Fwd: Webinar on MOOCs with Andrew Ng (Coursera) + August online conference

 

"The Online Revolution: Education for Everyone - MOOCs"

GMT 10PM, 6 August 2013 [8AM, 7 Aug Eastern Australia]

 

In 2011, Stanford University offered three online courses, which anyone in the world could enroll in and take for free. Together, these three courses had enrollments of around 350,000 students, making this one of the largest experiments in online education ever performed. Since the beginning of 2012, we have transitioned this effort into a new venture, Coursera, a social entrepreneurship company whose mission is to make high-quality education accessible to everyone by allowing the best universities to offer courses to everyone around the world, for free. Coursera classes provide a real course experience to students, including video content, interactive exercises with meaningful feedback, using both auto-grading and peer-grading, and a rich peer-to-peer interaction around the course materials. Currently, Coursera has 62 university partners, and over 2.8 million students enrolled in its over 200 courses. These courses span a range of topics including computer science, business, medicine, science, humanities, social sciences, and more. In this talk, I'll report on this far-reaching experiment in education, and why we believe this model can provide both an improved classroom experience for our on-campus students, via a flipped classroom model, as well as a meaningful learning experience for the millions of students around the world who would otherwise never have access to education of this quality.

 

Presenter: Andrew Ng (Stanford University, USA & founder Coursera)

 

Hosted by: Professor Geoffrey Crisp (RMIT University, Australia) and Dr Mathew Hillier (Teaching and Educational Development Institute, University of Queensland, Australia).

 

Further session details, time zone conversion and RSVP instructions at http://bit.ly/webinar6aug2013

 

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August joint online conference: eAssessment Scotland & Transforming Assessment join forces!

 

The joint online conference from 19 to 30 August 2013 will feature over 20 free online sessions exploring the latest research and innovations in e-assessment.

 

The first six online sessions to be released feature presenters showcasing national projects from across Australia.

 

•  20 Aug 2013 Challenges and Opportunities Associated with Implementing eMarking Workflows in a University Setting

•  21 Aug 2013 Assessment-as-learning: introducing the Conversation Sim

•  22 Aug 2013 Issues and challenges with assessment in Stand Alone Moodle

•  27 Aug 2013 Using narratives to assessment free exploration in 3D spaces

•  28 Aug 2013 Assessing algebra concepts - the potentials and limitations of online delivery

•  30 Aug 2013 Learning analytics: a bottom-up approach to enhancing and evaluating students' online learning

 

All sessions listed above start GMT 07:00AM [5PM Eastern Australia]

 

Full session details, time zone conversion and RSVP instructions at http://bit.ly/TA_eAS13

 

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Previous session recording now available:

"Towards a framework for games and simulations in STEM subject assessments" held 10 July 2013.

View it via http://bit.ly/TA10J2013

 

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Further information:

These webinars are part of a series of free events covering a range of e-assessment topics.

Further information on this and future events, recordings of past events, project information and participation/technical help on using the virtual classroom system can be found on our website at http://www.transformingassessment.com

 

Acknowledgements:

Support for this activity has been provided by the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching, RMIT University and the Teaching and Educational Development Institute, University of Queensland. The views expressed in this publication/activity do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring institutions.

 

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regards,

 

Dr Mathew Hillier

Teaching and Educational Development Institute,

The University of Queensland, Australia, 4072,

Contacts: T +61 7 3365 7346  F +61 7 3365 1966 (shared),

Profile: http://www.uq.edu.au/uqresearchers/researcher/hillierms.html

TEDI web: http://www.tedi.uq.edu.au/

CRICOS Provider Number 00025B

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Transforming Assessment: http://transformingassessment.com/

Second Life: Mathew Hilliard

Skype: mathewhillier

Linkedin: http://au.linkedin.com/in/mathewhillier

Academia.edu: http://uq.academia.edu/MathewHillier

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David Andrew, 
HEA CPD Manager
Senior Tutor
 

The Learning Institute 
Queen Mary, University of London

Mile End, London E1 4NS

02078822803

02081446753

 Book an appointment with me at http://doodle.com/DavidAndrew

 

 

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Fwd: HEA/SEEC 2 day conference on flexible learning, July 22nd/23rd

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Subject:	HEA/SEEC 2 day conference on flexible learning, July 22nd/23rd
Date:	Thu, 4 Jul 2013 19:00:54 +0100
From:	SEEC Office <office@SEEC.ORG.UK>
Reply-To:	SEEC Office <office@SEEC.ORG.UK>
To:	STAFF-DEVELOPMENT@JISCMAIL.AC.UK

 

 

Dear colleagues

 

**APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING**

 

There is still time to book a  place on this 2 day conference being organised by the Higher Education Academy and SEEC due to take place at the University of Westminster on July 22^nd/23^rd 2013.

 

This event aims both to inform and inspire delegates about flexible learning on a number of levels: global, national, institutional and programme.  Key strands within flexible learning include; studying part-time, work-based learning, technology-enhanced learning, credit accumulation and transfer and new pedagogical ideas.

 

Speakers:

 

Rajay Naik (The Open University

Ronald Barnett (Institute of Education)

Pam Wilson (University of the Highlands and Islands)

Mark Atlay (University of Bedfordshire)

Martin Oliver (Institute of Education)

Kevin Van-Cauter (British Council)

Nicola Whitton (Manchester Metropolitan University)

 

The conference is offering 17 sessions delivered through interactive workshops, seminars or poster presentations exploring some of the knotty questions that flexible learning raises. 

 

Full details of the programme and booking forms are available on  http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2013/22_23_July_Flexible_Learning

Conference fees are as follows:

Rate description	SEEC members rate	Non member rates
Full conference with dinner on 22nd July	£195	£320
Full conference no dinner	£160	£285
Single day – 22nd July	£90	£180
Single day – 23rd July	£90	£180
Conference dinner (if not selecting first option)	£35	£35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regards

 

Alison Street

SEEC Administrator

 

'SEEC - Recognising Learning Through Credit!'

 

SEEC

PO Box 1241

Enfield

Middlesex

EN1 9UB

Telephone/Fax 020 8617 0568

 

www.seec.org.uk

Registered Charity No. 298544

 

 

 

David Andrew, 
HEA CPD Manager
Senior Tutor
 

The Learning Institute 
Queen Mary, University of London

Mile End, London E1 4NS

02078822803

02081446753

 Book an appointment with me at http://doodle.com/DavidAndrew

 

 

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Fwd: Engineering and Materials Events: What’s New in Teaching?

HEA STEM Engineering and Materials Events: What's New in Teaching? Building Confident Engineers Workshop Tuesday 10 September 2013.  IET Austin Court, Birmingham   Successful engineering graduates require confidence in order to solve new problems, work with colleagues and excel in their careers. It has also been identified that confident engineering graduates are more likely to pursue careers in engineering.  Confidence can also be used to address diversity issues, particularly the gender imbalance within the discipline. This workshop has been developed to consider how academics can enable engineering students to develop confidence through teaching, learning and assessment.  In addition, the sessions have been designed to align with the relevant National Student Survey (NSS) questions.  There will be an industrial guest speaker and an engineering leadership facilitator with expertise in confidence building techniques. This is a free one day event for subscribing institutions and has a cost of £75 for non-subscribing institutions. Refreshments and lunch will be provided.   To register for this event and find out about the programme please click here. About the Higher Education Academy The HEA is a national body for enhancing learning and teaching in higher education in the UK. We work with institutions across the HE system to help bring about change in learning and teaching to improve the outcomes for students. We do this by recognising and rewarding excellent teaching, bringing together people and resources to research and share best practice and by helping influence, shape and implement policy. The HEA supports staff in higher education throughout their career from those who are new to teaching through to senior management. We offer services in 28 disciplines and throughout the UK, and have offices in England, Wales and Scotland. Through the partnership management team we work directly with institutions to understand individual circumstances and priorities and bring together resources to meet them. Owned by Universities UK and Guild HE, the HEA is funded by the four national funding councils, institutional subscriptions and project income. For more recent news, events and funding opportunities, subscribe to Academy Update. The Higher Education Academy, Company Limited by Guarantee Registered Number 4931031. Registered Office: The Higher Education Academy, Innovation Way, York Science Park, Heslington, York, YO10 5BR, United Kingdom. Registered as Charity Number 1101607. Want to unsubscribe or change your details?

 

David Andrew, 
HEA CPD Manager
Senior Tutor
 

The Learning Institute 
Queen Mary, University of London

Mile End, London E1 4NS

02078822803

02081446753

 Book an appointment with me at http://doodle.com/DavidAndrew

 

 

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Fwd: next Transforming Assessment webinar 10 July

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Subject:	next Transforming Assessment webinar 10 July
Date:	Wed, 3 Jul 2013 07:46:49 +0000
From:	Mathew Hillier <m.hillier@UQ.EDU.AU>
Reply-To:	Web assisted assessment issues <WEB-ASSISTED-ASSESSMENT@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
To:	WEB-ASSISTED-ASSESSMENT@JISCMAIL.AC.UK

Transforming Assessment Next Live Session [sent via JISCmail – apologies for any cross posting]

 

10 July 2013: "Towards a framework for games and simulations in STEM subject assessments"

 

This webinar will explore a proposed framework designed to support the 'routine' development of effective games and simulations for assessment in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) subjects. Currently, providing games and simulations to address specific educational objectives in STEM subjects is a craft activity, requiring custom-built applications and hence making difficult-to-share and difficult-to-reuse solutions. To address this we propose a framework for the creation of Pedagogically Effective Games & Simulations (PEGS). The framework supports the construction and machine-processable expression of an educational intention which can be turned into a computer-deliverable serious game, simulation, or adaptive formative assessment with an element of pedagogical validity.

 

Presenter: Gary Wills (University of Southampton, UK)

 

Hosted by: Professor Geoffrey Crisp (RMIT University, Australia) and Dr Mathew Hillier (Teaching and Educational Development Institute, University of Queensland, Australia).

 

Starting 07:00AM UST/GMT (Duration approx 1 hour).

See your equivalent local time at

http://timeanddate.com/s/2c52

 

A recording of the session will be published after the event.

 

RSVP to receive login information:

Please RSVP via email to

'rsvp at transformingassessment.com'

Please use the subject line

'rsvp 10 july 2013 webinar'

 

You will receive an automated response with login instructions (It may take a while to arrive. Also check your junk mail folder. If you do not receive it within 2 hours please contact me directly).

 

Session information at http://bit.ly/webinar-10july2013

 

 

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Further information:

These webinars are part of a series of free events covering a range of e-assessment topics.

Further information on this and future events, recordings of past events, project information and participation/technical help on using the virtual classroom system can be found on our website at http://www.transformingassessment.com

 

Acknowledgements:

Support for this activity has been provided by the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching, RMIT University and the Teaching and Educational Development Institute, University of Queensland. The views expressed in this publication/activity do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring institutions.

 

Why am I receiving this?

You are receiving this message because you are a member of one of the mailing lists on JISCmail (Note: this message is not direct email).

 

regards,

 

Dr Mathew Hillier

Teaching and Educational Development Institute,

The University of Queensland, Australia, 4072,

Contacts: T +61 7 3365 7346  F +61 7 3365 1966 (shared),

Profile: http://www.uq.edu.au/uqresearchers/researcher/hillierms.html

TEDI web: http://www.tedi.uq.edu.au/

CRICOS Provider Number 00025B

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Transforming Assessment: http://transformingassessment.com/

We'rElearning: http://werelearning.com/

Second Life: Mathew Hilliard

Skype: mathewhillier

Linkedin: http://au.linkedin.com/in/mathewhillier

Academia.edu: http://uq.academia.edu/MathewHillier

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David Andrew, 
HEA CPD Manager
Senior Tutor
 

The Learning Institute 
Queen Mary, University of London

Mile End, London E1 4NS

02078822803

02081446753

 Book an appointment with me at http://doodle.com/DavidAndrew

 

 

My profiles: