[HERDSA]: Wed 11 Feb News

[Roger Landbeck]

Dear List Members

This week
*HERDSA  Conference 2004-Call for referees and extension of paper submission
date.
*Extension of submission date for papers to ICED and STLHE Conferences.
*Request for assistance re teaching awards from Ron Phillips at Murdoch
* update on DEST website re New Higher Education Places.
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HERDSA 2004-Call for Referees

If you are able to referee papers for the HERDSA 2004 conference, please
email Barbara Stauble at: barbara.stauble at curtin.edu.my

We would be grateful if you could include the following information:

- What is(are) your area(s) of expertise?
- Previous experience as a referee?
- Would you be interested in refereeing ESL writers?
- How many papers would you be able to referee?

Thank you in advance for your response to this call!
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Extension of Submission Dates for Papers

The submission date for all papers is now Mon 23 Feb 2004
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International Consortium for Educational Development (ICED) AND the Society
for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) conferences 2004.

Lynn Sorenson has drawn our attention to an extension of time for proposals
for these conferences:

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 15!

Aline Germain-Rutherford, co-chair of the ICED2004 conference
and chair of the program committee has notified us of the deadline
extension (to Feb. 15) for proposals for the conferences of the
International Consortium for Educational Development AND the Society
for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE). These
conferences are being held in Ottawa in June of this year. This
extension was granted, in part, due to the recent/current "mydoom"
and other int'l. 'net problems but regardless, it allows HERDSA
members to propose sessions for either/both of these outstanding
conferences now.

http://www.uottawa.ca/services/tlss/iced2004/


The proposal process/form is short and uncomplicated.  Those of us
who enjoyed the ICED conference in Perth can attest to the value of
this gathering.  In particular, consider submitting/attending the
ICED conference which brings faculty developers from all over the
world.
Best regards, Lynn Sorenson
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Request for information re Teaching Awards

Apologies for cross-postings.

Greetings,

For the last several years at Murdoch, we have rewarded good teaching
through Teaching Excellence Awards, similar to the National Awards.
See http://www.tlc.murdoch.edu.au/eddev/grants/awards/. We are
starting to think about whether this the most appropriate mechanism
to reward good teaching.

We are aware that many universities also have similar award schemes.
However, we don't know of many institutions that are doing things
differently, except for the School of Biomedical Sciences at Curtin
with its Teaching Performance Index.

If you are aware of alternative approaches to rewarding teaching
excellence, and are willing to share it, please let me know.  I will
share any collected information with respondents.

Happy New Year,
Rob

Please reply to Dr Rob Phillips, Senior Lecturer,
r.phillips at murdoch.edu.au
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Update for DEST website

Title: New Higher Education Places
Description: The higher education reform package, Our Universities:
Backing Australia's Future, provided for the introduction of 24,883 new
Commonwealth-supported places by 2008.  An allocation of these places
across the States and Territories has now been made.
http://www.dest.gov.au/highered/csp/default.htm
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Roger Landbeck
List Moderator
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Inc
PO Box 27
Milperra NSW 2214
AUSTRALIA

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