Current Institution: University of Southern Queensland
Fellowship: ALTC Teaching Fellowship at University of Southern Queensland
Fellowship Duration: 2010 - 2012
Communities of practice (CoPs) are cited in higher education literature and ALTC applications as a successful way of building and sharing a scholarly approach to enhancing learning and teaching practice. This fellowship builds on the fellow�s CoP leadership role at the University of Southern Queensland, which initiated an institutional model for engaging academic staff in situated professional development. This role was recognised through an ALTC Citation (2009) and USQ CoPs received a 2009 AUQA commendation. Academic CoPs operate differently from institutionalised higher education work groups, and the facilitator�s role differs from the familiar chairperson�s role. An action research approach will identify key aspects of the facilitator�s role and use USQ’s multimedia capacity to create digital re-enactments to enable critical analysis of the role. Facilitator capacity-building will also include workshops by an international expert, Dr Milton Cox (Miami University, Ohio), and a facilitator’s start-up handbook. Activities will build on existing collaboration with Australian academics implementing CoPs and international CoP expert, Dr Etienne Wenger.
Disciplines: All disciplines
The Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows’ network (ALTF) was established in 2011 with support from the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching. The network comprises over 100 scholars who are well placed geographically, institutionally and within their discipline communities to promote and sustain effective learning and teaching in Australian higher education, now and into the future.
The Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows’ network (ALTF) was established in 2011 with support from the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching. The network comprises over 100 scholars who are well placed geographically, institutionally and within their discipline communities to promote and sustain effective learning and teaching in Australian higher education, now and into the future.