Fwd: 12 Jan 2011 - Making efficient and effective use of learning technologies

Making efficient and effective use of learning technologies: enhancing the student learning experience without increasing the academic's workload.

Date: 12 Jan 2011
Start Time: 11:00 am
Location/venue: Loughborough University

Description
This series of short case-study presentations by academics across a range of disciplines at Loughborough will look at the practical, technical and academic issues around introducing a range of learning technologies, particularly automated lecture capture, and at whether the experience so far suggests that the application of these technologies has been effective. Presenters will focus on the impact on their workload of introducing these technologies at a time when institutions are looking for opportunities for efficiency gains.

To find out more information and to book onto this event please visit: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2011/jointevents/12_Jan_Lougborough_Seminar_LT

This Seminar is part of the Professional Learning and Teaching strand for the Evidence-based Practice Seminar Series 2010.

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Annual Dearing Higher Education Conference

'The Globalisation of Higher Education'

East Midlands Conference Centre
The University of Nottingham

Thursday 17 February 2011"

Fwd: HEA one day event: Engaging students in sustainable development for the 21st century

Please register at:

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2011/academyevents/22_February_2011_Student_Engagement_Event.

 

 

One day event:

Engaging Students in Sustainable Development for the 21^st Century

 

Where?

University of Leeds Students' Union

 

When?

22^nd February 2011

 

Who should attend?

• Students
• HEI Senior Managers
• Deans/ pro-Deans
• Academics
• Policymakers

·         Estates professionals

 

Higher Education in the UK is fundamentally changing, as evidenced by recent policy developments such as the Browne Review and Comprehensive Spending Review. Central to this will be a changing relationship between HE institutions and students. As students are being asked to pay more for their education their choices are likely to become increasingly more important in terms of developing institutional strategies. A key element of this will be in students' attitudes to, and involvement in, issues around sustainable development. This will be driven by their perceived need to participate in a more sustainable future for both ideological and pragmatic reasons. So while many will believe that future sustainability is a right, others will see the increasing focus on the green economy through new industries and new jobs that will require new skills as a motivation to become involved. It is vital, therefore, that HE understands this need, and how it is being expressed. This one day event will enable delegates to find out what students are thinking and doing with regard to sustainable development, the aims of the day being to:

 

·         promote the role of students as pioneers and change agents for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) issues in the HE sector;

• examine the contribution that students make to ESD in HE in both informal and formal learning situations, and through volunteering in the community;
• showcase student activity in sustainable development, relating especially to ESD;
• explore ways in which HE policy and practice can better engage with students around questions of ESD.

 

The event will provide details of a major survey (due to be published in January 2011), commissioned by the HEA and carried out by the NUS, which looks at the attitudes of first year students to sustainability and skills – and asks what students expect from their institutions.

 

Central to the success of the event will be the 'Liquid Cafe', which will take place over the middle part of the day. It is during this time that we hope that student groups, projects, individuals and/ or module groups will showcase their activities. To this end we invite submissions as follows:

 

·         Sessions last no more than half an hour

·         All sessions should have some student involvement

·         Sessions can be in any format (subject to technical provision)

 

Please do let us know when you are registering if you have something to would like to contribute during this session. There will also be space for spontaneous contributions on the day.

 

Event details

 

10:00 – 10:45	Registration and networking
10:45 – 10:50	Welcome
10:50 – 11:25	Keynote: Susan Nash (NUS VP Society & Citizenship)
11:25 – 14.30	Liquid Cafe Venue to be set up into different areas between which delegates can move, including during lunch. These will be a combination of formal inputs and informal discussions. During this section, a film crew will move around the sessions and individuals will be encouraged to make short video clips/ video diaries with a prize for the best student one. These will be used as part of the post-event dissemination.
14.30 – 15.15	Panel session How can HEI staff and students work most effectively together through both learning and teaching, and developing their role in the community?
15:15 – 16:00	Networking and sharing learning

 

 

Cost

Attendees will be charged £50 with the exception of students, for which there will be no fee.

 

Please register at:

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2011/academyevents/22_February_2011_Student_Engagement_Event.

 

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Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance - Display: "TIS International Conference - Internationalisation of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Education: Exploring New Frontiers

DATE: 16 Jun 2011 - 17 Jun 2011
LOCATION/VENUE: Scarman House, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

Description
This is an international conference hosted by the HEA/UKCISA Teaching International Students (TIS) project in partnership with the Centre for Academic Practice and Research in Internationalisation (CAPRI), and the Centre for Internationalised Curriculum and Networking (CICIN).
This international conference seeks to move beyond the rhetoric of internationalisation to examine some of the more complex issues and questions for practitioners, researchers, students and for those working in transnational or non-Anglophone contexts.
For more information Visit the Conference Website."

The Impact Agenda – ESRC-funded seminar series

 

 

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The Impact Agenda – ESRC-funded seminar series

via Research Staff Blog by Claire Stocks on 30/11/10

The first in a series of seminars on 'impact' will be run by Methods@manchester in January.

Seminar 1  on "Impact: approaches and contexts" will be held on Wednesday 12 January 2011 in the Boardroom, 2nd Floor, Arthur Lewis Building, University of Manchester. Academics from Lancaster, Cambridge, York and ETH Zurich will be presenting on a range of issues including 'Hope, uncertainty and the research proposal' and 'Vulnerability and sustainability of 'impact' seen from the perspective of the European Research Council'.

For full programme details, and to book your place, go to: http://www.methods.manchester.ac.uk/impact/seminar1/index.shtml

 

 

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