The three-year collaborative project has achieved the following:
- designed a curriculum of an educational development course;
- accredited the course both at local and international levels. The University of Economics awards course graduates 10 ECTS credits and Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) awards course graduates an internationally recognised, professional development certificate;
- developed a reading list of pedagogic concepts, teaching and research methods relevant for higher education teachers;
- implemented the new course for two cohorts of participants from University of Economics in Bratislava and Masaryk University (N=27);
- evaluated the outcomes of the new course and teacher development courses offered by project partners in four studies:
- The impact of the course Learning-centred and Reflective Teaching: from Theory to Good Practice on its participants,
- Impact from pedagogical courses in relation to conversations about teaching and learning in local work-contexts in higher education,
- The role of trusting relationships in facilitating change in teaching practices at the university level,
- A comparative study of three educational development courses for doctoral students and teaching and learning initiatives in higher education.
- presented teaching innovations introduced as a result of the new course in an open-access book entitled Early Career Academics’ Reflections on Learning to Teach in Central Europe, which was published by SEDA;
- developed a curriculum of a programme to support a group of local educational developers;
- piloted the programme with eight dedicated individuals and designed a website Online resources for academic developers to support new professionals in this area.