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Developing partnerships for educational development from a CETL perspective Pamela McKinney CILASS: Centre for Inquiry-based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences

Developing Partnerships for Educational Development from a CETL Perspective

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Pamela McKinney: presentation at a workshop for the SEDA (Staff and Educational Development Association) conference November 2006.

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Developing partnerships for educational development from a CETL perspectivePamela McKinney

CILASS: Centre for Inquiry-based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences

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What is CILASS?

• Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

• Promote and extend ‘learning through inquiry’ at the University of Sheffield

• Core themes of collaborative inquiry, networked learning and information literacy

• An Inquiry-based approach to educational development

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What does CILASS do?Create technology rich space for collaborative Inquiry-based Learning

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What does CILASS do?

Fund strategic departmental IBL curriculum development projects in the core faculties of Arts, Social Sciences and Law

E.g. Hispanic Studies support for student presentations

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What does CILASS do?

Fund curriculum individual IBL curriculum development projects across the University

e.g. Human Communication Sciences induction week activity

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We don’t work alone………• Academic champions and student ambassadors

working with and for the core team• Teaching and Learning Support Unit• Learning Development and Media Unit• Library• Audio-visual services• Corporate Information and Computing Services• Careers service• Student Union

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How do our partners help us?• Provide technical expertise for learning spaces

• Ensure a holistic approach to development activity across the University

• Provide technical and pedagogical support to project leaders

• Facilitate information literacy support for projects

• Give a student voice in our developments

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Who forms part of your academic development teams?What inter-professional relationships do you need to establish for effective educational development?

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A community of practice approachBring together people who have a common interest in a subject or problem to collaborate over an extended period to share ideas, find solutions, and build innovations.

Wikipedia 2006

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The Information Literacy Network• Bring together expertise from the Library,

Department of Information Studies and CILASS• Promote the development of information literacy

across the institution• Draw on current research in the field (DiS)

existing practical approaches (Library) and resources and knowledge (CILASS)

• Feed into development of Departmental Learning, Teaching & Assessment Strategies responding to the “Sheffield Graduate” capabilities relating to IL

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The Information Literacy Network• Lack of a focal point for discussion between the

Library and the Department of Information Studies• Lack of debate on a university wide model of

Information Literacy• Bidding process for the CETL brought both sides to

the table and created agreement on model of IL• Strong desire to build on this engagement• Creation of my post as coordinator and link through

‘neutral’ agency

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Building communities• Develop a close and collaborative

relationship with staff in other professional services departments

• Develop a ‘can-do’ attitude with partners

• Exploit existing synergies and constantly look for new linkings and partnerships

• Create opportunities for informal encounters

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Challenges and enablersThis is the way we’ve always done things• Go ahead with the innovation with the

backing of key community members• Prove the worth of the new approach

through positive feedback • Create demand through effective

dissemination in the community

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What are your institutional barriers to pedagogical development?

What are the enabling factors that break down these barriers?