Fwd: PATCHWORK TEXT SEMINAR, City University, London on Friday 4th June 2010.

Dear All

 

We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to attend the "Patchwork Text" Seminar which is taking place at City University, London on Friday 4^th June 2010. 

 

 

 

 

THE CENTRE FOR RECORDING ACHIEVEMENT

IN ASSOCIATION WITH CITY UNIVERSITY, LONDON.

 

Room CG04, Tait Building, City University,

Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB

Friday 4^th June 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Patchwork Text ('a radical re-assessment of coursework assignments') was a three-year research project integrating teaching, assessment and collaborative learning. It involved a range of disciplines and three institutions: Anglia Polytechnic University (now Anglia Ruskin University), Nottingham Trent University and Cambridge University. The Project's work was published in a special edition of the SEDA journal Innovations in Education and Teaching International Volume 40 Number 2 in 2003.

 

The key ideas of the project – an assignment built up gradually through a series of contrasted writing tasks over a period of weeks and shared with other students in small group discussions, 'stitched together' by a synoptic, reflective commentary – were powerful enough to live on after the end of the project. They seem to have found a particular resonance within the e-portfolio community of practitioners, as this form of technology lends itself to collaborative and reflective learning using diverse evidence.

 

This meeting will be highly interactive and participative, with maximum opportunities for networking.

 

If you are currently involved in practice which uses the Patchwork Text model and/or ideas and would like to offer a contribution to this themed event, please e-mail Janet Strivens directly at strivens@liv.ac.uk.   

 

If you or anyone within your institution/ organisation is interested in attending this event please complete and return the attached booking form to Cath Hewson at cath@recordingachievement.org or Fax 01942 323337.

 

Best wishes

 

Janet Strivens

The Centre for Recording Achievement

Senior Associate Director

 

Catherine Hewson

The Centre for Recording Achievement

01942 826761

cath@recordingachievement.org

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Fwd: SEDA Spring Teaching, Learning and Assessment Conference 2010

Dear Colleagues

 

Full details of the SEDA Spring Teaching, Learning and Assessment Conference - Communities of Learning - are now on the SEDA website - www.seda.ac.uk.  The conference is taking place in Leeds from Thursday 6th to Friday 7th May and the guest speakers are Etienne Wenger, Aaron Porter and James Wisdom.

 

We hope to see many of you there.

 

Kind regards

 

Ann

 

Ann Aitken
SEDA Office
Woburn House
20-24 Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9HF

Tel:  020 7380 6731
Fax:  020 7387 2655
Email: a.aitken@seda.ac.uk
www.seda.ac.uk
 

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Fwd: Come join me at FUTURE LEARNINGSCAPES: a 21st century challenge on ELESIG

ELESIG Evaluation of Learners' Experiences of e-learning Special Interest Group Malcolm Malcolm has invited you to the event 'FUTURE LEARNINGSCAPES: a 21st century challenge' on ELESIG!   Interest in the recent Digital Futures symposium was high. Put this conference date in your diary now and consider making a proposal for 'Future Learningscapes'. Time: July 7, 2010 from 9:45am to 4pm Location: University of Greenwich Organized By: Malcolm Event Description: CALL FOR PROPOSALS Interest in the future of learning and teaching and the transforming potential of technology is topical. This year's annual e-learning@greenwich conference has the theme of 'Future Learningscapes' and the call for proposals is open until April 16th. Visit the conference web site for details of the event and guidelines for proposals which are very welcome from the ELESIG Community. Booking as a delegate will open shortly. See more details and RSVP on ELESIG: http://elesig.ning.com/events/event/show?id=2007026%3AEvent%3A17128&xgi=3nGL0CnZpo5BWK&xg_source=msg_invite_event About ELESIG ELESIG enjoys contributory sponsorship from a number of sources including the UK Higher Education Academy 756 members 161 photos 52 videos 154 discussions 39 Events 80 blog posts   To control which emails you receive on ELESIG, click here

Fwd: The London Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL) 8th International Conference

 

The London Scholarship of Teaching &  Learning (SoTL)

8th International Conference

 

13 & 14 May 2010

The Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists

London, UK

 

Call for proposals for 'London SoTL 2010'

 

Disciplines, Pedagogies and Cultures for SoTL

 

http://www.tvu.ac.uk/instil/London_SoTL_Conference_2010.jsp

 

 

KEY CONTRIBUTORS TO LONDON SoTL 2010:

Dan Bernstein (University of Kansas); Anthony A. Ciccone (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee); Sue Clegg (Leeds Metropolitan University); Brian Coppola (University of Michigan); Glynis Cousin (University of Wolverhampton); Mick Healey (University of Gloucestershire); Mary Huber (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching); CarolinKreber (University of Edinburgh) ;  Rowena Murray (University of Strathclyde); Lin Norton (Liverpool Hope University); Jan Parker (Open University); Ross Peterson-Veatch (Goshen College, US); Aaron Porter (Vice President of National Union of Students); Stephen Rowland (University College London); Torgny Roxå  (Lund University)

 

CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: 5^th February 2010 now extended to 22^nd February

 

This year's themes are at the core of the SoTL community's reflections on its purpose and progress. The issues they raised have gradually emerged as problematic, and therefore worthy of debate and enquiry, in recent years across the sector. Expanding the notion of SoTL beyond the confines of the classroom and across the boundaries of the discipline has brought to the fore the following questions:

 

·         Are SoTL methodologies theoretically informed and how?

·         Is theory a meaningful area of concern for SoTL?

·         Is disciplinarity a stumbling block for SoTL?

·         What are the challenges of interdisciplinarity for SoTL?

·         Can SoTL travel beyond English-speaking countries and how?

·         Does SoTL effectively inform new pedagogies and how?

·         Do HE institutions value SoTL and how?

·         Do 'quality conceptions' of SoTL and the concern for 'scientific' rigour and measurability restrict the SoTL span?

·         Is SoTL an effective instrument to improve student learning?

·         Do SoTL activities develop critical learning in faculty and students?

·         What are the most appropriate pedagogies for criticality?

·         What are the characteristics of a SoTL culture?

·         How do departmental and institutional cultures impact on SoTL?

·         What are the main benefits for students of SoTL approaches to practice?

·         What is the impact of macro-policies (e.g. Bologna, Accreditation in the USA)

 

These questions will inform our debates at the London SoTL 8^th International Conference, under three different strands.

 

 

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 7^th APRIL 2010

 

 

 

►Strand 1:  Disciplines

In this strand we will be considering the complex relationship between the discipline, which is the traditional structural unit for universities and SoTL which has tended to work across or beyond disciplinary units. The debate and reflections around this theme might address issues linked to interdisciplinarity, collaborations beyond the discipline, genericism, disciplinary methodologies in SoTL, and so on.

 

The following disciplines sub-themes would be of particular, but not exclusive, interest:

·         Discipline specific and interdisciplinary initiatives

·         The role of the discipline in informing methodologies used in SoTL

·         SoTL as a generic theoretical framework

·         Reports on linkage between research and teaching within and across disciplines

·         SoTL and disciplinary research

 

►Strand 2: Pedagogies

Examining and developing pedagogies is of course at the heart of the SoTL enterprise. Focusing on pedagogies and the curriculum has re-ignited an interest in the relation between the 'how' and the 'why' of teaching. What is the purpose of a university education, and what attributes might one seek to develop in the next generation of graduates? How can we develop, deliver and evaluate these pedagogies? What form of evidence might we want to bring to the table? Those questions will inform delegates' reflections on pedagogies for the 21^st century.

 

The following pedagogies sub-themes would be of particular, but not exclusive, interest:

·         Innovative pedagogies and SoTL:

·         Fit-for-purpose pedagogies?

·         Using SoTL to develop criticality in students

·         Engaging students in SoTL

·         Approaches to SoTL and the link to 'excellence'

·         Teaching and learning with technology

·         SoTL and a changing student body

 

►Strand 3: Cultures

SoTL debates over the past few years, especially (but not only) at London SoTL, have emphasised the impact of 'cultures' on teaching and learning. Specific cultural impacts have included institutional and departmental cultures, national HE initiatives including the development of quality cultures in HE, and the internationalisation and globalisation of HE. In this strand, we are seeking proposals that will address those issues, with specific reference to the impact on SoTL.

 

The following cultures sub-themes would be of particular, but not exclusive, interest:

·         The changing role of the SoTL academic

·         SoTL and institutional or departmental cultures

·         Adapting SoTL to national contexts or cultures

·         Defining and observing excellence in practice from a SoTL lens

·         The impact of national quality agendas on SoTL approaches

·         The challenges of intercultural issues

·         Expanding SoTL communities

·         SoTL as a global agenda

 

This year's themes will be addressed in the plenary panel sessions and in the now customary "Author meets Reader" sessions.  We encourage all participants to address the themes, and the connections between them, whenever possible throughout the conference.

 

A pre-conference 'networking event' is scheduled on 12 May 2010 from 2.30 pm for delegates who arrive in London early. It includes drinks and a visit to a cultural London site. An optional dinner (at delegates' own expense) is also planned. Please indicate your intention to apply on registration.

 

Format for presentations:  Three 20 minutes papers followed by a 10 minute discussion for each session

Format for abstract submission: Online submission, 300 words maximum. Click on the link below:

 

http://hermes.tvu.ac.uk/SoTL/form2009.asp

 

All abstracts submitted from outside the UK will be reviewed within three weeks of submission.

Distinctive features of the conference:

• Opportunity to disseminate outcomes of work in progress, project reports and learning and teaching grants
• Local scholars and scholars from Australia, Canada, Europe, South Africa, Japan, UK, and US regularly attend the London SoTL Conference
• Authors of new and recent books on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• Papers, work in progress, project reports, seminars and workshops demonstrating the scholarship of teaching and learning

 

All forms of scholarship are encouraged to be submitted for presentation.

 

London SoTL 2010 is sponsored by the Institute for Teaching, Innovation and Learning, Thames Valley University, London, England in association with:

·         The International Society for SoTL (ISSOTL)

·         The Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) (US)

·         The Higher Education Academy (HEA) (UK)

 

The London SoTL International Conference 2008 Proceedings are now posted on the Higher Education Academy website:

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/EvidenceNet/sotl_proceedings

 

ALSO NOTE related conferences

ISSOTL 2009 http://www.issotl.org/conferences.html

SRHE http://www.srhe.ac.uk/

 

 

Joelle Fanghanel, Conference Convenor

 

On behalf of the 'London SoTL' Editorial Board:

Denis Berthiaume, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland

Dan Bernstein, Kansas University, USA

Mary Huber, The Carnegie Foundation, USA

Nicole Rege Colet, Haute Ecole Pédagogique du Vaud, and Haute Ecole Pédagogique du Tessin, Switzerland

Torgny Roxa, Lund University, Sweden

Digby Warren, London Metropolitan University, UK

 

 

 

 

Professor Joëlle Fanghanel

Director of the Institute for Teaching, Innovation and Learning (INSTIL)

 

Thames Valley University

St Mary's Road

EALING

London

W5 5RF

UK

 

Room number TC 374

Email: joelle.fanghanel@tvu.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0) 208 231 2117

Fax: +44 (0) 208 231 2233

 

Vice-President Europe of ISSOTL

Convenor of the London SoTL International Conference

 

http://www.tvu.ac.uk/instil/London_SoTL_Conference_2010.jsp

 

 

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Yours sincerely

Francois Smit
event organiser
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Fwd: [Fwd: Space Symposium - 2010]

Please find attached details of the 5^th Space Symposium to be held at Warwick University.  Please forward this email to anyone you feel may be interested in attending the conference.

 

Apologies for cross posting.

 

The Fifth Symposium on Social Learning Space: Knowledge Spaces

 

The Reinvention Centre for Undergraduate Research

Westwood Campus, University of Warwick

Monday 29 March, 2010  

 

‘Knowledge spaces are the thick social spaces through which truth, knowledge and power are created’ (Sarah Wright, 2005: 908)

Following the success of the previous four Space Symposia, Knowledge Spaces addresses the role of architecture, spatial planning and the use of different spaces in the construction and experience of curricula and pedagogy in Higher Education.

The symposium will address the question of how the spaces we create, occupy and challenge, both within the university and beyond it, affect what and how we know, as well as considering who plays what roles in the process of knowledge creation and communication. In particular, the symposium will explore:

·        the landscapes of learning in Higher Education

·        the use of ‘real life’ spaces such as urban, public, employment and community settings for the development and enactment of curricula and assessment

·        the relationship between physical classroom spaces and different pedagogical approaches 

·        the role of university buildings and curricula in shaping pedagogical and political relations between students and staff

The event offers an exciting and diverse programme of keynote lecture(s), participatory workshop(s) and an interactive research exhibition.

Confirmed speakers and workshop leaders:

·        Professor Mike Neary, University of Lincoln

·        Professor Jonothan Neelands, Institute of Education, University of Warwick

·        Oscar van den Wijngaard and Wilfred van Dellen, University College Maastricht

·        Dr Sarah Czerny and Students, University of Rijeka, Croatia. 

 

Contributions are invited for the research exhibition, in the form of posters, artistic or photographic exhibits, or any other formats which can be reasonably accommodated.  Centres for Excellence in teaching and Learning (CETLs) and other projects which have developed new or renewed spaces in recent years are particularly encouraged to use the exhibition as a forum for sharing information about the creation, occupation and impact of their space and spatial interventions.  

Deadlines for contributions to the research exhibition:

Monday 15 February 2010 - Summary of intended contribution and description of media    

Friday 19 March 2010 – Submission of final poster/ artwork                                                                                      

 

Registration

The cost of the conference is £75 for waged delegates and £10 for students.

Online registration will be available by 1 February 2010 via this web page: www.warwick.ac.uk/go/reinvention/spaces/symposia/fifth/

If you would like to be notified when registration is open or you have any queries please send an email to: conference.reinvention@warwick.ac.uk  or telephone Sumila Bhandari on 024 76575125

Please find attached details of the 5th Space Symposium to be held at
Warwick University.  Please forward this email to anyone you feel may be
interested in attending the conference.



Apologies for cross posting.



The Fifth Symposium on Social Learning Space: Knowledge Spaces



The Reinvention Centre for Undergraduate Research

Westwood Campus, University of Warwick

Monday 29 March, 2010



'Knowledge spaces are the thick social spaces through which truth,
knowledge and power are created' (Sarah Wright, 2005: 908)


Following the success of the previous four Space Symposia, Knowledge
Spaces addresses the role of architecture, spatial planning and the use of
different spaces in the construction and experience of curricula and
pedagogy in Higher Education.

The symposium will address the question of how the spaces we create,
occupy and challenge, both within the university and beyond it, affect
what and how we know, as well as considering who plays what roles in the
process of knowledge creation and communication. In particular, the
symposium will explore:

·        the landscapes of learning in Higher Education

·        the use of 'real life' spaces such as urban, public, employment
and community settings for the development and enactment of curricula and
assessment

·        the relationship between physical classroom spaces and different
pedagogical approaches

·        the role of university buildings and curricula in shaping
pedagogical and political relations between students and staff

The event offers an exciting and diverse programme of keynote lecture(s),
participatory workshop(s) and an interactive research exhibition.

Confirmed speakers and workshop leaders:

·        Professor Mike Neary, University of Lincoln

·        Professor Jonothan Neelands, Institute of Education, University
of Warwick

·        Oscar van den Wijngaard and Wilfred van Dellen, University
College Maastricht

·        Dr Sarah Czerny and Students, University of Rijeka, Croatia.



Contributions are invited for the research exhibition, in the form of
posters, artistic or photographic exhibits, or any other formats which can
be reasonably accommodated.  Centres for Excellence in teaching and
Learning (CETLs) and other projects which have developed new or renewed
spaces in recent years are particularly encouraged to use the exhibition
as a forum for sharing information about the creation, occupation and
impact of their space and spatial interventions.

Deadlines for contributions to the research exhibition:

Monday 15 February 2010 - Summary of intended contribution and description
of media

Friday 19 March 2010 - Submission of final poster/ artwork



Registration

The cost of the conference is £75 for waged delegates and £10 for students.

Online registration will be available by 1 February 2010 via this web
page: www.warwick.ac.uk/go/reinvention/spaces/symposia/fifth/

If you would like to be notified when registration is open or you have any
queries please send an email to: conference.reinvention@warwick.ac.uk  or
telephone Sumila Bhandari on 024 76575125