[Herdsa] Wednesday 19th March

[Roger Landbeck]

Herdsa Conference 2003, 6-9 July at Christchurch New Zealand

You can get more details about the conference and register on line at

www.conference.canterbury.ac.nz/herdsa2003

The following prizes will be awarded:

Taylor and Francis Prize for Best Paper by New Researcher

Edith Cowan University Authentic Learning Award

Details available on the website. Applications due 9 May.

Hope to see you there. However we still need offers to host the conferences
in 2004 and 2005. There is plenty of documentation and help available if you
are interested.

UNILEARN
Last week  I asked for information about the email list UNILEARN to help a
staff member in Malaysia. Bronwyn Ellis kindly provided it. For those
interested in subscribing send a message to <Majordomo at uws.edu.au> with the
following command in the body of your email message:

   subscribe unilearn

The aim of unilearn is to provide a forum for discussion of language and
learning issues in tertiary education. These issues include but are not
limited to:
* tertiary literacy and oracy,
* teaching students from language backgrounds other than English,
* assessment of academic language skills,
* modes of teaching and learning, including individual assistance, peer
mentoring, credit and non-credit language-focused  courses, and
collaboration with faculties,
* flexible teaching and learning.

Unilearn contributors include teachers employed as language or literacy
specialists as well as faculty staff with an interest in these areas. Most
members of the list are teaching in Australian and New Zealand
universities, but contributions are welcomed from all parts of the world.

Exchange Magazine

This is an on-line publication which exists to stimulate the sharing of
ideas, practices and news about learning and teaching in higher education.

Issue 3 looked at the Teaching Research Nexus while Issue 4 due in April
will look at Assessment Issues in higher education.

Check it out at www.exchange.ac.uk/issue3.asp

Quotable Quotes

If you are looking for quotes about higher education go to

http://atech2.wku.edu/ctl/Quotes/

Where  Sally  Kuhlenschmidt,.Director, Center for Teaching & Learning and
Professor, Department of Psychology at Western Kentucky University, Bowling
Green, KY  42101 has prepared an interesting set.

For Sally's  e-mail address visit:
http://www.wku.edu/~sally.kuhlenschmidt/contact.htm

Roger Landbeck
List Moderator
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Inc
PO Box 27
Milperra NSW 2214
AUSTRALIA

Ph: 61 2 9771 3911
Fax: 61 2 9771 4299
Email landbeck at ozemail.com.au
Web http://www.herdsa.org.au