Meanings of community: Educational developers experience care, satisfying contributions, and belonging in a collaboration across institutions
We share insights from a mixed methods study to describe the experience of educational developers participating in a community of practice (CoP). This CoP consisted of 19 leaders at eight institutions, serving collectively as facilitators of a hybrid, across-institutional, seven-week workshop series...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Michigan Publishing Services
2023-12-01
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| Series: | To Improve the Academy |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/tia/article/id/2637/ |
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| Summary: | We share insights from a mixed methods study to describe the experience of educational developers participating in a community of practice (CoP). This CoP consisted of 19 leaders at eight institutions, serving collectively as facilitators of a hybrid, across-institutional, seven-week workshop series on course design for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. From results of a survey examining the functional and sustaining features of the community, we illustrate that members experience the community aspect of our CoP primarily as a sense of satisfaction/personal fulfillment and, to an extent, in the effectiveness/productiveness of collaborations between members. Members of our CoP experience several community-related benefits specific to their across-institution collaborations. We demonstrate the importance of members’ sense of belonging, overall professional development, and well-being for sustaining our CoP. |
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| ISSN: | 2334-4822 |