[Foundations] academic developers list

[Allan Goody]

Greetings

I provide this information as a follow-up to the very successful
Colloquium held in Brisbane on Monday and Tuesday.

The Council of Australian Directors of Academic Development (CADAD) was
established last year.  Australian Universities (currently 35
universities) form the membership and are represented on the Council by
the directors (in most instances)  of their respective academic
development unit such as CATL.  A bit of information on CADAD follows.

The mission of the Council of Australian Directors for Academic
Development (CADAD) is to promote and advance research, policy and
practice as it relates to the leadership, management and development of
higher education learning and teaching.

CADAD aims to realise its mission by:
	
3.1	undertaking an advocacy role for evidence-based processes and
initiatives to advance learning and teaching in higher education

3.2	providing leadership for the investigation, development and
evaluation of international, national and institutional approaches to
advancing learning and teaching in higher education 

3.3	encouraging and fostering communication and collaboration with
key bodies (e.g., the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in
Higher Education, ACODE, CAUL, CAUDIT) on the advancement of learning
and teaching in higher education 
	
3.4	fostering collaboration amongst those central organisational
units within higher education institutions which carry formal
responsibility for academic development to disseminate and share
knowledge and expertise in relation to their practices for advancing
learning and teaching in higher education, and to establish and monitor
benchmarks for performance
	
3.5	creating and supporting professional development, career
development, and networking opportunities for Australia's community of
academic developers

CADAD meets twice a year and the first official meeting was held in
August with a second scheduled for November. We generally have a
workshop followed by a business meeting.  I am on the executive as
secretary/treasurer.  Sharon Parry from Southern Cross University is the
President.  Other executive members are Michelle Scoufis (UNSW),
Professor Yoni Ryan (Canberra) and Associate Professor Margaret Hicks
(UniSA).

At the CADAD meeting in August it was decided to establish a listserve
for the use of academic developers.  This is in line with at least
points 3.4 and 3.5 above.  Another activity that is being considered is
a 2-day national workshop for academic developers to be held next year.

 
This listserve is for academic developers to share information, engage
in discussion, seek resources, publicise events and so forth. It is an
opportunity to develop a network of academic developers. We can also use
it to publicise events and the activities of CADAD.
 
The list is self-subscription and you can subscribe at
http://maillists.uwa.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/academic-development.  The
administrator approves the subscriptions. There is no obligation to join
the list and you can unsubscribe at any time.

There has already been a little bit of activity on the list.

Although CADAD is an Australian Council, we welcome our NZ colleagues
and those elsewhere to freely participate in the list.

Any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Regards

Allan


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Dr Allan Goody
Director, Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) &
Equity and Diversity Adviser
The University of Western Australia
Ph: +61-8-6488 2603
Fax: +61-8-6488 1156
allan.goody at uwa.edu.au
www.catl.uwa.edu.au

"Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things.
Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload
them. Put there a spark. If there is some good inflammable stuff, it
will catch fire."   Anatole France