SEDA

In this post i will intrdouce you what "seda" is.It is abbreviation of "Staff and Educational Development Association".Turkish trans. of the abbreviation suits to Young Developpers.(If remains, also old ones :P).IFF there is such an Association, this is nice smile for us.

SEDA is the professional association for staff and educational developers in the UK, promoting innovation and good practice in higher education. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Standing Conference on Educational Development (SCED) and the Staff Development Group of the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE). The Association for Education and Training Technology merged with SEDA in 1996

To achieve its aims SEDA will provide and support activities including:

For staff and educational developers in higher education:

National and international support groups and networks

Conferences

Publications

A magazine for teachers in higher education

Support and accreditation for professional development

A refereed journal

Research into and development of staff and educational development

Networking with other professional bodies for, and providers of, staff and educational development and related functions

Lobbying funding, quality and other bodies on staff and educational development



For teachers, academic support staff and managers in higher education:

Conferences on topics related to teaching, learning, assessment, course design and management and other aspects of the student experience,

Publications on the same topics,

Support and accreditation for the professional development of teachers,

A refereed journal about innovations in teaching, learning and assessment,

Research into and development of teaching, learning and assessment,

Networking with subject-specific and profession-specific bodies for teaching, learning and related topics,

Lobbying funding, quality and other bodies of teaching, learning and related topics


This intro. of Seda may guide to turkish companies.
If they are dealing with my post.(I am pretty sure, they care on my posts :) )
With the increasing number of mails with title "DEVELOPERS NEEDED", come to my Inbox, make me think, association smillar to this, is required.
Why Not?
If yes, This will be a nice Smile( SEDA :) ) for our country.