[Herdsa]: Wed 12 Jan News

[Roger Landbeck]

Dear List Members

Welcome to the first posting of 2005. I have now moved to Caloundra on the
Sunshine Coast so my mailing address is 22/34-36 Canberra Terrace Caloundra
Qld 4551 and my phone is 07 5438 2789. I still have a fax but if you want to
send me one please call first so that I can connect the fax. Email address
is the same but I have changed to broadband.

Three items this week. First some great articles in the Sydney University
Institute for Teaching and Learning magazine Synergry. You can have a
discussion with authors via the discussion board. Thanks to Tai Peseta for
sending us this notice.

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The Institute for Teaching and Learning (ITL) at The University of
Sydney is pleased to announce that a new issue of Synergy is now
available. Synergy is a scholarly forum for the discussion and debate of
higher education teaching and learning at the University of Sydney.

Issue 20, November 2004 features brief scholarly articles, profiles and
reports on teaching and learning innovations.

1. The emerging role of the e-moderator
2. The Talented Student Program: an integrated learning solution
3. Developing as a research supervisor
4. Learning practical paediatric skills
5. Induction manual for new staff members to the University of gone a
bit backward learning environment U-GABBLE
6. Tools for self-study and developing teaching in a Mathematics
Learning Centre
7. Virtual biology: how well can it replace authentic activities?
8. Peer mentoring programs: Enhancing the learning experience in
Economics and Business
9. Pioneering ways for veterinary graduates to become lifelong learners
10. Profile of Mark Freeman, Director, Centre to Advance Learning in
Economics and Business

Visit Issue 20 of Synergy at http://www.itl.usyd.edu.au/synergy. For
further information, comments or feedback, contact the Editor, Tai
Peseta at synergy at itl.usyd.edu.au.

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Ms Tai Peseta, Associate Lecturer
Editor, Synergy (http://www.itl.usyd.edu.au/synergy)

Institute for Teaching and Learning, F07
Room 381A, Level 3 Carslaw Building
The University of Sydney
NSW  AUSTRALIA  2006
ph:       +61 2 9351 4657
fax:      +61 2 9351 4331
email:   tpeseta at itl.usyd.edu.au
web:     http://www.itl.usyd.edu.au.
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Martin Davies sent this reminder

A one-day workshop will be held at the University of Melbourne on 11th
February 2005 entitled:
"The Empirical Analysis of Teaching and Learning at the Tertiary Level in
Business Economics and Commerce".
Various speakers from around Australia will be presenting.

For further details, see the Faculty Teaching and Learning Unit Homepage:
http://tlu.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/whats_on/academic_programs.html
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Finally more on International Education from Stuart Hughes
The January 2005 batch of 80 records has been uploaded to the Database
of Research on International Education.

The new records can be browsed from the New Additions page:

http://aei.dest.gov.au/AEI/PublicationsAndResearch/ResearchDatabase/

The new additions this month include publications on
internationalisation, international students, graduate students, student
satisfaction, academic achievement, private sector English language
teaching institutions, benchmarking, study abroad, academic
orientations, graduation, student welfare, teaching strategies,
transition programs, homestay, intercultural skills, cognitive style,
university administration, student characteristics, university library
services, university choice, student recruitment, educational marketing,
and international cooperation.
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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