A Design-Based Research Study of Online Faculty Development for Graduate Supervision

• In Event: Building Capacity for Supporting New Scholars in Online Graduate Programs

Abstract

Graduate supervision is a complex relationship and learning process developed between students and supervisors. Professors invest many years in developing expertise and experience in their research disciplines and in their teaching. However, for many academic faculty, graduate supervision is a practice they develop just in time and on the job when they accept graduate students to supervise. This design-based research focused on the design, implementation and evaluation of a flexible and innovative faculty development approach to quality graduate supervision using a miniMOOC. In this research, evidence was gathered that graduate supervisors can benefit from intentional faculty development as they develop their supervision practices and competencies.

Authors

• Hawazen Alharbi, University of Calgary

• Michele Jacobsen, University of Calgary