Fwd: Assessment Matters: Original Assessment for Original Student Work - 31 March 2011

 

 

Assessment Matters:  Original Assessment for Original Student Work

31 March 2011

at The Higher Education Academy, York

10am-4.00pm

 

 

This seminar on 31 March will continue to explore innovation and good practice in assessment strategies and design that can help to minimise the possibilities of student plagiarism, collusion and data fabrication by building on the previously successful Assessment SIG event on 'Re-visiting assessment design: developing students' skills for good academic practice' in July 2010.

 

The seminar will be led by Dr Erica Morris who manages the work of the Higher Education Academy's Academic Integrity Service. 

 

We are pleased to announce that the following colleagues will be speaking at the event:

 

·     Ranald Macdonald, Emeritus Professor of Academic Development, Sheffield Hallam University

·     Patrick Baughan, Learning Development Centre, City University London

·     Sharon Flynn, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, National University of Ireland, Galway

·     Penelope Bidgood, Faculty of Computing, Information Systems & Mathematics, Kingston University London

·     Chris Ireland and John English, The Business School, University of Huddersfield

 

For further information about the event including a programme and summaries of the speakers sessions, please click on the following link:  http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2011/academyevents/31_Mar_2011_Assessment_Matters or contact the assessment team at assessment@heacademy.ac.uk

 

 

Best Wishes

 

 

The Assessment Team

The Higher Education Academy

 

Tel: +44 (0) 1904 717500

Fax: +44 (0) 1904 717505

Email: assessment@heacademy.ac.uk

 

The Higher Education Academy

Innovation Way

York Science Park

Heslington

York

YO10 5BR

United Kingdom

www.heacademy.ac.uk

 

 

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://doodle.com/DavidAndrew

Fwd: Two days of sun, sea and intellectual stimulation

forwarded email

I thought that some of you might be interested to hear about our forthcoming (9th) Galway Symposium on Higher Education which is scheduled for June 9th and 10th this year. Last year's theme was 'creativity' and it was great to see a number of you from this list as participants and keynotes. Thanks for your support.   The 2011 event is also the annual conference of Ireland's rather grand sounding, but kind and generous, National Academy for the Integration of Research, Teaching & Learning (www.nairtl.ie).

This year's general theme is that of 'engagement' and is focusing on nurturing and harnessing the intellectual engagement of students on their study, but still keeping a fairly broad perspective on related issues.  The programme is still being designed and a call for contributions will be coming out soon, but amongst the speakers and presenters are Guy Claxton (Winchester -known to all here, no doubt), Derek Bruff (Vanderbilt, major 'clicker' guru and prodigious tweeter), Lesley Gourlay (IoE, London, expert on academic literacies), Mike Neary (Lincoln - 'student as producer'), Elizabeth Dunne (Exeter – fabulous work on student led projects), Usman Ali (NUS(UK), engagement officer).

Workshops, panels and that favourite from last year: Pecha Kucha, will all feature in the programme, but most of all we can promise a lively, hospitable and open-minded group of participants and those are the two sunny days in Galway's weather calendar!


I'll pop up more information as it becomes available, but go on, pencil in your diaries.

Iain


--
Dr. Iain Mac Labhrainn (MacLaren)
Director
Centre for Excellence in Learning & Teaching
National University of Ireland, Galway

+353 (0)91 492822

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/

Fwd: 6th International Blended Learning Conference

The University of Hertfordshire's Learning and Teaching Institute is pleased to announce that the Sixth International Blended Learning Conference
will be hosted by the University of Hertfordshire in partnership with the Higher Education Academy and JISC Advance at The Fielder Centre, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK on 15th and 16th June 2011

The title of this year's conference is "From Innovation to Institutional Enhancement – operating in challenging times". The past decade has seen great innovation in blended learning, both in the UK and internationally. The knowledge base and experience in creating and supporting technology enhanced learning is significant. In order for this to impact the student experience in a lasting and meaningful way, innovative practice needs to translate into enhancement. The Sixth International Blended Learning Conference aims to explore this process for institutions whilst they operate in challenging times. The conference will once again have an international flavour and will also provide a unique opportunity to hear from the wide variety of work associated with the JISC Curriculum Design and Delivery projects, moving beyond the initial outcomes to the stories of embedding innovation. For more information about the conference please see: www.herts.ac.uk/lti

The Call for Papers is now open with the deadline now extended to Friday 25th February, please go to http://bluconf.herts.ac.uk/abstracts.asp

If you have any queries about the conference please contacting the organising team: Sarah Flynn, s.j.flynn@herts.ac.uk, Gina Alessi, g.alessi@herts.ac.uk  and  Nannayi Dakat, n.dakat@herts.ac.uk

~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sarah Flynn
Learning & Teaching Institute
Tel:         01707 281317
Mob:     07966 144656
Email:     s.j.flynn@herts.ac.uk

University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Herts, AL10 9AB
www.herts.ac.uk

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/

Fwd: Opportunity to meet and talk about your imaginative curriculum

 

Student Lifewide Development Symposium

March 1^st University of Aston Conference Centre

 

Booking Forms & Programme

http://lifewidedevelopmentsymposium.pbworks.com/w/page/33854279/FrontPage

 

Places are still available for this event, which will provide a strong mix of:

·         stimulating and provocative keynotes;

·         workshops allowing in depth discussion of practice;

·         short taster contributions enabling participants access to a broad range of practice. 

 

Keynote contributions: 

Professor John Cowan, (Edinburgh Napier University) on

'Lifewide Learning' : The need for a radically revised pedagogy

  

Maret Staron, (Senior Consultant, Mindful Creations, Sydney, Australia)

'Life-based Learning' – a strength based approach to capability development and personal development planning

  

All workshop contributions now confirmed-see the up-to-date programme

http://lifewidedevelopmentsymposium.pbworks.com/w/page/33854279/FrontPage

Deadline to offer shorter 'show and tell' contributions 14 February. 

  

Featuring the University of Kent Labyrinth

http://www.kent.ac.uk/uelt/ced/themes/labyrinth/Labyrinthteachingandlearning.html
A labyrinth walk provides time and space for reflection, and works as a metaphor for life's journey.

 

 

SCEPTrE Seminar Monday February 7th 12.00-13.15 University of Surrey

The seminar will be streamed live from this page 

http://learningtobeprofessional.pbworks.com/w/page/35793147/Optimising-the-benefits-of-Professional-Work-Placements

Optimising the benefits of the professional work placement

Professor Valerie Maehle,

Dean, Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Robert Gordon University Aberdeen

 

 

Learning to be Professional e-book Chapter (20 Chapters now published)

As close as it gets: Developing professional identity through the potential of scenario-based learning

Edward Errington James Cook University Queensland, Australia (February 2011)

http://learningtobeprofessional.pbworks.com/w/page/35793025/Developing%20professional%20identity%20through%20the%20potential%20of%20scenario-based%20learning

 

 

Please send these links to anyone you feel might be interested.

Best wishes

Norman Jackson

 

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/