Academic and educational development : research, evaluation and changing practice in higher education / [edited by] Ranald Macdonald and James Wisdom.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Educational development: research, evaluation and changing practice in higher education / Ranald Macdonald -- part Part One: Supporting change within subjects and departments -- chapter 2 Developing work based educators: professional and organizational issues / Maggie Challis -- chapter 3 Evaluation as a tool for curriculum development: a case study of multimedia development in the teaching of creative writing / Peter Hartley -- chapter 4 Researching teaching effectiveness as an experiential learning cycle: insights into practice / Shona Little -- chapter 5 Improving teaching and learning in chemistry: the national Improve project / Richard Moyes -- chapter 6 Planning and understanding change: toolkits for course design and evaluation / Martin Oliver -- chapter 7 Enhancing transferable skills elements within a subject discipline: an example of how project initiatives can be implemented across a diverse subject discipline in the higher education sector / Ruth Pilkington -- chapter 8 Translating research into disseminated good practice: the case of student residence abroad James A Coleman -- chapter 9 Incorporating change through reflection: community based learning / Irene Hall -- chapter 10 Developing an evaluation design: a multi-dimensional case study -- part Part Two: Supporting change within institutions and the wider environment -- chapter 11 Developing research based learning using ICT in higher education curricula: the role of research and evaluation -- chapter 12 Implementing a virtual learning environment: a holistic framework for institutionalizing online learning -- chapter 13 Spreading the word about pedagogic research: the virtual reading group -- chapter 14 Professional development for organizational change / Helen Beetham -- chapter 15 Integrating learning technologies to support the acquisition of foreign languages for specific disciplines -- chapter 16 Structures for facilitating play and creativity in learning: a psychoanalytical perspective -- chapter 17 Integrating skills development with academic content in the changing curriculum -- chapter Conclusions -- chapter 18 Towards a culture of evaluation / James Wisdom.