[HERDSA]: News on Wed 2 June 2010 Second Posting

[Roger Landbeck]

Dear List Members

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ATN Assessment Conference 2010: Call for contributions


You are warmly invited to participate in the ATN Assessment 2010 
Conference: Sustainability, Diversity and Innovation, 18 - 19 November 
2010 at the University of Technology Sydney.

This conference provides academics, academic leaders, researchers and 
practitioners with opportunities to explore research and scholarly 
practice in designing, implementing and supporting innovative and 
enduring assessment in higher education institutions. The theme of 
sustainability, diversity and innovation includes the following strands:
    Assessment for sustainable learning within and beyond the course
    Sustainable assessment practices and standards
    Innovative assessment: opportunities and challenges
    Diversity and assessment: diverse students and diverse assessment 
practices.

The conference will include exciting keynote presentations, invited 
speakers, paper presentations, workshops and posters as well as panel 
sessions. Our conference Keynote Speakers who will be posing challenges 
and offering ideas for practice and policy associated with our key 
themes are:
    Professor Dai Hounsell, University of Edinburgh
    Professor David Boud, University of Technology Sydney
    Professor Keithia Wilson and Associate Professor Alf Lizzio, 
	Griffith University.

Call for Contributions
The Conference Program Committee will consider both peer reviewed and 
non peer reviewed contributions in the form of:
    Full Papers (double-blind peer reviewed)
    Short Papers (non-refereed)
    Workshops
    Posters
Proposed contributions are to be submitted as either full papers, or 
extended abstracts for Short Papers, Workshops and Posters. All 
submissions will close on 19 July 2010.

For further information please see our website: 
http://www.iml.uts.edu.au/atnassessment/index.html


We look forward to seeing you in Sydney!

Yours sincerely
Katrina Waite and Nicola Parker, Conference Conveners