This paper reports on the lived experience of six educational developers collaboratively
engaging in order to complete the National Forum PACT (Commitment to PD) digital
badge. The key motivations, challenges, outcomes and implications of collaborative CPD
is explored. While peer observation of teaching is recognised and acknowledged as a
way of collaborating on CPD (Gosling & Mason, 2009) in higher education, there is little
discussion on anything more than general initiatives completed by individuals on an
individual basis. The newly established National Professional Development Framework
(2016) within the Irish context provides an exciting opportunity for academics to consider
the wider avenues for CPD beyond the formal accredited and unaccredited initiatives and
the potential opportunities for collaborative CPD. The focus is on how collaborating in
CPD can act as a motivator for individuals to progress their professional development, in a
safe and supported way, and can lend itself to an enhanced and sustained CPD experience.