Academic Developers! It's happening next week! Join us for the HERDSA Academic Development SIG Webinar Tuesday 14 October 2025. 12pm-1pm [online] Join us for a special session with the Editors of the International Journal for Academic Development Registration link in comments

The first Webinar for the relaunched @HERDSA Academic development SIG - insightful presentation from the editors of the International Journal for Academic Development: Tuesday 14 October 2025. 12pm-1pm [AEST - online] Link for registration in QR code or in comments.

Do you work in Academic Development and want to connect with peers? 🌟 Join the (Re)Launch of the HERDSA Academic Development SIG 🌟 🗓️ 08 August 2025 🕛 13:00–14:00 AEST (Sydney time) 👉 Register now: events.humanitix.com/academic-dev... @herdjournal.bsky.social @ascilite.bsky.social

Academic Development SIG (re) Launch

Join this open Special Interest Group for Academic Developers. No HERDSA membership required - feel free to come along and share with colleagues.

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We don't talk enough about summative peer review of teaching (SPRoT). In our new paper we share 10 indicators of quality SPRoT. Download here www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FEJNR...

Quality indicators for summative peer review of teaching

Peer Review of Teaching is undertaken across universities as a quality enhancement and assurance mechanism and for professional development. The key contribution of this article is a focus on summa...

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Well that was quick! Mirjam Glessmer blogs about reflective practice and the eight new principles. Ice watching and thinking about reflections - in the water, and in Harvey et al. (2025)'s article - Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching mirjamglessmer.com/2025/02/17/i... @herdjournal.bsky.social

Ice watching and thinking about reflections - in the water, and in Harvey et al. (2025)'s article - Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching

Climbing the steps out of the water after an ice dip lets me see the world from a different perspective. Instead of focussing on not slipping and on controlling my breath on the way down, on the way u...

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Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC starts 17th February. Join us! Free and open to all canvas.instructure.com/enroll/EJM6JY Look at this incredible map of MOOC participants since 2018. Find out more: theslowacademic.com/contemporary...

We have eight principles for scholarly reflective practice for learning and teaching. What are they? Our open access paper www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @agnesbosanquet.bsky.social @herdjournal.bsky.social #reflection

Reflecting on reflective practice: issues, possibilities and guidance principles

Reflection is a foundational concept and practice across the higher education sector, recognised for its role in supporting student learning and professional development. This comment paper frames ...

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With my co-lead on the Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC, @agnesbosanquet.bsky.social, we have written about how we have used distributed leadership and peer review to enhance the MOOC. Free prints here www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DSEH8... @herdjournal.bsky.social

Distributed leadership and peer review: a MOOC exemplar

This reflection on practice presents an exemplar of an integrated distributed leadership and reciprocal peer review of an academic development initiative. Distributed leadership, characterised by c...

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The Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC was awarded the inaugural 2024 CAULLT/HERDSA Award for Outstanding Leadership in Research and Development in Higher Education. If you missed out on this MOOC enrol for Semester 1 2025 here: canvas.instructure.com/enroll/EJM6JY

Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching, an award-winning teaching development MOOC freely available to all, is open for Semester 1, 2025. Created by over 40 higher education experts! Enrol now: canvas.instructure.com/enroll/EJM6JY to start Feb 17th.