Academic Staff Development Programme
The Academic Staff Development Programme (ASDP) is a series of focused, bite-sized workshops designed to equip, support and develop members of academic staff in their teaching and research. These workshops are offered once per semester, or academic year.
The ASDP is coordinated by CAPOD (the University’s Centre for Academic, Professional and Organisational Development) – drawing on the knowledge, experience and expertise of academic staff and support staff from a variety of Schools and Units across the University, who are responsible for the delivery of these workshops.
Designed to complement the guidance and mentoring provided within Schools (where appropriate discipline-based support can best be given), the programme aims to:
- familiarise members of staff with key University policies and procedures
- provide opportunities to reflect on and potentially enhance practice in teaching and research
- enhance professional expertise
- create an environment which provides the opportunity to share ideas and experiences with other academics across the University.
The workshops we offer
Our workshops are open to all academic staff, and are particularly useful for academic staff who have recently arrived at St Andrews and are currently under probation.
Existing members of staff engaging in teaching for the first time should attend the programme. New staff with teaching responsibilities have particular attendance requirements, as detailed in the current programme of workshops below:
| Workshop Title | Attendance Requirement* |
|---|---|
| Induction for New Academic & Research Staff | A |
| Assessment & Feedback | A |
| Academic Misconduct & TurnitIn (Briefing Session) | A |
| Effective Lecturing | B |
| Curriculum & Module Design | B |
| Small Group Teaching | B |
| Recruiting & Supervising PG Research Students | B |
| Preparing & Presenting Effective Poster Presentations | C |
| The International Student Experience (Briefing Session) | C |
| Reflective Writing & How to Assess It | C |
| Podcasting for Learning & Teaching Purposes | C |
| Using Video Resources for Teaching / Research | C |
| Using Online Collaboration Tools for Teaching / Research | C |
| Gadgets, Gizmos and Google: Introduction to Web Technologies & More | C |
| *A | Attendance required for new staff as contains information and guidance on St Andrews-specific policies and procedures |
| B | Attendance required for all staff (wherever practicable) prior to undertaking this activity for the first time unless prior attendance at a similar course elsewhere can be demonstrated; |
| C | Highly recommended for all staff |
Further information and booking your place
For further information on these workshops and to book your place, please visit the University's online course booking system.
Under ‘Audience’, select ‘Academic Staff’ from the drop down list. The Academic Staff Development Programme workshops fall under the 'Teaching and assessment' category.
New workshops are constantly being planned so do check our workshop list regularly.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact Erwin Lai, Academic Staff Developer, on extension 7179 or email eahl@st-andrews.ac.uk
Moodle Courses
CAPOD also offers workshops on how you can use Moodle to support and enhance your face to face taught modules. Meddling Moodle and Mastering Moodle workshops are advertised via the University's online course booking system.
There is also an online resource (Moodle), which you can enrol on yourself via the University's Moodle system. This resource contains helpful mini-guides and links to additional resources such as royalty free images, Turnitin and example of how Moodle activity tools can be used for teaching and learning.