Open AccessThe Role of Educational Developers in Institutional Change: From the Basement Office to the Front Office
Author(s) -
Chism Nancy Van Note
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.1998.tb00347.x
Subject(s) - front office , front (military) , resource (disambiguation) , state (computer science) , paradigm shift , knowledge management , public relations , computer science , political science , business , engineering , marketing , mechanical engineering , computer network , philosophy , epistemology , algorithm
Educational developers can play a crucial role in helping colleges and universities respond to change. Among the roles they can play are researcher, assessment resource, friendly critic, messenger, translator, and coach. To perform these roles, developers need certain characteristics and special knowledge bases as well as enabling conditions within their environment. The current state of higher education may be calling for a paradigm shift in educational development as well.