ProjectProject

Developing program leader networks and resources to enhance learning and teaching in multicampus universities

Project Information

Year Funded:
2008
Grant (ex GST):
$211,000
Project Status:
Ongoing
Program:
Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Project Keywords:
Leadership in learning and teaching, Leadership networks, Multi-campus, Program leaders
Project Discipline:
Non-disciplinary

Institutions

  • Griffith University (Lead)
  • University of Tasmania
  • University of Western Sydney

Project Leader

  1. Professor Kerri-lee Krause
    k [dot] krause [at] griffith [dot] edu [dot] au

Project Outcome

An online, modularised good practice guide will be developed for Program Leaders, along with resources for policy-makers and those who induct and support Program Leaders. Program Leader networks will be consolidated in participating universities, yielding good practice models. Regional forums will share good practices for supporting and developing Program Leaders.

Project Methodology

This project builds on the Scott et al ALTC project recommendations and complements the UTas multicampus project, focusing on the role of Program Leader. It analyses the experiences of a sample of 24 experienced and early career Program Leaders across 4 disciplinary programs (3 undergraduate, 1 postgraduate) in 3 multicampus universities.

The project's three phases are:

  1. Project establishment and Program Leader recruitment, liaising with project Reference Group (with UTas project), and with international experts.
  2.  Develop Program Leader communities through network meetings;document experiences, attitudes and interactions of 24 Program Leaders through interviews, self-reporting and network meetings; interview institutional leaders and policy-makers at department and university level to identify policy implications; online resource development; joint workshop; formative evaluation. Data collection will yield models of good practice in mentoring and network development, along with implications for effective policy-making.
  3. Disseminate findings, including 4 regional forums; summative evaluation.

 

The information on this project's page was correct at the time of funding. Changes may have occurred since.

The information on this project's page was updated 3 April, 2009.

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