To improve the academy: Vol. 27 : resources for faculty, instructional, and organizational development

About the Authors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Ethical Guidelines for Educational Developers

Section I. For and About Educational Developers

1. Editor's Introduction: The Educational Developer as Magician

2. Experiential Lessons in the Practice of Faculty Development

3. Maturation of Organizational Development in Higher Education: Using Cultural Analysis to Facilitate Change

4. Ten Ways to Use a Relational Database at a Faculty Development Center

5. Magicians of the Golden State: The CSU Center Director Disappearing Acts

Section II. Helping Faculty Thrive

6. Practical Tools to Help Faculty Use Learner-Centered Approaches

7. Romancing the Muse: Faculty Writing Institutes as Professional Development

8. Leadership for Learning: A New Faculty Development Model

9. Searching for Meaning on College Campuses: Creating Programs to Nurture the Spirit

Section III. One-on-One with Faculty

10. Defeating the Developer's Dilemma: An Online Tool for Individual Consultations

11. Lessons Learned from Developing a Learning-Focused Classroom Observation Form

12. Reported Long-Term Value and Effects of Teaching Center Consultations

Section IV. Educational Development by Institutional Type

13. Promoting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Community Colleges: Insights from Two Learning Communities

14. Starting and Sustaining Successful Faculty Development Programs at Small Colleges

15. Essential Faculty Development Programs for Teaching and Learning Centers in Research-Extensive Universities

Section V. Faculty Evaluation

16. Establishing External, Blind Peer Review of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Within the Disciplines

17. Learning-Centered Evaluation of Teaching

Section VI. For the Next Generation

18. Meeting New Faculty at the Intersection: Personal and Professional Support Points the Way

19. When Mentoring Is the Medium: Lessons Learned from a Faculty Development Initiative

20. Preparing Advocates for Faculty Development: Expanding the Meaning of "Growing Our Own"

21. Teaching Learning Processes-to Students and Teachers

Bibliography