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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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HERDSA Newsletter

ACT HERDSA Branch Newsletter

Dear HERDSA ACT Branch member

The new ACT branch steering committee is keen to include as many members as possible in events of our small yet active HERDSA Branch.  We have several events planned and are receptive to suggestions for further events or other networking opportunities.

This year we are fortunate to have access to some resources generated as part of the Office of Learning and Teaching funded HERDSA dissemination project to share finding of the national review of the last five years to identify the main areas that have been explored and the key outcomes that have been generated across Australia’s academic community, review available at: http://www.herdsa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/HERDSA_Project_Final.pdf.  We are particularly keen to hear from members who would like to be involved in the dissemination project.

We look forward to meeting you at HERDSA events, in the meantime please contact a member of the committee with ideas, suggestions or any queries relating to your involvement with HERDSA.

Jean Rath, UC (Branch Convener), Beth Beckmann, ANU, Catherine McLoughlin, ACU and Eleanor Hancock, UNSW Canberra.

1.       UPCOMING BRANCH EVENTS

HERDSA 2013 Pre-conference event

4:00pm to 5:30pm, Wednesday 12 June, Teaching & Learning Commons, Room 1C42, Building 1, University of Canberra

ACT presenters and facilitators giving their conference papers, posters or workshops at HERDSA 2013 (http://herdsa.nz123.co.nz/) are invited to this preview event at the University of Canberra Teaching Commons.

If you are presenting at HERDSA 2013 and would like to take part in this event please contact jean.rath@canberra.edu.au to book your spot.

Learning Analytics: Building evidence based practice

A morning workshop with Shane Dawson Deputy Director of the Learning and Teaching Unit, and Associate Professor of Technology Enhanced Learning at the University of South Australia.

The workshop aims to:

• Provide an overview of the current state of learning analytics
• Illustrate how learning analytics can provide direct evidence of student learning
• Explore the diversity of tools and methods associated with learning analytics
• Provide practical ideas to apply learning analytics for evaluating and improving teaching practice.

Further details of time, location and booking will be publicised soon.

2.       HERDSA CONFERENCE AND TATL

HERDSA runs a TATAL (Talking about Teaching and learning) at the annual conference each year where delegates have the opportunity to complete 7 hours of workshopping in a collaborative reflective practice environment to produce a draft of their Teaching philosophy statement. The program of four sessions starts with a preconference workshop on Monday 1st July 2013. Time: 9.00-12.00pm

Please register for the workshop when you register for the conference. As this is at the heart of HERDSA’s work there is no charge. 

It is facilitated by HERDSA members from Australia and New Zealand

More information on TATAL: TATAL workshops seek to develop cohorts of reflective practitioners who meet regularly to enhance their teaching and the learning of their students and to develop their own teaching philosophy statement. HERDSA TATAL Auckland will start with a pre-conference workshop. It will continue with a session each day of the conference for delegates who participated in the preconference session.  For more information on this program please contact Robert.Kennelly@canberra.edu.au

3.       OTHER EVENTS IN THE ACT REGION:

Improving student learning from undergraduate research experiences

TLC Workshop

12.00 to 1.30, Fri 17 May, Teaching & Learning Commons, Commons Spaces Room 1C42, University  of Canberra, see map http://www.canberra.edu.au/maps

Presented by Susan Howitt and Denise Higgins from OLT-funded project TREASURE (ANU, UC and UWS)

What do your students think research is?  What students learn from research experiences and research led education often depends on what they think the experience is about.  To help them gain the most from such experiences, it is important to both understand what they think and help them see research in the context of your discipline.  In this workshop, we will share our experiences with tracking student learning in research projects through the use of learning logbooks to help make their thinking explicit.  This research is supported by a grant from the Office of Learning and Teaching: TREASURE (Teaching Research: Evaluation and Assessment Strategies for Undergraduate Research Experiences).  We will present our findings so far and seek your input into understanding student needs and background for research in different disciplines.

A light lunch will be provided from 12.00pm, and workshop begins 12.30.  Please RSVP to treasure@anu.edu.au  by COB Tue 14^th May for catering purposes.

ePortfolio Forum: Digital Identities, Footprints and Networks

Thursday 3 October 2013, Inspire Centre, Building 25, University of Canberra.

2013 Eportfolio Forum aims to support our digital identities, footprints and networks through eportfolio practice with a combination of presentations, workshops, 20×20 sessions, posters and facilitated conversations. Details available at: http://eportfoliosaustralia.wordpress.com/forums/2013-eportfolio-forum-home-page/

Dr Jean Rath
Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) | University of Canberra | Bruce | ACT 2601 | Australia.
Ph: +61 (0)2 6201 5266 | Fax: +61 (0)2 6201 5172
Email: Jean.Rath@canberra.edu.au | Web: http://www.canberra.edu.au/tlc/tlc-staff/dr.-jean-rath

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