CMBE & CPMS Teaching and Learning Colloquium

The open classroom - A research-led education samplerTuesday 4 June 2013 9am - 1pm, refreshments provided
Science Teaching building (#136) 3rd floor, Linnaeus Way, ANU

Visiting keynote speakers

Professor Suzi Vaughan DVC (Learning & Teaching), Queensland University of Technology

Mrs Lyn Alderman Manager, (Curriculum Revision & Improvement), Queensland University of Technology

Ms Le Hoa Phan Learning & Teaching Developer (Course Quality), Queensland University of Technology

Reframe: QUT’s Evaluation Framework

QUT is embedding a multidimensional evaluation framework to further strengthen learning and teaching and to provide staff with more useful tools and data to help them transform their students’ learning outcomes and experiences. Reframe: QUT’s Evaluation Framework was developed through a three-year, user-led, stakeholder approach to widespread organisational change designed to meet stakeholders’ needs. This evaluation approach was developed through collaborative efforts led by QUT’s Learning and Teaching Unit, with relevant reporting and technology departments, user-led stakeholder engagement and contributions by students, staff, line managers, institution executive and external groups. The evidence based evolution of the Evaluation Framework included: analysis of scholarly literature and environmental scans across the higher education sector (Alderman, et al., 2012); researched development of the conceptual theory (Alderman, et al., in press 2013); the incorporation of the stakeholder voice, and the framing within project management principles (Alderman & Melanie, 2012). This presentation offers insights and experiences from Reframe and will focus on the project, evaluation pilots and implications and interpretations for consideration by Science at ANU.

Registration
theopenclassroom.eventbrite.com
For more information:
Stephen Jones
E stephen.jones@anu.edu.au
T 02 6125 4961
Science Teaching & Learning Centre

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

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Augemented Reality Camp in Canberra

The Augmented Reality Camp will take place on 20-21st May 2013 at the Inspire Centre Canberra.

ARcamp is an active workshop series for academics, teachers and students interersted in augmented reality and keen to design new opportunities for the future of education. It involves hands on workshops to develop knowledge and skills and provides networking opportunities to develop your ideas, share experience and find new ways to build learning experiences using AR.

Each workshop includes a practical aspect of AR and the opportunity to develop ideas for use in your own personal context. The ARcamp provides the chance to focus on AR and introduces new ways of developing ideas through service design and thinking about delivery, engagement and co-design.

Campers can expect to:

• gain a general awareness of the AR environments
• develop practical skills in building AR
• design learning opportunities for your own use
• have access to technology and equipment
• work collaboratively to develop ideas for AR in education
• share ideas and learn from each other
• build a relationship with the ARstudio to further develop ideas

ARcamp is targeted at academics, teachers and students throughout schools, colleges, TAFE’s and HE interested in helping make education more engaging and active. The ARstudio is funded by the Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) and is located at the University of Canberra, INSPIRE centre.

For more information please check out the ARstudio website, contact danny.munnerley@canberra.edu.au or call 0421 729 388.

Camping is optional.

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

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Using iPads for educational purposes

Hi everyone

Here is the next ACT’s upcoming face-to-face FREE workshop for those interested J

Integrating iPads into your classroom for learning support and special ed
(one day FREE face-to-face workshop)Overview
The iPad has turned even experienced technology users into beginners again! How do you make the BEST app choices when there are over 500,000 to choose from? How do you successfully embed iPads within your learning support programs? How are they best used in special ed classrooms and for students with autism?Presenter: Greg O'Connor

When: Thursday 2 May 2013

Where: Canberra Institute of Technology, Reid Campus (room location will be emailed to the registrants closer to date)

Registration: http://www.trumba.com/calendars/NVELS (select the 'Integrating iPads into your classroom for learning support and special ed' workshop details on 2 May from the calendar > select 'Sign Up' link at the bottom of the overview page to access the registration form)

Program
9:00 - 10:30am: Customising the iPad to accommodate the needs of diverse learners
10:30 - 11:00am: MORNING TEA
11:00 - 11:45am: Adding content to your iPads to support students in special ed classrooms
11:45 - 12:30pm: Adding content to your iPads to support students with learning support needs in mainstream classrooms
12:30 - 1:30pm: LUNCH
1:30 - 2:15pm: Adding content to your iPads to support students with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
2:15 - 3:00pm: Creating customised content on iPads: Students and teachers as authors
3:00 - 3:30pm: AFTERNOON TEA
3:30 - 4:00pm: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater! The place for other technologies in your classroom toolkit
4:00 - 4:30pm: Taking your learning further…today is just the beginning…

Further information including ACT upcoming events and archives of previous workshops/sessions are available at: https://actnationalvetelearning.wikispaces.com/Home

Cheers

Jyothi

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College of Science Teaching Forum

Improving student learning from research experiences in undergraduate courses 

12.30-1.30, Thurs 11^th April, Colleges of Science Seminar Room 2 (top floor of the Science Teaching Building #136)

Susan Howitt and Denise Higgins

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.  Please RSVP to treasure@anu.edu.au  by COB Tue 9^th April for catering purposes.

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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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
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Teaching Forum: Peer-Assisted Learning and the PAL Community of Practice

When:  12 to 1:30pm, Friday 22 March 2013 (a light lunch is provided following the forum)

Where: Forestry Building (#48) Rm. 108, Fenner School of Society and Environment

Abstract: Peer--‐assisted learning (PAL) can be broadly defined as an organised activity where students are encouraged to work together to develop their understanding rather than learn new content from an expert. Such learning often occurs without encouragement, but structured PAL programs seek to structure this process with a trained facilitator that assists in facilitating discussions. This year, with the support of the Centre for Higher Education Teaching and Learning, a PAL ‘Community of Practice’ (CoP) has been formed, bringing together individuals interested in PAL programs, as well as existing PAL--‐based educational groups, to enhance PAL practices at the ANU. The CoP hopes to achieve this through increased information--‐sharing between groups and collaboration on projects relevant to CoP members. The PAL CoP Teaching Forum has been scheduled to further promote PAL practices and start a dialogue within ANU about how PAL can work with other educational programs in order to enhance the student experience. Following an introduction to PAL, there will be workshops discussing three key aspects of peer--‐assisted learning: (1) How peer--‐assisted learning programs fit into existing courses (2) Evaluation of programs (3) Mentor selection and ongoing support. A variety of approaches addressing the above three issues will be presented; all attendees are also encouraged to contribute to the discussion.

RSVP: RSVP to John Rivers, U4541684@anu.edu.au, by Tuesday 19 March for catering purposes

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