning, the executive director of the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, and a research professor at Brown University. A former president of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, she is the author of Centers for Teaching and Learning: The New Landscape in Higher Education and Always at Odds? Creating Alignment Between Faculty and Administrative Values and a coeditor of the International Journal for Academic Development. Tracie Marcella Addy is the founding director of the Institute for Teaching, Innovation, and Inclusive Pedagogy and an affiliate faculty member in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. She is a coauthor of What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching and Enhancing Inclusive Instruction: Student Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Advancing Equity in Higher Education. The retired Associate Provost of LaGuardia Community College (CUNY), Bret Eynon serves as a Georgetown University Senior Fellow for Climate Leadership in Higher Education. He is a coauthor of The New Learning Compact: A Framework for Professional Learning and Educational Change; Open and Integrative: Designing Liberal Education for the New Digital Ecosystem; and Teaching, Learning, Equity and Change: Realizing the Promise of Professional Learning. Jaclyn Rivard is an assistant professor of higher education administration at the University of Southern Mississippi. She is a coauthor of Faculty Development in the Age of Evidence: Current Practices, Future Imperatives.

• AcknowledgmentsForeword, by Mary Deane Sorcinelli and Ann E. AustinIntroduction1. Who are we?2. What guides our work?3. What are our theories of change?4. What initiatives do we focus on?5. What tactics do we use?6. How do we organize our work?7. How is educational development valued? Evaluation, impact, and institutional support for educational developmentConclusion: Evaluation, impact, and institutional support for educational developmentAppendix 1Appendix 2Appendix 3References