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Training Faculty Developers in Hybrid Mediation: Organisational-Didactic Changes in the TLC Uniba

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The need to redefine the teaching-learning processes from a teacher-centred to a student-centred vision envisages the implementation of organisational and didactic changes already envisaged by the reform inspired by the Bologna process. In order to facilitate the actions of change and innovation in higher education, universities usually target one or more figures acting as manager of Faculty Development actions and programs: these are the faculty developers, “agents of change” and promoters of the improvement of didactics within the departments. In 2021/2022, the University of Bari structured a curricular training model for faculty developers, intentionally designed to encourage the creation of interdisciplinary networks at the departmental level. The aim is to activate, within the organisation chart of the Uniba Teaching and Learning Centre, a community able to facilitate an analysis of its practices and to formulate proposals for innovation to fulfill the system level in the University. The curricular model and the mixed-methods research-training protocol structured to evaluate the impact of training actions in hybrid teaching are described.

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Perla, L., Vinci, V., Scarinci, A. (2023). Training Faculty Developers in Hybrid Mediation: Organisational-Didactic Changes in the TLC Uniba. In: Fulantelli, G., Burgos, D., Casalino, G., Cimitile, M., Lo Bosco, G., Taibi, D. (eds) Higher Education Learning Methodologies and Technologies Online. HELMeTO 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1779. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29800-4_24

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