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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CHELT seminars: facilitation / threshold concepts

Seminar - May 10 - The European system of higher education after the Bologna reform: Dreams and realities

May 16 – 1-3 pm - Facilitating inquiry in undergraduate programs

Facilitation skills are central to fostering student inquiry. Research suggests that underpinning effective facilitation is an alignment between philosophical beliefs about learning and teaching and classroom practice. In this Academic Professional Development module, participants will use the Teaching Perspective Inventory to examine how they conceptualise teaching and learning and how their beliefs about teaching and learning translate into classroom practice. Participants will consider specific strategies in facilitation, in light of their own beliefs and intentions, and the possible effects these can have on student inquiry. (Facilitator: Glen O’Grady)

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

Seminar only 12-1pm               Seminar and APD Module 12-2 pm

In this seminar and Academic Professional Development module, Professor Erik Meyer will introduce and update the theory and use of Threshold Concepts (TCs)—those concepts considered central to the mastery of a subject. The notion of TCs provides a relatively new but dynamic approach to understanding education and learning which emerged from the UK national research project Enhancing Teaching-Learning Environments in Undergraduate Education.
Erik Meyer is currently Professor of Education in Teaching and Learning in the Engineering (EAIT) Faculty at the University of Queensland, and was a key member of the UK research team. With Ray Land, Erik published the seminal work on TCs. Since 2003, TCs have been embraced across many disciplines as a way to understand and unpack discipline knowledge, and develop and streamline curriculum to meet the needs of the discipline without overloading students. Erik has continued to research and publish on the topic of TCs, which have become the focus of biennial conferences attracting participants from around the world.
The APD module will include a post-seminar workshop in which participants will consider which TCs may be relevant in their discipline, and ways of both teaching these and assessing mastery.

Please go to http://chelt.anu.edu.au/seminars-workshops/chelt-seminars-2013  for more information and to register.

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Dr Elizabeth (Beth) Beckmann
Senior Lecturer - Staff Education (Teaching & Learning)
Centre for Higher Education, Learning and Teaching
The Australian National University
T: +61 2 6125 0057    E: elizabeth.beckmann@anu.edu.au
http://cedam.anu.edu.au/people/dr-beth-beckmann
CRICOS Provider No. 00120C
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CHELT event

Friday May 10 - 12:30-1:30 pm CHELT Seminar Room

The European system of higher education after the Bologna reform: Dreams and realities

Professor Hans Heinimann, ETH Zurich University (Visiting Fellow, CHELT)

In 1999, the education ministers of 29 European countries signed the so-called Bologna Declaration, aiming to harmonise and improve the higher educational system. The declaration defined a force field with three major agents: (1) a standard 3-level model (3 year Bachelor, 2 year Master, 3 year Doctorate); (2) the European credit transfer system (ECTS), and (3) the promotion of an outcome-oriented approach to teaching and learning. Almost 15 years later, the higher educational system has changed considerably. This seminar will illustrate Europe’s approach to vocational and academic education, discuss some unintended developments of the Bologna Declaration, and suggest some possible future developments.

For more information, and to register, please go to http://chelt.anu.edu.au/seminars-workshops/chelt-seminars-2013

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Dr Elizabeth (Beth) Beckmann

Senior Lecturer, Staff Education (Teaching & Learning) Centre for Higher Education, Learning and Teaching (CHELT) The Australian National University

T: +61 2 6125 0057   E: elizabeth.beckmann@anu.edu.au

http://chelt.anu.edu.au/people/dr-beth-beckmann

CRICOS Provider No. 00120C

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CHELT events in May

Thursday May 2 - Introduction to problem-based learning (PBL)

12:00-2:00 pm  CHELT Seminar room

This Academic Professional Development module will be a demonstration of a PBL tutorial where workshop participants will experience first hand the processes used in PBL. Following the PBL experience participants will engage in a discussion about the utility of these processes in a higher education context drawing upon some of the research that has examined the effectiveness and challenges of PBL in University programs. Participants will be introduced to resources that could be useful in starting their own PBL activities. Facilitator: Glen O’Grady

Friday May 10 - The European system of higher education after the Bologna reform: Dreams and realities

12:30-1:30 pm  CHELT Seminar room

In 1999, the education ministers of 29 European countries signed the so-called Bologna Declaration, aiming to harmonise and improve the higher educational system. The declaration defined a force field with three major agents: (1) a standard 3-level model (3 years bachelor, 2 years master, 3 years doctorate); (2) the European credit transfer system (ECTS), and (3) the promotion of an outcome-oriented approach to teaching and learning. Almost 15 years later, the higher educational system has changed considerably. This seminar, by Professor Hans Heinimann from ETH Zurich University, will illustrate Europe’s approach to vocational and academic education, discuss some unintended developments of the Bologna Declaration, and suggest some possible future developments.

For information and registration please go to http://chelt.anu.edu.au/seminars-workshops/chelt-seminars-2013

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Dr Beth Beckmann SFHEA
Senior Lecturer - Staff Education (Teaching & Learning)
Centre for Higher Education, Learning and Teaching
The Australian National University
T: +61 2 6125 0057    E: elizabeth.beckmann@anu.edu.au
CRICOS Provider No. 00120C
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CHELT Academic Professional Development modules

The CHELT Staff Education team invites you to participate in the new modular Academic Professional Development (APD) program, designed to provide ANU staff involved in teaching and learning support with flexible opportunities to discuss current thinking relevant to tertiary teaching in an ANU context

1. FOUNDATIONS

The popular and award-winning Foundations of University Teaching and Learning course is now open for registration - now with the opportunity to complete modules at your own pace.The currently-scheduled modules are:

F1 Teaching at ANU: Policies and context --- Monday 29 April 12.30-2.00pm

F2 Reflective practice in teaching --- Monday 29 April 2.15-4.15pm

F3 Basics of research-led education --- Monday 6 May 10.30am-12.30pm

F4 How students learn --- Monday 20 May 2.00-4.00 pm

F5 Constructive alignment & learning outcomes --- Thursday 23 May 12.30-2.00pm

F6 Constructive alignment and assessment --- Monday 27 May 2.00-4.00pm

You can also register your interest in future modules, which will be run on a demand schedule.

Please go to http://chelt.anu.edu.au/seminars-workshops/foundations for more information and to register.

2. APD MODULES on Problem-Based Learning and Assessment

May 2 - Introduction to problem-based learning (PBL) May 16 - Facilitating inquiry in undergraduate programs June 14 - Assessment for learning June 26 - Designing ill-structured problems to trigger learning July 9 - Scaffolding Learning August 5 - Assessment: The value and challenges of using explicit criteria in marking and providing feedback

Please go to http://chelt.anu.edu.au/seminars-workshops/chelt-seminars-2013  for more information and to register.

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Dr Elizabeth (Beth) Beckmann

Senior Lecturer, Staff Education (Teaching & Learning) Centre for Higher Education, Learning and Teaching (CHELT) The Australian National University

T: +61 2 6125 0057   E: elizabeth.beckmann@anu.edu.au

http://chelt.anu.edu.au/people/dr-beth-beckmann

CRICOS Provider No. 00120C

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CHELT Seminar: Scalable learning: the beautiful paradox of massive open online courses (MOOCs)

Friday April 12 - Scalable learning: the beautiful paradox of massive open online courses (MOOCs)

1:00-2.30 pm 

ANU has become the only Australian member of edX.org, the online learning enterprise founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the aim of providing free education to one billion people worldwide within 10 years.
In this seminar, we will hear from the two pairs of academics behind the first ANUx courses:  Professor Brian Schmidt and Dr Paul Francis, who will be teaching Astrophysics; and Dr McComas Taylor and Dr Peter Friedlander, teaching a MOOC entitled Engaging India.
We will also hear from Dr Lyndsay Agans, Convenor of the CAP Digital Learning Project, who will discuss some of the organisational thinking and approach behind the development of Engaging India. Lyndsay will open a dialogue on the 'paradox' of distance learning and mass scale as one that actually allows for a more personalised design of education for individual needs, and in particular, the implications of  evolving educational theory of teaching in an open and massive online environment.
Please come and share this thoughtful and critical conversation about the evolving role of technology in higher education and, in turn, the changing place of higher education in the society in which it functions.
Register here   (Venue will be advised to registrants once we have an idea of numbers.)

http://chelt.anu.edu.au/seminars-workshops/chelt-seminars-2013

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Dr Beth Beckmann
Senior Lecturer - Staff Education (Teaching & Learning)
Centre for Higher Education, Learning and Teaching
The Australian National University
T: +61 2 6125 0057    E: elizabeth.beckmann@anu.edu.au
http://cedam.anu.edu.au/people/dr-beth-beckmann
CRICOS Provider No. 00120C
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CHELT seminars for March and April

March 14 - Teaching at ANU: new opportunities for professional development and recognition (REPEAT)

More information and registration at http://chelt.anu.edu.au/seminars-workshops/chelt-seminars-2013

March 20 - Habits of Highly Productive Writers

More information and registration at http://researchstudents.anu.edu.au/highlights/index.php

April 12 - Scalable learning: the beautiful paradox of massive open online courses (MOOCs)

More information and registration at http://chelt.anu.edu.au/seminars-workshops/chelt-seminars-2013

Opportunities for Wattle training

Hi all,

Please note the following:

1) Wattle eLearning Specialists User Group 

A reminder that the next meeting is on tomorrow (Tuesday 5^th March) at 9.30am in the CHELT Meeting Room. Please find attached the agenda for this meeting.

2) Wattle Gradebook Training

The Wattle BSG has scheduled two “Wattle Gradebook Training” sessions to assist lecturers with their gradebook setup. The 2-hour training will include hands-on practice on:

·         setting up the gradebook,

·         applying weightings to each grade,

·         creating categories in the gradebook and

·         importing and exporting with spreadsheets.

The training sessions are offered on the following dates:

14 March, Thursday, 12-2pm

20 March, Wednesday, 12-2pm

The same session is offered on these two dates. Both sessions are held in the Menzies Flex lab in the Menzies Library.

Registration is encouraged and more training sessions will be added based on demand.

Please find more Wattle Training information on http://chelt.anu.edu.au/wattle-bsg/wattle-training and register on http://chelt.anu.edu.au/webform/wattle-training-registration

If you have any questions, please contact Wattle.support@anu.edu.au.

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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