Episode 6: Chahira Nouira, University of Göttingen, Germany — Welcome a new episode of the “Educationalist: Around the world” podcast, the first one in 2022! This week I am happy to be joined by Chahira Nouira, Instructional Designer at the University of Göttingen, Germany. Almost 15 years ago, Chahira started her career as an educational technologist for European NGOs…

Guest post by Dr. Inken Gast, Maastricht University, The Netherlands The current corona crisis has created more attention for the topic of well-being in Higher Education. Here in The Netherlands, universities now seem more concerned with the well-being of both their students and faculty. For example, we are aware that…

Episode 5: Adina Dudau, University of Glasgow, UK — Welcome to a new edition of the “Educationalist: Around the world” podcast, the last one before the winter holidays! This week I am happy to be joined by Dr. Adina Dudau, Senior Lecturer in management at University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School. In 2015, together with two colleagues, she…

Episode 4: Marco Toffanin, University of Padova, Italy — After a few weeks of stories in written form (see the list below, in case you missed them or want to revisit the series), it’s time to listen to another “Around the world” podcast. My guest this week is Marco Toffanin, Head of the Multimedia Division at the Digital…

Guest post by Manuel João Costa (University of Minho) and Sandra Soares (University of Aveiro), Portugal When it comes to faculty development in Higher Education, the world is not flat. The assumptions, values and beliefs by which countries and institutions emphasise the importance of faculty development vary immensely. In Europe…

Guest post by Tracy Zou, Chinese University of Hong Kong I recently transitioned from an academic developer position, located in a central teaching and learning unit, to the Faculty of Education where I took on the exciting responsibility of teaching in the classroom. The transition brings both excitement and anxiety…

Guest post by Colin Simpson, Monash University, Australia In the field of faculty/academic development (or education technology or learning design) we sometimes feel the success of our work depends on the whims of our institutional leaders. While we bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to the job from diverse…

Episode 3- Jo Stroud, University College London (UCL), UK — Welcome to a new episode of the “Educationalist: Around the World” podcast. As we are moving into a still uncertain new Academic Year, it’s useful to look at how different universities have adapted during the pandemic and what lessons we could apply in the near future in order to provide…

Episode 2- Online Learning Toolkit (OLT) — Hello faculty development community! Welcome back and have a great start into the new Academic Year. …