Abstract
This paper examines levers or drivers that have influenced the direction of educational development in Canada over the last 40 years and also tries to predict what will be the impact of some current levers on changing the work of developers in the next 20 years. Reflecting on those years, it is apparent our work in the 1980s was very focussed on the individual and gradually shifted to become more organizational and sector focussed, particularly as the work of developers moved from the periphery to the center of our institutions. The challenge of the next 20 years will be responding to the breadth of areas we are being drawn into in the academy yet, the diversity of our work is one of the strengths of our profession.
Highlights
This paper examines levers or drivers that have influenced the direction of educational development in Canada over the last 40 years and tries to predict what will be the impact of some current levers on changing the work of developers in the 20 years
I will examine models of educational development that have influenced the work we do as educational developers, provide a short history of educational development in Canada, and explore those drivers both past and future that have served to shape our profession
The second model of educational development concentrates on the institution or organization
Summary
This paper examines levers or drivers that have influenced the direction of educational development in Canada over the last 40 years and tries to predict what will be the impact of some current levers on changing the work of developers in the 20 years. Reflecting on those years, it is apparent our work in the 1980s was very focused on the individual and gradually shifted to become more organizational and sector focussed, as the work of developers moved from the periphery to the center of our institutions. This gave me the opportunity to both reflect on the institutional and national change levers that had influenced the direction the profession has taken in Canada over the decades, and to consider what trends might impact us in the 20 years
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