Monday 31 January 2011

Fwd: Conference Announcement - ‘Celebrating the Past and Embracing the Future: Evolution and Innovation in Problem-based Learning

'Celebrating the Past and Embracing the Future:

Evolution and Innovation in Problem-based Learning'

Organised by the Problem-based Learning Special Interest Group (PBL SIG) of the Higher Education Academy in conjunction with the University of Central Lancashire

Wednesday 30th March and Thursday 31st March 2011

Grange Hotel, Grange-Over-Sands, Cumbria, UK, LA11 6EJ

KEY NOTE SPEAKERS

v  Helen Bulpitt: Deputy Director, Subject Centre for Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP), University of Southampton

 

v  Terry Barrett: Lecturer, Centre for Teaching and Learning, University College Dublin, Ireland

This conference aims to enable individuals from a range of educational and professional organisations to meet together to:

- Create an environment where achievements in PBL can be discussed and debated


- Exchange information on effective models, strategies, and research and policy development in order to drive forward the continuing use of PBL.

WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS (Pre-Conference on 29th March 2011 2pm-4pm)

'Problem design in PBL' Terry Barrett, University College Dublin, Ireland

'PBL Evaluation Toolkit' by Caroline Marcangelo: University of Cumbria, UK

'Online PBL' by Timo Portimojärvi, University of Tampere, Finland

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For further information and a copy of the booking form, please see the www.uclan.ac.uk/healthconf website or contact Liz Roberts at healthconferences@uclan.ac.uk  telephone +44(0)1772 893809



David Andrew,
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Fwd: EKSIG 2011: Keynote Speakers announcement

ANNOUNCEMENT

EKSIG 211: SkinDeep - experiential knowledge and multi sensory communication.

Date: Thursday and Friday, 23 - 24 June 2011
Venue: University for the Creative Arts, Farnham Castle, UK
Home: http://www.experientialknowledge.org

The conference aims to provide a forum for debate about the multi faceted, multi sensory and multi modal possibilities of communicating knowledge in the creative disciplines.

We are pleased now to confirm the keynote speakers for EKSIG2011 - SkinDeep.

The keynote speakers will provide important stimulus to the conference from various perspectives, informing and challenging our thinking about the conference theme.


KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Professor Richard Shusterman <http://www.fau.edu/humanitieschair/bio.php>  (USA, aesthetics and somatic philosophy)

Professor Magdalene Odundo <http://magdaleneodundo.com/>  (UK, Ceramic Forms)

Prof. Christoph Zellweger <http://www.christophzellweger.com/>  (Switzerland, Jewellery & the body)

Antonia Taddei/Ludovic Nobileau <http://issuu.com/xtnt/docs/stress_free_showweb> <http://www.youtube.com/user/zoo1969> (France – stress free / performance)



Online registration will open in February 2011, and will be announced with a separate call.

We look forward to see you at the conference!


EKSIG2011 Conference Chairs
Kerstin Mey
Kristina Niedderer
Linden Reilly
Seymour Roworth-Stokes


David Andrew,
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Friday 28 January 2011

Fwd: Student Learning and Teaching Network conference 2011 - deadline for registration 30th Jan 2011



Student conference: Exploring the boundaries of student engagement in learning and teaching

Student Learning and Teaching Network conference 2011

 

Deadline for registration 30th January 2011

 

The Student Learning and Teaching Network (SLTN) invites both students and staff to attend their next event which will be hosted by Northumbria University in Newcastle on the 14th of February 2011. The SLTN promotes active student engagement in learning and teaching communities. This conference will explore the boundaries to student engagement in learning and teaching in higher education and will provide an opportunity for students and staff to identify ways that these boundaries can be challenged through a series of interactive sessions and workshops.

 

How to register

This conference is free, to sign up follow the link to complete and submit your details

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/sltnconference. We welcome staff to our events but encourage staff to bring along interested students.

 

The Conference Venue

The event is taking place in the Great Hall in Sutherland Building, City Campus West.  A map for the venue can be found at: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/brochure/visit/campus_branch/ncle_cmp/city_campus/

 

Hotel Details

For those people that are staying in Newcastle overnight we will be arranging to meet up on the evening of the 13th of November

The closest hotel to the University is the Premier Inn, Newcastle upon Tyne (for details see: http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/NEWNEW/newcastle-central )

Both the hotel and the venue for the event are in the centre of Newcastle, within five minutes walk of each other.  Maps of the City Centre and the City Campus are on the University web-site at http://northumbria.ac.uk/brochure/visit/campus_branch/  

 

To find out more about the Student Learning and Teaching Network take a look at our website www.studentlandtnetwork.ning.com. All interested students and staff are welcome to become members of the network.

 

We look forward to seeing you in Newcastle,

 

The Student Learning and Teaching Committee

 



David Andrew,
Head of Academic Practice
 



The Learning Institute at Queen Mary, University of London

Mile End, London E1 4NS



02078822803

02081446753

 Book an appointment with me at http://davidandr.youcanbook.me/





Thursday 27 January 2011

Fwd: 9th international ePortfolio and Identity Conference UPDATED INFORMATION



Following my earlier circulation in respect of ePIC 2011 ; the 9th International ePortfolio and Identity conference on 11-13 July, at the Savoy Place, London http://savoyplace.theiet.org/ I am now able to confirm that:

 

·         following feedback from potential delegates, the event website has been developed to make the process of access more straightforward, especially for those new to Eifel;

 

·         The Programme Committee, a group of internationally recognised experts and professionals making recommendations on the programme, the review panel and promoting the event within their communities, now includes confirmed representatives from the US, UK, Mainland Europe, Canada and Japan.

 

·         As an alternative to multiple bookings, potential delegates may wish to note that a free exhibition package is provided to any organisation registering speakers and delegates for a total value equal or superior to 2,000€ (equivalent to 2 early-bird delegates + 2 speakers).  This is intended to promote greater synergy between exhibitors and the programme itself.  Exhibition opportunities are limited to ten, and provide table and chairs, Internet access (wifi), space for a pop-up stand, a leaflet in the delegate bag, and visibility on the conference web site. In the first instance, information about this offer should be addressed to Amy Marsden here at CRA (amy@recordingachievement.org).

 

The Conference will provide a forum where researchers and practitioners can discuss theoretical aspects, open issues, and innovative approaches and share the latest advances in the state of the art and practices in how far the following are currently supported effectively by ePortfolio tools and technologies, whether provided within or beyond institutions:

 

·                the development of learner and professional identity;

·                the (institutional) recognition of informal / life-wide learning;

·                accreditation of prior experience and learning (APEL), curriculum design and assessment;

·                integrative learning and holistic development (including graduate attributes);

·                continuing professional development, lifelong learning and sustainable employability;

·                the development of distributed 'communities of practice',  community and organisational development.

 

The event will bring together policy-makers, researchers, academics, teachers, trainers, human resource managers and technologists. It will enable in-depth and broad exploration of the issues - and results in real outcomes. Past events have resulted in the creation of national and international networks, contribution to policies, contribution to standardisation bodies, establishing partnerships with other communities in the field of digital identity and human resource standards, transnational projects and numerous publications.

Key Conference questions may include, (but are not limited to):

·                Should everybody have an ePortfolio?

·                How do ePortfolios contribute to the identity construction process?

·                Why is the ePortfolio landscape so patchy?

·                How do ePortfolios support the acquisition of 21st century skills?

·                How do ePortfolios support lifelong learning, orientation and employability?

·                Why is Accreditation of Prior Experience and Learning (APEL) still underdeveloped? What are the barriers to recognition of informal learning?

·                Is the informal recognition of informal learning within communities of practices an alternative to formal recognition (APEL)?

·                Why is formal learning still non-integrative and non-holistic? Are 'Integrative learning' programmes a solution to current fragmentation of learning or simply the symptom of the failure of our formal education system to overcome its fragmentation?

·                Why is it Facebook and not an ePortfolio platform which is the most visited site after Google and Microsoft? Could have it been otherwise?

·                Do current ePortfolio technologies reduce or contribute to the fragmentation of the identity process?

·                Why are ePortfolio mostly still non-interoperable?

·                Why ePortfolio platform providers are not active participants in the identity, access management and trust technology and standardisation communities?

·                How can we make an effective 'business case' to those funding eportfolio provision when resources are restricted?

 

Important dates:

 

31 March 2011             – Deadline for the submission of abstracts.

20 April 2011               – Notification of acceptance of presentation to authors

1 May 2011                   – Author registration deadline – to be included in the programme

30 June 2011               – Deadline for the submission of the final version of long and short papers

11-13 July 2011        – Conference

30 July 2011                 – Publication of conference proceedings

 

The Conference website is at: http://www.epforum.eu 

 

Online registration is at: www.conftool.net/epic2011

 

 

 

Amy Marsden

Website Administrator

 

The Centre for Recording Achievement

104-108 Wallgate

Wigan

WN3 4AB

 

twitter.com/TheCRA

 

Tel: 01942 826761

Fax: 01942 323337

amy@recordingachievement.org

Registered Company No. 3717882 

Registered Charity No. 1088700

 

 

A national network organisation, registered educational charity and Associate Partner of the Higher Education Academy.

 

 

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Head of Academic Practice
 



The Learning Institute at Queen Mary, University of London

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Monday 17 January 2011

Fwd: A date for your diary: ePIC 2011 ; the 9th International ePortfolio and Identity conference July 2011


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Amy Marsden <amy@recordingachievement.org>
Date: 17 January 2011 10:53
Subject: A date for your diary: ePIC 2011 ; the 9th International ePortfolio and Identity conference July 2011
To: PDP-AND-E-PORTFOLIOUK@jiscmail.ac.uk


Apologies for cross posting

 

Following the highly successful international research Seminar in Nottingham in 2010, we have now agreed to collaborate with Eifel (the European Institute for E-Learning) in developing and delivering  ePIC 2011 ; the 9th International ePortfolio and Identity conference on 11-13 July, at the Savoy Place, London http://savoyplace.theiet.org/.  I am therefore very pleased to provide initial information concerning this event via the attached flyer, together with the links that will enable you to access further details.  Please feel free to forward this to other colleagues to whom it may be of interest

 

Eifel has a long tradition of delivering annual events of this type and we intend to work collaboratively on this in ways that will bring new ideas and learning to members of both communities.  If you would like further more detailed information, or to be involved – from the CRA perspective – in developing and implementing the event please do not hesitate to get in touch.

 

My best wishes

 

Rob

 

 

 

Rob Ward

Director

The Centre for Recording Achievement

104-108 Wallgate,  Wigan WN3 4AB

 

Tel: 01942 826761    Fax: 01942 323337

www.recordingachievement.org

Registered Company No: 3717882   Registered Charity No: 1088700

 

A national network organisation, registered educational charity and Associate Partner of the Higher Education Academy.

 

 

 

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Thursday 13 January 2011

Fwd: Student Learning and Teaching Network conference 2011




Student conference: Exploring the boundaries of student engagement in learning and teaching

Student Learning and Teaching Network conference 2011

Deadline for registration 30th January

 

The Student Learning and Teaching Network (SLTN) invites both students and staff to attend their next event which will be hosted by Northumbria University in Newcastle on the 14th of February 2011. The SLTN promotes active student engagement in learning and teaching communities. This conference will explore the boundaries to student engagement in learning and teaching in higher education and will provide an opportunity for students and staff to identify ways that these boundaries can be challenged through a series of interactive sessions and workshops.

 

How to register

This conference is free, to sign up follow the link to complete and submit your details

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/sltnconference. We welcome staff to our events but encourage staff to bring along interested students.

 

The Conference Venue

The event is taking place in the Great Hall in Sutherland Building, City Campus West.  A map for the venue can be found at: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/brochure/visit/campus_branch/ncle_cmp/city_campus/

 

Hotel Details

For those people that are staying in Newcastle overnight we will be arranging to meet up on the evening of the 13th of November

The closest hotel to the University is the Premier Inn, Newcastle upon Tyne (for details see: http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/NEWNEW/newcastle-central )

Both the hotel and the venue for the event are in the centre of Newcastle, within five minutes walk of each other.  Maps of the City Centre and the City Campus are on the University web-site at http://northumbria.ac.uk/brochure/visit/campus_branch/  

 

To find out more about the Student Learning and Teaching Network take a look at our website www.studentlandtnetwork.ning.com. All interested students and staff are welcome to become members of the network.

 

We look forward to seeing you in Newcastle,

 

The Student Learning and Teaching Committee

 



David Andrew,
Head of Academic Practice
 



The Learning Institute at Queen Mary, University of London

Mile End, London E1 4NS

02078822803

02081446753





Tuesday 11 January 2011

Teaching international students workshop - Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (MEDEV)

Teaching international students workshop - Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (MEDEV)

Fwd: UK Centre for Bioscience 2011 Professional Development events: Call for Contributions - International Conference and Graduate Attributes Event


Please share the following events with your community (one of which has an approaching deadline):

UK Centre for Bioscience 2011 International Conference

 

Effective Learning in the Biosciences: Equipping Students for the 21st Century

30 June & 1 July 2011, Edinburgh, UK

 

Call for Contributions

We invite offers of Short Presentations (15 minutes), Interactive Presentations (30 minutes), Workshops (60 minutes) and Posters. Offers of contributions must be submitted on the conference abstract submission form by email to bioconf@leeds.ac.uk by Wednesday 19th January 2011. Please refer to the conference website for full details at www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/bioconf

 

Conference Outline

This international conference will provide a platform to consider how we nurture and inspire all bioscience students to realise their full potential, and will:

·         showcase and disseminate evidence informed practice in the biosciences from the UK and overseas;

·         explore how we can most effectively engage bioscience students to maximise their learning and achievement; and

·         provide networking and professional development opportunities for participants.

 

Registration now open

We are now taking bookings for the Conference. Places are limited to 120 so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Lead presenter, early bird rate & students: £200 (until 1st April 2011). Full delegate rate: £255 for bookings from 2 April - 10 June 2011.

We look forward to seeing you in Edinburgh!

 

Please feel free to share this opportunity with your colleagues and community. A conference poster is available at www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/ftp/publicity/bioconf2.pdf

 


UK Centre for Bioscience Professional Development Event

 

Bioscience Graduate Attributes for the 21st Century,

Edinburgh Napier University, Tuesday 8th February 2011

 

The Bioscience graduate of 2011 will have been asked to absorb an enormous amount of subject-specific information and acquire a very wide range of specific and generic skills. Many would agree there is a need to prioritise and identify key, desirable attributes for our students. During this event we will consider a number of graduate skills and qualities from a range of perspectives. The weighting placed on these by participants should help inform future work for the Centre and colleagues with publications and other resources.

 

To view the programme and register please visit www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/events/napier080211.aspx

Please feel free to share this event with your colleagues and community. We look forward to possibly seeing you in February.

 


Please contact me (s.a.meskin@leeds.ac.uk) if you require any further details.

 

Sheryl Meskin, Ph.D.
Academic Advisor

UK Centre for Bioscience
The Higher Education Academy
Room 9.15, Worsley Building
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
Tel:   +44 (0)113 343 3438
Fax:  +44 (0)113 343 5894
E-mail:
s.a.meskin@leeds.ac.uk

http://twitter.com/smeskin

(0.6 FTE Office Days - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)

 



David Andrew,
Head of Academic Practice
 



The Learning Institute at Queen Mary, University of London

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Friday 7 January 2011

Fwd: Announcing the ‘The e-Assessment-Question 2011’ Conference and Exhibition


Announcing the 'The e-Assessment-Question 2011' Conference and Exhibition
London, 30th and 31st March 2011

Now in its ninth year, the e-Assessment Question is the key Conference and Exhibition examining the practical aspects of e-Assessment and Computer Based Testing and its use from the classroom to the workplace.  The main theme for 2011 will be 'Assessment of learning, assessment for learning, assessment is learning' with a keynote address from Chris Jones Director-General City and Guilds and an impressive line-up of speakers.  Other features of this year's conference include:

A session entitled "The role and importance of technology in assessing and supporting learners in the classroom and the workplace".  This is a special eAA (e-Assessment Association) led session on Day One (pm) which will conclude with the 2011 AGM of the eAA. A keynote address from John Stone, CEO, LSN, will lead into a "Question Time" debate with leading e-Assessment experts.

A sub-theme looking at mobile assessment. This will culminate in a workshop (day two, pm) which will focus on using your mobile, pda, laptop, iphone, ipad, kindle etc.  to access formative assessments, including a hands-on session led by Stuart Jones of Abel Consulting.  We are indebted to them for the development of an e-Assessment APP for the conference.

An Exhibition of leading suppliers in the field of e-Assessment and the opportunity to meet and network with those selecting, developing and implementing e-Assessment in all its broad forms from the classroom to the workplace.

Booking may be made for either or both days of the event.

Speakers include:
Chris Jones Director-General City & Guilds (keynote speaker)
Stephen Fahey, Learning Technologies Director, Pearson Education
Donald Clark, Independent Consultant, guest speaker at eAA AGM session (day one, pm)
Gavin Cooney, CEO, Learnosity
Patrick Craven, Principal Analyst, Cambridge Assessment
Stuart Jones, Abel Consulting
Andrew Morse, WJEC
Denis Saunders, Founder and CEO, Calibrand
John Stone, CEO, LSN, keynote speaker at eAA AGM session (day one, pm)
Julie Swan, Head of Regulatory Policy. OFQUAL
Ray Tooley, Independent Consultant,
Matt Wingfield, Director, TAG Developments

•       Are you considering using computer based testing or using e-portfolios and other innovative tools?
•       What are the implications for learners and teachers, as well as examiners and managers?
•       Where are the issues in maintaining quality and fitness for purpose?
•       How does innovation impact on reliability and validity?
•       Are you concerned about the risks and costs?
•       Do you want to see the latest developments or want to upgrade your current e-Assessment offering?
•       Are you involved with e-marking, e-Assessment or e-portfolios for the first time and need to learn more?
•       What is best practice in e-Assessment?
•       Do you want to discuss the issues with colleagues and practitioners?

Booking may be made for either day or both days of the event. We trust you or one of your colleagues will be able to join us for what will certainly prove to be an invaluable and thought-provoking two days


Jeff Ross
Conference Director, Assessment Tomorrow
jeff@assessmenttomorrow.com , +44 (0) 7785 920392
www.e-assessment-question.co.uk

Visit the e-Assessment Question 2011 web site: www.e-assessment-question.co.uk for more conference information and for registration or see attached pdf for more details, costs and booking arrangements

Conference sponsored by BTL , CALIBRAND, DRS, SCHOLAR, ABEL Business Consulting and TAG LEARNING


David Andrew,
Head of Academic Practice
 



The Learning Institute at Queen Mary, University of London

Mile End, London E1 4NS

02078822803

02081446753





Fwd: Friendly invitation to participate SCEPTrE's final conference



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Norman Jackson <Norman.Jackson@surrey.ac.uk>
Date: 7 January 2011 09:11
Subject: Friendly invitation to participate SCEPTrE's final conference
To: CAPABILITY-FORUM@jiscmail.ac.uk


 
Dear colleagues
May we wish you a happy and successful year and draw your attention to what will be SCEPTrE's final conference as we finish at the end of March. The focus is on student development through their wider life experiences while they are at university and there is a strong focus on capability development. We have two very good and interesting keynote speakers. Professor John Cowan will call for radical changes in pedagogy to support these forms of student development and Maret Staron (Mindful Creations Australia) will talk about her research and development work into life-based learning in the work environment. Her work emphasises the need for a strength-based approach to capability development.
 
We have structured the conference to encourage lots of participation and sharing of practice and we are sponsoring it to keep costs to a minimum. We hope that you will not only want to attend the conference but share your own practices in supporting student development. To find out more and download the booking form please visit the symposium wiki.
 
Please pass this invitation to anyone you feel might be interested.
 
Best wishes
Norman
 
Professor Norman Jackson
Director Surrey Centre for Excellence in Professional Training and Education
 
Student Lifewide Development Symposium
Role of PDP, portfolios, facilitation, technology and recognition schemes in encouraging
and enabling holistic student development through their lifewide experiences
 
Tuesday March 1st  2011  10.00- 16.00
Lakeside Conference Centre Aston University
Sponsorship by SCEPTrE allows the cost to be kept to £50
 
 
TO BOOK A PLACE OR OBTAIN FORMS FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSAL VISIT
Student Lifewide Development Symposium wiki
 
 


David Andrew,
Head of Academic Practice
 



The Learning Institute at Queen Mary, University of London

Mile End, London E1 4NS

02078822803

02081446753