[Herdsa] [HERDSA]: News on Thurs 11June 2009

Thu Jun 11 10:47:03 EST 2009

Dear List Members

This week we have

	Seminars in Melbourne, June, July

	Forthcoming Workshops/ Conferences

	New online Publication on Mobile learning.

	Latest news from ALTC

	Audit Report from AUQA

	Abstracts available online.

	Death by eLearning

1) Seminars in Melbourne Jun, July 2009
1. Seminar: What experiences do students value in the development of their
oral presentation skills?

Presenter: Meg Rosse 
Head of Language and Academic Skills Unit 
Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering 
LaTrobe University

Date: Thursday, 18 June, 2009

Time: 11.00 am - 12.00 noon

Venue: The University of Melbourne, Old Engineering Building, 1st Floor,
Theatre A1
Campus map ref: K17 < http://www.pb.unimelb.edu.au/CampusMaps/Parkville.pdf>

No cost to attend.

Inquiries to Rosemary Chang, Engineering Learning Unit,
rchang at unimelb.edu.au Phone: (03) 834 58033 

2. Seminar: Assessment, as if learning really mattered
Presenter: Professor David Boud, UTS
Wednesday 22 July 
12.00 noon refreshments for 12:20pm to 2pm lecture
Venue: RMIT University, Swanston Library, 360 Swanston St, Melbourne
Building 8, Level 5, Library Seminar Room 1

No cost to attend.

Contact Information: For further information contact A/Professor Iouri
Belski (e-mail: iouri.belski at rmit.edu.au).
Please RSVP by Friday 17 July to Brenda Krenus (e-mail:
brenda.krenus at rmit.edu.au) Phone: (03) 9925 9714

2) FORTHCOMING WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES

a) Workshop at the University of Queensland, July 2009

If you aren't going to be able to get to the HERDSA conference in Darwin
this year, but would still like to attend a workshop by the conference
keynote speaker, George Kuh, you might want to attend the Student Engagement
workshop being held at University of Queensland on the 6th of July. NO
CHARGE FOR QLD HERDSA MEMBERS!  Details and registration instructions are
available at http://www.herdsa.org.au/?page_id=303  .  

The event is also sponsored via the new HERDSA LINKS scheme. HERDSA LINKS is
a two-level visiting scholars scheme aimed at facilitating the linkage of
expertise in higher education research and development from within and
outside Australasia with HERDSA members.  HERDSA LINKS provides a space for
the exchange of contact details of international and local scholars and
funding to facilitate access to visiting scholars. You can find out more
details about the scheme by visiting the webpage at
http://www.herdsa.org.au/?page_id=303 

b) ascilite 2009: "Same Places, Different Spaces"

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

6-9 December, 2009

Jointly hosted by The University of Auckland and Auckland University of
Technology, the 26th annual ascilite conference will be held at The
University of Auckland, Owen Glenn Building. Information including critical
dates, 'Call for Proposals' and submission guidelines have now been posted
on the Website.

The My Review proposal submission system opens at the end of June. 

Deadline for paper, workshop, symposia and interactive session proposals
close: 14 August 2009

Deadline for poster presentation proposals due: 16 October 2009

Conference registrations open: 3 August 2009

Deadline for early Bird Registration closes: 31 October 2009

Conference registrations close: 16 November 2009

Visit and bookmark the conference web site:
http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/auckland09/

c) Abstracts are now invited for the 2010 Forum: Quantitative Analysis of
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in Business, Economics and
Commerce Disciplines. 

The Forum will be held on Friday February 12th 2010.  Abstracts are due on
July 30th 2009.  I will send a reminder email closer to these dates.

Please note that, next year, a parallel forum will be held on Thursday 11th
February, 2010 entitled: Measuring the Student Experience. This half-day
forum will feature quantitative papers on the Course Experience
Questionnaire and institutional teaching evaluation surveys/teaching quality
instruments (TQIs).

We invite papers for both forums. Please indicate which forum you wish to
present at. 

The quantitative forum in commerce disciplines is a joint initiative of the
Teaching and Learning Unit (TLU) and the Department of Economics in the
Faculty of Economics and Commerce at the University of Melbourne. It is now
in its fifth year and regularly attracts between 80 and 100 participants
from around 38 universities in the Australasian region. Presenters have
their accommodation and airfare paid, and accepted papers are published in
the refereed Forum proceedings.  

Abstracts due (200-300 words):                     31/07/09
Notification of acceptance of abstracts:           28/08/09
Full papers due:                                    04/12/09
Notification of acceptance of papers:               18/12/09
Deadline for author registration:                    29/01/10
Other participants register by:                      29/01/10

For further details please see:
http://tlu.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/teaching_staff/forum/index.html

I am happy to answer any questions you may have.
Dr Martin Davies I Deputy Director, Teaching and Learning Unit I
Economics and Commerce I University of Melbourne
Institutional 'web: http://tlu.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/
Personal 'web: http://tlu.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/about_us/martin.html

3) New online publication on Mobile Learning in Higher Education

Jan Herrington, Anthony Herrington, Jessica Mantei, Ian Olney and Brian
Ferry (editors), New technologies, new pedagogies: Mobile learning in higher
education, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, 2009, 138p. ISBN:
978-1-74128-169-9 (online) 

Available: http://ro.uow.edu.au/newtech/

It is fully downloadable from this site either as individual chapters or as
the whole book in pdf form.

This online book describes a study, funded by Australian Learning and
Teaching Council (ALTC),that involved teachers in the Faculty of Education
at the University of Wollongong implementing innovative teaching approaches
to support mobile learning. Palm Smartphone and Apple iPod technologies were
used by undergraduate and postgraduate students to assist their learning
across a range of curriculum areas. 

The book outlines authentic activities, assessment strategies, and
professional learning approaches that teachers across the higher education
sector can easily adapt and implement within their own discipline areas.

4) News from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council

ALTC Update 5 June 2009

Read the first issue of ALTC News, the Australian Learning and Teaching
Council's new online newsletter. Go to www.altc.edu.au

5) News from the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA)

An Audit Report for Tabor College, NSW was been released, 03 June 2009.

The PDF or WORD versions of the Audit Report can be downloaded from the AUQA
Website.

The attached media releases accompany the report, which may be downloaded
via the following link:

http://www.auqa.edu.au/qualityaudit/nsai/

6) On line abstracts available for Jnl Geography in Higher Education and
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education.

Journal of Geography in Higher Education:  Volume 33 Issue 2
(http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=issue&issn=0309-8265&volume=33&is
sue=2&uno_jumptype=alert&uno_alerttype=new_issue_alert,email) is now
available online at informaworld (http://www.informaworld.com).

Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education:  Volume 34 Issue 4
(http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=issue&issn=0260-2938&volume=34&is
sue=4&uno_jumptype=alert&uno_alerttype=new_issue_alert,email) is now
available online at informaworld (http://www.informaworld.com).

7 Death by e-Learning

THE increasing use of sophisticated electronic learning systems will soon
make university attendance for students unnecessary. Today, if students miss
lectures they can download them from their e-learning module on to their
home computer or mobile phone.

Read on at
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25612030-25192,00.html

Roger Landbeck
List Moderator 