HETL Organizational Chart

The HETL Research and Innovation Advisory Board (RIAB) provides advice to the Office of Executive Director (OED) on research matters. The RIAB consists of high level educational leader-scholars from a cross section of institutions and countries.  HETL aims to conduct research that will have a meaningful and transformative effect on the global higher education community. The board plays an important role in helping HETL achieve its vision and mission while promoting its shared research values.

Vision, Mission, and Shared Values

Vision: The vision of the HETL RIAB is to provide advice and insight to the OED on emerging and cutting-edge research and innovation related to advancing the scholarship and practice of teaching and learning in higher education, and to advance education research capacity building and education research theory, policy, and practice around the world.

Mission: The mission of the HETL RIAB is to create new knowledge related to transforming teaching and learning and improving educational outcomes.

Shared Values: To fully fulfill the board’s vision and mission, the RIAB adheres to and promotes the shared research values of innovation, scholarship, and inquiry.

Focus Areas

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HETL’s research focus includes those areas related to improving and transforming teaching and learning such as global learning, global citizenship, cross-cultural competencies, diversity and inclusion, collegiality and collaboration, academic integrity, universal education, democratization of higher education, higher education as a human right, indigenous higher education, refugee education, innovation in higher education, socialization of higher education, digitization of higher education, learning commons, open education, instructional technologies, technology enhanced learning, educational unbundling, educational portability, learning analytics, blended learning, distance learning, e-learning, mobile learning, integrated learning, holistic learning, adaptive learning, interdisciplinary learning, creative learning, multiage learning, authentic learning, meaning-centered learning, dialogical learning, inquiry-based learning, collaborative inquiry, peer-to-peer learning, social learning, self-regulated learning, sustainability learning, experiential learning, service learning, lifelong and lifewide learning, formal, informal, and non-formal learning, learning space design, learning ecosystems, learning-scapes, research-based learning, undergraduate research, community-based learning, student engagement and retention, faculty learning communities, student learning communities, communities of practice, new professional identities, new professional literacies, new forms of university partnerships and collaboration, new accreditation and certification models, new delivery models, new instructional models, new curriculum models, new assessment models, emerging trends in doctoral education, inclusive leadership, instructional leadership, research leadership, and the scholarship of research.

Board Members

RIAB TERMS OF REFERENCE

Chair and Vice Chair for July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2021

Chair: Dr. Barbara Cozza

The Chair of the HETL Research and Innovation Advisory Board shall serve a term of two years. Each operating year is from July 1 through June 30, to coincide with HETL’s operating year. The Vice Chair shall also serve a term of two years and shall, pending approval of the HETL Executive Director, automatically become Chair when the Chair position becomes vacant. The Chair and Vice Chair shall work in cooperation with the Office of Executive Director to provide leadership and direction for the Board. Responsibilities shall include communication with Board members on matters relevant to the purpose of the Board and may include leading and facilitating discussions with the Board on the development of new proposals for future research topics and proposed new initiatives within the scope of the Board.