Developing Institutional Leadership: Strategic Approaches to the Scholarship of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Leadership Practices in Higher Education
Universities around the world recognize the importance and complexity of offering high quality and high engagement student learning experiences in diverse and internationally-responsive undergraduate and graduate programs. Academic leaders are thus increasingly required to account for research-informed, evidence-based, effective, efficient and strategically aligned curriculum and pedagogical practices.
In response to these scholarly, professional and institutional challenges, The International Faculty SoTL Leadership Program: UBC Certificate on Curriculum and Pedagogy in Higher Education prepares academic leaders to develop expertise in scholarly approaches to, and the scholarship of teaching, learning and curriculum leadership practices in diverse research-intensive university settings.
For example, through technology-enabled professional learning experiences, program participants examine relevant (international/regional/institutional/disciplinary) higher education literature and ethical issues; epistemological debates and their methodological implications; develop context-specific research design and evidence-based practice (curriculum and/or pedagogical leadership) inquiries; and, dissemination strategies in diverse peer-reviewed settings. This unique and flexible program (ranging from a 6-week intensive to 4-8 month blended/fully online designs) is developed around a customized cohort model and is adapted to address the strategic educational needs and circumstances of diverse research-intensive university contexts.
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