This is an online workshop

Joining instructions will be sent closer to the time

Target Audience

Academics involved or interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning

Pre-requisites/ What you need to know

No pre-requisites are required for this course

Overview

This is an introductory session for academics who are interested in scholarship, are not sure what is involved. It looks first at what is meant by scholarly teaching, and how you can find and incorporate evidence from the literature and the practice the practice of others to inform your own approach to teaching. It then explores the relationship between scholarly teaching and scholarship, and how scholarship can be a useful means to investigate and further understand your own practice. It will also introduce you to the support that will be available through the Scholarly Career Development programme over the next academic year. There will also be opportunities to share your own areas of practice that you would like to examine in more detail, and to inform the on-going development of the programme.

Learning Objectives

To understand:

• What is scholarly teaching and evidence-based practice
• The relationship between scholarly teaching and scholarship
• How scholarly teaching and scholarship can support curriculum development and your professional practice

UKPSF/ Applaud

UKPSF/Applaud principles A5,K5, V3

About the facilitator

Laura Hills is part of the Academic Professional Development team and has a background in staff and educational development, and a particular interest in the scholarship of teaching and learning. http://www.open.ac.uk/people/lah295#tab1

Other related courses

This course is one of a series intended to support scholarly career development and scholarship at the Open University.

The course duration is approximately 1.5 - 2 hours

APD Contact Details

If you need more information please contact: Academic Professional Development Support Team by emailing: Academic-Professional-Development@open.ac.uk