Student eCoaches are successful Change Agents

Tribelhorn, Thomas; Suter, Roman; Isaak, Sevgi (2021). Student eCoaches are successful Change Agents. Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung, 16(3), pp. 83-98. Österreichische Gesellschaft für Hochschuldidaktik ÖGHD 10.3217/zfhe-16-03/05

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Cultivating a sustainable culture of experimentation in higher education is no easy task. This paper presents a promising approach for application at universities. Carefully selected senior students completed a four-month intensive programme to gain professional competencies in technology-enhanced teaching as well as coaching skills. These highly qualified eCoaches actively supported university teachers with realising innovative learning scenarios. This way, a system of reverse mentoring was implemented and the eCoaches became change agents. Innovation projects had to be submitted in order to apply for eCoach support. Evaluation revealed a high level of satisfaction among the project leaders, i. e. higher-education teachers, and in some cases they indicated their excitement about how much they had learned from their eCoach, in addition to developing an innovative scenario.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

09 Interdisciplinary Units > Centre for University Continuing Education

UniBE Contributor:

Tribelhorn, Thomas, Suter, Roman, Isaak, Sevgi

Subjects:

000 Computer science, knowledge & systems
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education

ISSN:

2219-6994

Publisher:

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Hochschuldidaktik ÖGHD

Language:

German

Submitter:

Thomas Tribelhorn

Date Deposited:

16 Nov 2021 16:42

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:54

Publisher DOI:

10.3217/zfhe-16-03/05

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Uncontrolled Keywords:

eCoaches, reverse mentoring, change agents, educational innovation, organisational development, professional development

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/160499

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/160499

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