Thursday, 30 May 2013

OLT notice from CHELT

Dear all,

Please note the slight change to the Request for Proposals for Good Practice Reports, as per the email below.

Kind regards
Lyn

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Lyn Stevens
Promoting Excellence Administrator
Centre for Higher Education, Learning & Teaching (CHELT) 
Chancelry 10T, Ellery Crescent 
The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200
T: +61 2 6125 9486
F: +61 2 6125 4023

CRICOS Provider #00120C


From: Office for Learning and Teaching <LearningandTeaching@deewr.gov.au>
Date: Friday, 31 May 2013 12:33 PM
To: Office for Learning and Teaching <
LearningandTeaching@deewr.gov.au>
Cc: "DE SOUSA,Marguerite (DIISRTE)" <
Marguerite.DESOUSA@deewr.gov.au>
Subject: Please Note: Change to OLT Commissioned Work Request for Proposal - Good Practice Report project deliverable [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Institutional Contact Officers,
The Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) would like to advise that there has been a slight change to the Request for Proposal for the Good Practice Reports.
The project deliverables now include a literature review point that unfortunately had dropped off the document. This has been updated on the OLT website and in the attached pdf.
The project deliverables for the Good Practice Report should include:
·         List the key outcomes for teaching and learning of the work done in the topic by the OLT and its predecessor bodies (maximum three pages)
·         Identify and analyse the findings of, and resources for, teaching and learning produced by the national learning and teaching projects and fellowships (half to one page per project or fellowship)
·         Provide a literature review of good practice and key outcomes for teaching and learning from broader Australian and international scholarly research and publications (five to ten pages)
·         Identify the proposed outcomes, and resources for, teaching and learning which will be produced by the incomplete OLT projects and fellowships (half a page per project or fellowship)
·         Identify areas in which further development or work are needed (maximum one page)
Please accept our apologies and the OLT would be grateful if you could forward this information to interested members of your staff.
Please contact us on learningandteaching@deewr.gov.au if you have any further questions.
Kind regards


Marguerite de Sousa
Director Awards and Networks

Office for Learning and Teaching | Higher Education Division
Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education


Level 10, 255 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 
GPO Box 9880, Sydney, NSW 2001

ABN 74 599 608 295

From: Office for Learning and Teaching
Sent: Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:59 AM
To: HEWLETT,Suzi (DIISRTE)
Subject: Office for Learning and Teaching request for proposals for commissioned projects [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Vice-Chancellor
The Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) occasionally commissions strategic projects in response to key issues in the Australian higher education sector with the guidance of OLT’s Strategic Advisory Committee.
Applications are now open for commissioned projects in the following areas:
1.       Learning analytics: how can it assist us with student retention?
2.       Graduate employability: how can universities best support students to develop generic skills?
3.       Technology enabled learning: how can student learning outcomes be enhanced?
4.       National learning and teaching resource audit and classification
5.       Good Practice Reports:
·         Postgraduate research and coursework degrees
·         Standards
Projects 1–3 are larger strategic projects of national interest and we would anticipate proposals for funding of $220,000 and beyond.The OLT may award one or more grants to address a strategic topic.
Project 4, National learning and teaching resource audit and classification, has funding available of up to $150,000 and the  Good Practice Reports have funding of $30,000 each.
Applications should be received no later than p.m. (AEST) Friday 28 June 2013
The OLT would be grateful if you could forward this information to interested members of your staff.
More information and application instructions may be found at

Kind regards

Suzi Hewlett
General Manager

Office for Learning and Teaching | Higher Education Division
Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education


Level 10, 255 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 
GPO Box 9880, Sydney, NSW 2001

ABN 74 599 608 295

Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Wattle notice

Hi all,

Please note the following:

Adobe Connect Scheduled Maintenance
Start: 7:30 AM Tuesday, June 4, 2013
End:   9:00 AM Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Duration: 1.5 hours

Please note that this outage will only affect the Adobe Connect service. The Wattle environment will continue as normal.

The reason for this outage is the relocation of hosting infrastructure for Adobe Connect as determined by ITS.

We have added a notice to the main Wattle Login page with these details.

With regards,
Danielle

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Danielle Anderson
Manager
Wattle Business Solutions Group
Centre for Higher Education, Learning and Teaching
Chancelry 10T, Ellery Crescent
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
+61 2 6125 1087
+61 2 6125 4023
danielle.anderson@anu.edu.au

CRICOS Provider #00120C
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Monday, 27 May 2013

CHELT seminar

(Tomorrow) May 29: 3.30-5.00 pm    Learning: Do emotions matter in teaching and learning

In recent decades, it has been common to apply a scientific approach to teaching and learning, with a view to identifying the ‘best’ instructional procedures and techniques through an objective process. However, the most recent research in neuroscience suggests that human behaviour, and therefore learning, is governed by both cognitive and affective (emotional) processes. Research on emotions has incubated a new stream of research into what is known as ‘affective learning’, coming mainly from MIT's media lab.
This Academic Development Module, led by CHELT Visiting Fellow Professor Hans Heinimann (ETH Zurich) and Dr Beth Beckmann (CHELT), considers the role of emotions in human learning and explores the implications for current, and especially future, approaches to teaching and learning.
Register here #     CHELT Seminar Room, Building 10T
http://chelt.anu.edu.au/seminars-workshops/chelt-seminars-2013

May 30 - Using the Research Skill Development Framework to drive initiatives in research-led education

May 30 - Introducing the Research Skill Development Framework: a tool for development and mapping  

May 30 - Using the Research Skill Development Framework to support HDR supervision

June 5 - Threshold Concepts: What are they and how might they help us in teaching and learning?

June 12 – Flexible and technology-enhanced learning (Foundations module F7 http://chelt.anu.edu.au/seminars-workshops/foundations

June 14 - Assessment for learning

June 17 – Evaluation and Improvement (Foundations module F8 http://chelt.anu.edu.au/seminars-workshops/foundations

June 17 – Supporting our students (Foundations module F9 http://chelt.anu.edu.au/seminars-workshops/foundations)

June 20 – Designing teaching for effective learning (Foundations module F10 http://chelt.anu.edu.au/seminars-workshops/foundations)

June 22 – Copyright for Lecturers (date-saver)

June 26 - Designing ill-structured problems to trigger learning

July 9 - Scaffolding Learning

July 17 – Learning Analytics (date-saver)

August 5 - Assessment: The value and challenges of using explicit criteria in marking and providing feedback


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Dr Elizabeth (Beth) Beckmann SFHEA CMALT  |   Senior Lecturer, Staff Education (Teaching & Learning)
Centre for Higher Education, Learning and Teaching (CHELT)  |  The Australian National University  |  CRICOS 00120C
T: +61 2 6125 0057  |  E: elizabeth.beckmann@anu.edu.au |  Web: http://chelt.anu.edu.au/people/dr-beth-beckmann
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Wednesday, 22 May 2013

CHELT: Professional Development Program

Academic Professional Development Modules—in the CHELT Seminar Room (Building 10T)
Wednesday May 29 (12.30-1.30pm) – Learning: do emotions matter in teaching and learning?  
Professor Hans Heinimann from ETH Zurich will lead a discussion on new evidence of the role of emotions in human learning and explore the implications for current, and especially future, approaches to teaching and learning.
Thursday May 30 (9.30-11.30am) – Using the Research Skill Development Framework to drive initiatives in research-led education
Dr John Willison (University of Adelaide) will provide an interactive overview of the Research Skill Development Framework, using discipline-based examples, and then consider how the Framework can be used to facilitate the assessment of research-led education. The RSDF is a conceptual model that makes explicit the incremental and cyclic development of student research skills, and is informing the curriculum and assessment design of content-rich courses across more than 30 disciplines in Australian and overseas universities
(Target audience – teachers of undergraduate and postgraduate coursework)
Thursday May 30 (2.30-4.00pm) – Using the Research Skill Development Framework (RSD7) to support HDR supervision
Dr John Willison (University of Adelaide) will provide an interactive overview of the RSD7 Framework, and then consider how it the can be used most effectively by HDR students and their supervisors.
(Target audience – supervisors and HDR students)

  
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Dr Elizabeth (Beth) Beckmann SFHEA CMALT  |   Senior Lecturer, Staff Education (Teaching & Learning)
Centre for Higher Education, Learning and Teaching (CHELT)  |  The Australian National University  |  CRICOS 00120C
T: +61 2 6125 0057  |  E: elizabeth.beckmann@anu.edu.au |  Web: http://chelt.anu.edu.au/people/dr-beth-beckmann
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CHELT Seminars for May

Seminars—in the CHELT Seminar Room (Building 10T)
Friday May 24 (12.30-1.30) - Improving Quality at ETH Zurich: A Systemic Approach to Curriculum Assessment and Design
Professor Hans Heinimann from ETH Zurich will describe the ETH Zurich approach to continuously improving learning and teaching through systemic quality management; illustrate some of the university’s curriculum assessment and design procedures and tools; and discuss some of the challenges still to be confronted.
Thursday May 30 - Introducing the Research Skill Development Framework: a tool for development and mapping 
Dr John Willison from the University of Adelaide will introduce the Research Skill Development (RSD) Framework, a conceptual model that makes explicit the incremental and cyclic development of student research skills. The RSD Framework helps develop collaborative relationships between academics and others involved in the education process, and is informing the curriculum and assessment design of content-rich courses in more than 30 disciplines in Australian and overseas universities.

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

OLT: notice of new research funding for educational projects

Dear colleagues,

The Office for Learning and Teaching has made new funding available for Commissioned Projects in these areas:
  1. Learning analytics: how can it assist us with student retention?
  2. Graduate employability: how can universities best support students to develop generic skills?
  3. Technology enabled learning: how can student learning outcomes be enhanced?
  4. National learning and teaching resource audit and classification
  5. Good Practice Reports: 
    1. Postgraduate research and coursework degrees
    2. Standards.


Intending applicants are to lodge an ANU Notice of Intent to Submit to teaching.grants@anu.edu.au by 3 June, and are to submit their final proposals to their College Research Offices, along with the 'Authority to Apply for External Funding' form,  budget, and all other required documentation as covered in the guidelines, by 14 June. The closing date for submission of applications to OLT is Friday 28 June. 

Please contact us if you need further assistance.

Kind regards
Lyn

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Lyn Stevens
Promoting Excellence Administrator
Centre for Higher Education, Learning & Teaching (CHELT) 
Chancelry 10T, Ellery Crescent 
The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200
T: +61 2 6125 9486
F: +61 2 6125 4023

CRICOS Provider #00120C


From: Office for Learning and Teaching <LearningandTeaching@deewr.gov.au>
Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2013 10:59 AM
To: "HEWLETT,Suzi (DIISRTE)" <
Susan.Hewlett@innovation.gov.au>
Subject: Office for Learning and Teaching request for proposals for commissioned projects [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

UNCLASSIFIED
The Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) occasionally commissions strategic projects in response to key issues in the Australian higher education sector with the guidance of OLT’s Strategic Advisory Committee.
Applications are now open for commissioned projects in the following areas:
1.       Learning analytics: how can it assist us with student retention?
2.       Graduate employability: how can universities best support students to develop generic skills?
3.       Technology enabled learning: how can student learning outcomes be enhanced?
4.       National learning and teaching resource audit and classification
5.       Good Practice Reports:
·         Postgraduate research and coursework degrees
·         Standards
Projects 1–3 are larger strategic projects of national interest and we would anticipate proposals for funding of $220,000 and beyond.The OLT may award one or more grants to address a strategic topic.
Project 4, National learning and teaching resource audit and classification, has funding available of up to $150,00 and the  Good Practice Reports have funding of $30,000 each.
Applications should be received no later than 5pm (AEST) Friday 28 June 2013
The OLT would be grateful if you could forward this information to interested members of your staff.
More information and application instructions may be found at

Kind regards

Suzi Hewlett
General Manager

Office for Learning and Teaching | Higher Education Division
Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education


Level 10, 255 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 
GPO Box 9880, Sydney, NSW 2001

ABN 74 599 608 295

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Books on teaching in the disciplines ordered for the ANU Library

The following books, many of which focus on university teaching in the arts and social sciences, have been ordered for the ANU Library:
  • Anthropology - C. M. Tucker: Coffee Culture: Local Experiences, Global Connections (Routledge Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthropology
  • Anthropology - C.P Kottak: The Teaching of Anthropology: Problems, Issues, and Decisions 
  • Anthropology - P.C. Rice and D.W. McCurdy: Strategies in teaching anthropology 
  • Art - Arthur D. Efland: History of Art Education: Intellectual and Social Currents in Teaching the Visual Arts   (30 May 2013: ANU Library has confirmed that the book has arrived and is in the catalogue)
  • History - Nikki Mandell (Author), Bobbie Malone (Author) : Thinking like a historian: rethinking history instruction 
  • History - T. Mills Kelly: Teaching history in the digital age (30 May 2013: ANU Library has confirmed that the book has arrived and is in the catalogue)
  • Humanities - Valerie Hockert: Teaching Humanities 
  • International Relations - Barb Superka (Author), Rebecca Parnell (Contributor) : Teaching International Relations  
  • Languages - H. Douglas Brown: Teaching by Principles: An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy (3rd Edition) 
  • Languages - Jack Richards: Methodology in Language Teaching: an anthology of current practice 
  • Music - Paul Harris: The Virtuoso Teacher (Improve Your Teaching)  
  • Philosophy - Tziporah Kasachkoff (Editor) : Teaching Philosophy: Theoretical Reflections and Practical Suggestions  
  • Philosophy - Valerie Hockert: Teaching Philosophy  
  • Politics - Robert W. Glover (Editor), Daniel Tagliarina (Editor) : Teaching Politics Beyond the Book: Film, Texts, and New Media in the Classroom (30 May 2013: ANU Library has confirmed that the book has arrived and is in the catalogue)
  • Politics and International Relations - C. Gormley-Heenan and S. Lightfoot: Teaching Politics and International Relations   (30 May 2013: ANU Library has confirmed that the book has arrived and is in the catalogue)
  • Social Sciences - Chenicheri Sid Nair (Author, Editor), Patricie Mertova (Editor) : Enhancing Learning and Teaching Through Student Feedback in Social Sciences (Chandos Learning and Teaching Series)  
  • Sociology - Nancy A. Greenwood  and Jay R. Howard: First Contact: Teaching and Learning in Introductory Sociology (30 May 2013: ANU Library has confirmed that the book has arrived and is in the catalogue)
  • Teaching - Phil Beadle: How to teach (30 May 2013: ANU Library has confirmed that the book has arrived and is in the catalogue)
  • University teaching - Donald L. Finkel: Teaching with Your Mouth Shut 
  • University teaching - H. Beetham and R. Sharpe: Rethinking pedagogy for a digital age: designing for 21st century learning (30 May 2013: ANU Library has confirmed that the book has arrived and is in the catalogue)
  • University teaching - Phil Race: The Lecturer's Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Assessment, Learning and Teaching (30 May 2013: ANU Library has confirmed that the book has arrived and is in the catalogue)
  • University teaching - Tony Harland: University Teaching: An Introductory Guide
Look out for them in a couple of weeks.

Monday, 20 May 2013

OLT: Australian Universities in the Asian Century Forum

From: Office for Learning and Teaching <LearningandTeaching@deewr.gov.au>
Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2013 11:33 AM
To: "BAILEY,Francine (DIISRTE)" <
Francine.Bailey@innovation.gov.au>
Subject: ALTF Forum - Australian Universities in the Asian Century [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

UNCLASSIFIED
Dear colleagues,

I am pleased to invite you to the Australian Universities in the Asian Century Forum to be held in Sydney on the 13 June 2013. The forum is being presented by the Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows (ALTF), and supported by the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT).  Details regarding the program, venue and registration are in the attached flyer.

I hope you will be able to take up this opportunity to engage with significant and relevant issues in higher education presented at this forum.

Yours sincerely
  
Suzi Hewlett
General Manager

Office for Learning and Teaching | Higher Education Division
Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education



Level 10, 255 Elizabeth Street, Sydney NSW 2000
PO Box 9880 Sydney, NSW 2001

Sunday, 19 May 2013

CHELT seminars

Seminars
May 24 - Improving Quality at ETH Zurich: A Systemic Approach to Curriculum Assessment and Design
May 30 - Introducing the Research Skill Development Framework: a tool for development and mapping 

Academic Professional Development modules (more extensive coverage of concepts and applications)
May 29 Learning: Do emotions matter in teaching and learning?

May 30 - Using the Research Skill Development Framework to drive initiatives in research-led education
Target audience – those teaching undergraduates and coursework Masters

May 30 - Using the Research Skill Development Framework to Support HDR Supervision
Target audience – those supervising HDR students or developing their own research skills (HDR students and postdocs)

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Wattle notice

Hi all,

Please note the following:

1) May Development Release
Last night there was a successful deployment of a release into the Wattle Production environment (wattle.anu.edu.au).
This release included the following changes:
·         Creation of the new “Auditing Student” Role (as approved at Wattle Reference Group). See attached documentation for further details.
·         Creation of the new “Guest Lecturer” Role (as approved at Wattle Reference Group). See attached documentation for further details.
Let me know if you have any questions or would like further information.


2) Wattle Based TEL (Technology-Enhanced Learning)
We would like you to think about presenting your favourite and special Wattle activities for your colleagues.  We are planning to facilitate a single day of Wattle related activities for professional development – Tuesday 16th July.  Please see the attached document and nominate a particular workshop presentation/activity you would like to present. Please contact Alison Ruth (alison.ruth@anu.edu.au) if you are interested in being involved.

With regards,
Danielle

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Danielle Anderson
Manager
Wattle Business Solutions Group
Centre for Higher Education, Learning and Teaching
Chancelry 10T, Ellery Crescent
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
+61 2 6125 1087
+61 2 6125 4023
danielle.anderson@anu.edu.au

CRICOS Provider #00120C
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Sunday, 12 May 2013

ASCILITE newsletter


Ascilite Bulletin, Monday 13 May 2013

Dear Members,

To send items for the ascilite bulletin, email info@ascilite.org.au with the subject line "For the Bulletin" and your brief heading and text in the body of the message. The next ascilite bulletin will be published on Monday 27 May 2013. All items for this bulletin must be received by 5pm (AEST) Friday 24 May 2013. The ascilite bulletin is also available as a PDF from the Community Hub in the folder 'ascilite Bulletins' in the useful resources section.  You can also follow us on Twitter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ASCILITE NEWS

1. AJET Issue 29(2) Now Published

2. ascilite Welcomes New Institutional Members

OTHER NEWS

1. Recording Available: Transforming Assessment Webinar

2. Expressions of Interest: Two Day Symposium: Music and e-Learning, UNE

3. Call for Presentations: Blackboard Teaching & Learning Conference 2013, Melbourne

4. Position Vacant: Senior Lecturer, Digital & Online Master of Teaching, Swinburne University

5.  ALT News Digest 273


ASCILITE NEWS

1. AJET Issue 29(2) Now Published

We are pleased to advise that the second issue of the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology for 2013 has now been published.

The editorial for AJET Issue 29(2) and the articles it contains are available from this link AJET 29(2).

We would like to thank our team of Associate Editors, Helen Farley, Robert Fitzgerald, Michael Henderson, Terry Judd, Lori Lockyer and Lina Markauskaite, and our Layout and Copy Editor, Tom Petrovic.

We would also like to acknowledge the authors for their contributions to AJET and for the support we received from them in preparing papers for this issue.

Gregor Kennedy, Sue Bennett, Barney Dalgarno.
Lead Editors, Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

2. ascilite welcomes new institutional members

Ascilite extends a very warm welcome to the Australian National University and Universiti Sains Malaysia who have joined the growing ranks of institutional members of ascilite. Both institutions joined ascilite this year whilst the University of Wollongong joined ascilite at the end of 2012. That's a total of almost 70 new ascilite members under the institutional membership scheme since November 2012.

Our institutional membership program offers institutions significant savings over individual membership fees as well as access to our new CMALT Australasia scheme conducted in partnership with ALT (UK). This scheme, which is exclusively open to ascilite members in the Australasian region, provides a professional accreditation process for people whose work involves learning technologies.

Different categories of membership are available to institutions and you will find the different options outlined in our institutional member flyer on the membership page of the ascilite website.

OTHER NEWS

1. Recording Available: Transforming Assessment Webinar

A recording of the latest Transforming Assessment Webinar conducted on 8 May 2013 and titled "ProEMA: online moderation of evidenced linked teacher assessment of student work" is available for viewing here.

The webinar introduced the proEMA online moderation system which represents an intersection between new technological possibilities for assessment and emerging theoretical understandings about teachers' assessment. It was presented by Suzanne Henden, University of Queensland and hosted by Professor Geoffrey Crisp, RMIT University and Dr Mathew Hillier, University of Queensland.

2. Expressions of Interest: Two Day Symposium: Music and e-Learning, UNE

A two-day symposium, "Music and e-Learning: Spreading Horizons in the Tertiary and Pre-tertiary Environment" will be held at the UNE Future Campus in Parramatta on 14 and 15 December 2013.

The two-day symposium targets a growing area in tertiary and pre-tertiary education and aims to stimulate innovation and development in the field. Music presents particular challenges and opportunities in the e-learning context and this symposium will draw together both tertiary and pre-tertiary practitioners and e-learning educational theorists in order to promote ongoing innovation.

A symposium website will soon be available announcing keynote speakers and a call for papers. In the meantime, please email expressions of interest and enquiries to the symposium organisers.

Dr Alan Anderson
Lecturer, Program Convenor GCPTT
Centre for Teaching and Learning
The University of Newcastle
Phone: +61 (02) 498 54424

3. Call for Presentations: The Blackboard Teaching & Learning Conference 2013, Melbourne

With a month left to submit your papers, Blackboard invites ascilite members to share their success stories and best practices at this year’s Blackboad TLC 2013 Conference in Melbourne on August 7 - 9. Your insights and experiences are central to the success of our event. Presenters get the opportunity to impact and enhance e-leaning around the region and also receive a discounted registration. The deadline to submit is May 31 2013. Full details are available here.

4. Position Vacant: Senior Lecturer, Digital & Online Master of Teaching, Swinburne University

Swinburne Institute of Technology is currently looking for an Senior Lecturer in Education who will contribute to the entirely new digital and online Master of Teaching (Primary), Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) and Bachelor of Education (Primary). Full details are available here.

5.  ALT News Digest 273

Association for Learning Technology Fortnightly News Digest 273 was issued on 03 May 2013. You can also view the digest in the ascilite Community Hub.

ALT's journal – Research in Learning Technology is now open access. Articles from the past 19 years are available here.

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