1. A presentation To the Higher Education Academy Allison Littlejohn Alison Nimmo Caledonian Academy Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland UK www.academy.gcal.ac.uk Encouraging learning innovation : Recognising and rewarding good practice

4. Scenario 4 (inter)national cross institutional institutional departmental Centres for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Pew Foundation re-engineering of course designs in the US; Transformational Change in Scotland TQEF local initiatives Drivers for transformational change

5. Scenario 4 Target Change at institutional level Model Transformational change Model linking local requirements and learning development activities with new directions and evidence generated through international /national research Tansformational change Drivers for transformational change

7. Scenario 3 Scenario 4 Trigger: localised initiatives versus focus on strategic themes Issues External factors strongly influencing Higher Education; Meta level strategic projects focused on research not meaningful to practitioners; Localised initiatives encourage ownership, but are not strategic; Potential solution Themed ‘clusters’ link local and ‘meta’ level initiatives

8. Scenario 3 Scenario 4 Vision: communication best practice vs diffusion of innovation Issues Achieving a vision requires diffusion of innovation in context rather than communication of best practice solutions; Benchmarking current practice locally and internationally assess requirements and ‘readiness for change’; Potential solution Partnership of ‘opinion leaders’ and ‘innovation leaders’ (Scholars) with education research and development staff

9. Scenario 4 Conversion: workshops vs collaborative activities Issues Transformational change requires coordinated, collaborative project based activity; This approach requires longer term for change, but development of an evidence base will lead to more effective change. Potential Solution Project based scholarships linked with promotions scheme

10. Scenario 4 Renewal: lone innovator versus collaborative networks Issues New approaches require integration of different types of knowledge; Lone innovator does not have necessary knowledge base; Potential solution Interdisciplinary, collaborative communities focussed on key themes

11. Scenario 4 Caledonian Academy Aim: to develop innovative teaching and learning within GCU and further afield. Mission: To lead the University in pioneering research and scholarship in learning and teaching and to embed outputs from research enabling the development of new forms of learning and teaching

25. Encouraging learning innovation : Recognising and rewarding good practice A presentation To the Higher Education Academy Allison Littlejohn Alison Nimmo Caledonian Academy Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland UK www.academy.gcal.ac.uk