Glossary

A Glossary of Acronyms and Terms related to Educational Developers and Development

__Acronyms__


 * AIPU** L'Association internationale de pédagogie universitaire
 * international French-language association with regional networks based in North America (office in Canada), Europe (offices in Belgium, France and Switzerland), and North Africa (office in Morrocco). Association internationale créée en 1980, l'aipu a pour objectif le développement de la pédagogie de l'enseignement supérieur dans une perspective de collaboration internationale.
 * Canada: http://www.aipu-ameriques.org/
 * International:[| http://www.ulg.ac.be/aipu/]


 * CTAD** Consortium of Teaching Assistant Developers
 * international discussion list for anyone engaged in graduate student and/or TA professional development, originally for Canadian TA Developers; created by Jody Hendry at the University of Guelph in 1999 and run by Trevor Holmes from 2002-2007, this list was moved to the University of Waterloo in September 2007. Contact list owners Trevor Holmes or Svitlana Taraban-Gordon.
 * Wikispaces site: http://ctad.wikispaces.com


 * EDC** Educational Developer's Caucus
 * a caucus of the STLHE
 * works within the aims and structure of the STLHE to facilitate the advancement and evolution of educational development as a field of practice and scholarship by coordinating communication, networking, professional development opportunities, and advocacy strategies.


 * ICED** International Consortium for Educational Development
 * biennial conferences of mainly English-speaking national or regional networks from around the world. Includes Scandinavian and some German language networks as well as eastern European and Australasian networks. STLHE is a member. http://www.osds.uwa.edu.au/iced


 * POD** Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
 * US-based North American network of educational developers; annual conferences. Many STLHE members also belong to POD, and vice-versa. Conferences are held in the US and Canada. http://podnetwork.org


 * RFPES (le Réseau)** Réseau des formateurs en pédagogie de l'enseignment supérieur
 * un réseau de la Sapes
 * a pour mission de faciliter le développement de la pédagogie universitaire comme champ de pratique professionnelle et de recherche-action.
 * Dans le domaine qui le concerne, le //Réseau// coordonne les activités de communication, de réseautage, de développement professionnel et assure la promotion des intérêts de ses membres.


 * SAPES** La Société pour l'avancement de la pédagogie dans l'enseignement supérieur http://www.stlhe.ca/


 * STLHE** Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education http://www.stlhe.ca


 * STLHE-IDO** Instructional Development Offices or Officers of STLHE -- a Discussion List for Canadian developers and the people from elsewhere who love them.

__Terms__


 * Educational Development** -- this is the activity often named as Academic Development in the U.K. and Australasia, or Faculty or Instructional Development in the United States. The Canadian group formerly known as the Instructional Development Officers or Offices within the STLHE chose "Educational Development" after careful research and deliberation (thanks in large part to work by Susan Wilcox, Queen's University).