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Macdonald, Janet; Black, Aileen – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2010
There has been much discussion in this journal of the development of the scholarship of teaching and learning. Indeed the effective enhancement of teaching and learning is more likely to take place when generic lessons are contextualized within the language of the discipline, and adapted to the needs of the students. We describe here a study of…
Descriptors: Professional Development, College Faculty, College Instruction, Reflection
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Macdonald, Janet; Hills, Laura – Distance Education, 2005
The provision of a professional development programme for distance tutors can be problematic because of the need for flexibility to cater for a variety of working practices, or to overcome the hurdles imposed by geographical remoteness. At the UK Open University, online networks are widely in use for teaching and learning, and we are actively…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Professional Development, Open Universities, Distance Education