E3 Services
Enabled, Empowered, Embedded
Staff and Educational Development
As an educational developer at the University of Canterbury for over 15 years, staff and educational development is one of my core specialties. I have worked extensively with teaching staff on all matters teaching and learning, assessment, pedagogy, curriculum and assessment design. I also have experience setting up systems at organisational level to support continuing development of (teaching) staff. Areas where I can provide expert advice are:
Professional development needs analyses.
Strategy and implementation of educational development of teaching staff in the tertiary sector
Capacity and capability development for professionals becoming teachers of that profession
Design, delivery, and evaluation of staff training and development programmes
Mentoring of teaching staff
Facilitating the transition from professional to teacher of the profession
Mentoring and consulting on teaching, assessment, and curriculum design
Coaching toward AdvanceHE recognition as Associate Fellow, Fellow, and Senior Fellow
Strategy and implementation of quality assurance processes of assessment of prior learning, non-formal teaching, micro-credentials and short courses
Curriculum design and restructure at course, programme, and qualification level, including academic quality assurance processes
Organisational Development
For me, organisational development is a natural extension of educational development, just broader and not focused exclusively on teaching staff. In my studies of strategic leadership and industrial-organisational psychology it became clear that many concepts, techniques, and practices from educational development transfer across to leadership, change management, and generic staff development quite readily. Areas in organisational development where I can provide support are:
Strategy and implementation of
Educational change management
Organisational development, training and facilitation
Organisational policy regarding staff professional development and delivery
Institutional readiness for emergencies
Capacity and capability development to initiate, execute, and embed self-sustained organisational change
Development of staff to assume emergency management roles
Research and Research Support
I am a highly experienced researcher in education and social sciences with more than 75 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and research reports. I have designed and led numerous interdisciplinary studies with a wide variety of stakeholders, and have mentored / supervised many people in doing research to high standards. Areas that I can provide support in are:
Mentoring / supervising researchers and buiding a research culture
Research question formulation and quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods study design
Interview protocol and survey scale construction
Human ethics processes
Data analysis and dissemination of results
Action research and evaluation
Implications and translation of research results for practice, policy, strategy, and implementation
Workshop facilitation
I am a very experienced facilitator of workshops for various audiences. A full list of workshops is available here. In addition, I can also design a bespoke workshop on request. My general areas of workshop and teaching expertise are in
Effective teaching and facilitation
Presenting, communicating, and making materials accessible for non-expert audiences
Good practices in designing curriculum and assessment
Motivating and engagement
Contact Erik
IIf you are interested in collaborating or exploring my services in more detail, contact me for a free 30 minute consultation. Please provide your information and some details, and I will be in touch shortly.
If what you need is outside of my knowledge and skill set, I have a broad network of colleagues and connections that I would be happy to refer you to.