Professional Development Services

mediagogy offers a range of distinctive, relevant and engaging Professional development solutions, from single in-service sessions to full courses and programs, delivered on-site or on-line. Topics cover a full range of teaching and learning issues, as well as intercultural and e-learning issues. We can also design and deliver staff mentoring and educational leadership programs, induction and orientation programs and ESOS compliance training.

mediagogy will tailor a specific program that is directly relevant to your requirements after performing a needs analysis to determine the most engaging and effective solution for your teaching staff enhancement. mediagogy draws on a solid core of skills and experience to develop programs that will orientate teaching staff to the approaches of higher education, as well as specific pedagogical issues such as group work, formative assessment and course design.

mediagogy specialises in formulating and configuring faculty development strategies. We can design and implement, as well as manage, a complete faculty development strategy and program that is integrated into a comprehensive Quality Framework. This strategy covers teaching & learning aspects, professional /content area aspects and performance appraisal.

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Quality enhancement and skills development

"There is increasing recognition of the need to rethink academic professional development, to shift it from industrial-era craft-based approaches to approaches more in tune with the complex, multi-faceted demands of contemporary higher education" (Golja and Schaverien 2005)

mediagogy have been engaged in research into the pedagogical issues that characterise the Higher Education context, with the goal of offering a range of Professional Development services to Higher Education institutions. mediagogy's approach is based on a commitment to effective, useful and engaging Professional Development that is designed to fully realise the potential and enhance the capabilities of all teaching staff. We believe that the most effective professional development is that undertaken by professionals in all fields - a lifelong commitment to continuous learning.

To maximise participation, all programs have an e.Learning component to enable the frequently scattered community of HE teachers, most of whom are employed on a casual/sessional basis, easy, convenient and equitable access to Professional Development.

All courses use innovative assessment techniques, and encourage the discussion of issues and topics in an open, safe and judgement-free environment. During the course, institutions will be regularly updated about the progress of their cohort, as well as being alerted to common issues that may be arising in their classrooms.

Quality Outcomes

Continuous Professional Development of educators has been consistently linked with better student /learning outcomes and higher staff retention rates.The U.S. National Commission on Teaching and America's Future cites evidence that “investments in teachers' knowledge and skills net greater increases in students' achievement [in the United States] than other uses of an educational dollar” (cited in Villegas-Reimers 2003 )

 

mediagogy is committed to the developemnt of professional teachers, not just teaching professionals

References

Golja, T. and L. Schaverien (2005). Theorising professional development in the academy: a conversational approach . AARE Conference Association for Active Educational Researchers (AARE). http://www.aare.edu.au/05pap/gol05057.pdf

Villegas-Reimers, E. (2003). Teacher Professional development: an international review of the literature, UNESCO: International Institute for Educational Planning.

 

 

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Services include:

  • Professional enhancement & development services
  • Transition from VET to HE
  • Induction programs

More Effective Teaching and Learning Workshop (METAL)

This workshop introduces major conceptual issues and innovative practices associated with higher education. It extends notions of learning, curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and self-evaluation of teaching within the higher education context. The workshop aims to enhance teaching skills and understanding of educational processes appropriate to teaching and learning in Higher Education

Topics include :

  • Frameworks of teaching
  • Critical reflection
  • Theories of learning
  • Adult Learners & learner centred teaching
  • Constructive Alignment
  • Learning Outcomes/Objectives
  • Assessment Principles & Strategies
  • The Learning Environment
  • Approaches to Learning

 

Educational Leadership

This is a bespoke course that is designed in consultation with the institution and senior academic staff. It is aimed at senior educator staff such as Heads of School, and covers such topics as curriculum design, staff development and change management. It orients them to a framework of teaching and learning scholarship and involves active discussion and role play of leadership issues in the educational sector. This course is delivered online, with the aim of encouraging continuing discussion of issues and sharing of knowledge beyond the ambit of the course.

Topics include :

  • Curriculum design & maintenance
  • Managing staff development
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Assessment & Innovation
  • Change Management in Education.