The Training and Development Sub-Group is a sub-group of the Teaching & Learning Product Board.  It is co-chaired by the Director of CHERS/EDU and a Faculty representative (currently Learning Development Lead from FoM).

The sub-group provides a forum for discussing training and developmental need, curating and integrating good practice from across college to support ‘local’ delivery/resource and integrate this with central College provision. We also seek to incorporate relevant QA information, awareness and process to better integrate pedagogic, technological and QA best practice into pedagogic design and provision.

This sub-group is primarily concerned with the pedagogy/technology training and development of all who teach and support student learning. We recognise the importance of the student voice in informing and facilitating this mission and in aligning the pedagogic development and training of those that teach and support learning with that provided to students. While supporting the study skills provision for students is outside the remit of this sub-group, we will work closely with those that do, to align provision, share resources and promote coherent, transparent good practice.

The sub-group seeks to foster active partnerships and collaboration amongst all Imperial groups/units who provide training and support for technology enhanced pedagogy, including CHERS/EDU, the Graduate School, PFDC, ICT, Faculty and Interdisciplinary EdTech teams and the Library. We aim to support student-staff partnerships in facilitating implementation of effective student-centred pedagogies, and through the Teaching and Learning Product Board develop and advise on strategy and policy relating to pedagogy and associated TEL.

Terms of Reference

• To work collaboratively with other sub-groups and advise the Teaching & Learning Product Board on matters of strategy, opportunity, risk, policy and resource allocation for pedagogy/technology related training and development.
• To raise awareness of student-centred STEMMB multimodal pedagogical practices through identifying and supporting guidance and training initiatives and encouraging appropriately integrated best practice across college.
• To identify pedagogy/technology related training and development needs and make evidenced recommendations informed by the College’s Academic and Learning and Teaching Strategies.
• To provide leadership and guidance in curating and integrating pedagogy/technology related good practice from across college to support ‘local’ delivery/resource and integrate this with central College provision.
• To support existing training and development resources and provision available in faculties and departments, and, where appropriate, identify opportunities for scaling to, and integrating with College-wide provision.
• To incorporate relevant QA information, awareness and process to better integrate pedagogic, technological and QA best practice into pedagogic design and provision.
• To work with relevant college units, bodies and initiatives to align the pedagogic development and training of all those that teach and support learning, aligning where possible with the learning needs of students. This is with the aim of sharing resources and promoting coherent, transparent good practice.
• To provide informed expertise, collaboratively develop and advise on strategy and policy relating to TEL and associated pedagogy and support a broad, inclusive pedagogically and technologically informed, pedagogic community.

Membership

• Co-chair: Martyn Kingsbury (CHERS/EDU)
• Co-chair Agata Sadza, Learning Design Lead (Faculty of Medicine, UG)
• Argita Zalli, Learning Design Lead, (Faculty of Medicine, UG)
• Oliver Inglis, Digital Media Specialist (Faculty of Engineering)
• Coco Nijhoff, Senior Teaching Fellow (Library Services)
• Nick Johnston, Senior Instructional Designer (Faculty of Medicine, PG)
• Helen Mckenna, Interim Head of Interdisciplinary EdTech Lab (Academic Services)
• Judith Webster, Head of Academic Services (Registry)
• John Ramsay, Education Platforms Lead (ICT)
• Kiran Gawali, Learning Design Manager (FoNS EdTech Lab)
• Chris Meadows, Senior Learning Designer (Graduate School)
• Representative from Postdoc and Fellows Development Centre (PFDC) tba
• Jason Zheng, Deputy President (Education)
• Kieron Creagh, Education Strategy Officer (Education Office)
• Robyn Lowe (Digital Media Lab)
• Jamina Ward, (Head of Learning Design , Business School)

NB. sub-group members are asked to represent their wider constituency (e.g. faculty, department,
schools, centres or teams) on the sub-group.