FW: CALL FOR PROPOSALS: 20th Annual SEDA Conference

 

20th Annual SEDA Conference

Scholarship and Educational Development: The importance of using an evidence base for learning and teaching

 

The Call for Contributions for the 20th Annual SEDA Conference is now open.  If you would like more details please go to the conference website where you will find the guidance and the proposal form.

 

Dates:      19^th and 20^th November 2015        

               

Venue:     St David's Hotel and Spa, Cardiff

 

Proposals should be submitted electronically to SEDA at office@seda.ac.uk, using the proposal form, by Friday 15th May 2015.

 

Follow discussions about this and other SEDA conferences on Twitter using #sedaconf.

 

Joseph Callanan
Events and Publications Officer
SEDA
Woburn House
20-24 Tavistock Square
London

WC1H 9HF
United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7380 6769
Fax: +44 (0)20 7387 2655
Joseph.Callanan@seda.ac.uk

 

 

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FW: Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship Conference

 

 

Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship: The Role of Teaching Focused Academics in driving the evolution of HE

16^th  and 17th July 2015, Durham University, http://tinyurl.com/q8uhhx4.

 

With the increasing focus brought to bear on teaching in higher education in recent years, the scholarship of teaching and learning has risen in prominence, with an increasing number of Universities activelyengaged. A key element in this is the role of academic staff on teaching focused contracts – often known as Teaching Fellows. A recent study by the HEA puts this issue into context:

 

“HESA data for 2012-13 show that just over 25% of academic staff were on teaching-only contracts. The report shows too that there is a predominance of teaching-only contracts among part-time academics, and that while an increasing proportion of teaching is undertaken in universities and colleges that do not have research degree awarding powers and do not receive significant amounts of research funding, a clear hierarchy exists, with research widely seen as ‘more important’ – for institutional reputation and career advancement than teaching. There remains, the report says, a significant a gap between policy and implementation regarding promotion policies in higher education institutions, and few identifiable promotions to senior positions solely on the basis of

teaching excellence.”

 

To raise the profile of teaching focused academics in the research-intensive climate, it is vital to raise the profile of teaching as a valued activity institutionally across the HE sector. The best way to achieve this is through the promotion of the innovative scholarly activity being undertaken by teaching focused academics. This first meeting of a national teaching fellow network is therefore a forum to share innovative scholarship across disciplinary boundaries and to develop a national voice for teaching focused academics.

 

Contributions are invited on the role of teaching focused academics in the following

topics:

·       Embedding Scholarship at Institutional Level

·       Working with Students as Partners

·       Supporting Transition

·       Casualisation of teaching staff in HE

 

Contributions may take the form of

·       Talks (20 mins)

·       Short Talks (5 mins)

·       Panel Discussions (1hr)

·        

Further details for the conference, including submission of abstracts and registration is available at http://tinyurl.com/q8uhhx4. Call for papers closes 10^th April.

 

Thanks,

Jan

 

 

FW: BOOKINGS NOW OPEN: SEDA Spring Conference 2015

 

 

SEDA Spring Teaching, Learning and Assessment Conference 2015

Internationalising the Curriculum: What does this mean? How can we achieve it?

Bookings for the 2015 SEDA Spring Conference is now open.  If you would like more details please go to the conference website where you will find the programme and pricing information.

 

Theme:    Internationalising the Curriculum: What does this mean? How can we achieve it?

               

Dates:      Thursday 14th & Friday 15th May 2015        

               

Venue:     Marriott Victoria and Albert Hotel, Manchester

               

Deadline for early bird booking is Monday 13^th April.

 

Follow discussions about this and other SEDA conferences on Twitter using #sedaconf.

 

 

 

Joseph Callanan
Events and Publications Officer
The Association of Commonwealth Universities
Woburn House
20-24 Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9HF

United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7380 6769
Fax: +44 (0)20 7387 2655
Joseph.Callanan@acu.ac.uk
www.acu.ac.uk

@The_ACU
http://linkd.in/the-acu

 

The world beyond 2015 - is higher education ready?

Join the conversation and help raise awareness of how higher education can and should respond to global development challenges beyond 2015. We're inviting voices from within and outside the higher education sector to share their opinions. Get involved at www.acu.ac.uk/beyond-2015

 

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FW: Clear Blue Water or Opportunity and Synergy?

 

View Web Version | Forward To A Colleague     Clear Blue Water or Opportunity and Synergy? Date - Friday, 22 May 2015: 11.00-16.00 Venue - SRHE, 73 Collier St, London N1 9BE Network - Employability, Enterprise and Work-based Learning Innovation, Knowledge Exchange, Enterprise, Skills and Employability agendas. Our network events to date have focussed upon the employability dimension, especially work placement and work experience. This event shifts the focus to enterprise, how it may contribute to student employability and its connections and interfaces with the overlapping concepts of knowledge exchange and innovation. It will explore existing policy, practice and achievement in these overlapping domains and how these might develop in the coming period. It will challenge existing notions of 'innovation' with broader approaches that dissolve the boundaries between existing agendas ('skills', 'enterprise', 'innovation', 'employability') and focus on workplace-based change. How HE contributes at present, and, how it might contribute to a reconceptualisation of the field, will be to the fore throughout. Positioned 2 weeks after the UK General Election on 7 May, we expect a lively debate. Speakers & Topics 'New evidence on Knowledge Exchange Policy and Practice'. Alice Frost, Head of Knowledge Exchange and Skills, HEFCE. 'More than just science and knowledge transfer? - Alternative models of innovation and what HE might contribute to them'. Professor Ewart Keep, University of Oxford. The afternoon will consist of showcasing current work and discussion groups. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………................................................................. Colleagues wishing to showcase their research (whether findings or in progress), please contact Helen Higson by email for details of what is required and to arrange a time slot. Helen.higson@aston.ac.uk   Note: Unless otherwise stated SRHE events are free to members, there is a charge of £60 for non-members.   Unsubscribe from SRHE updates You are receiving this email as our records indicate that you are interested in SRHE updates. Unsubscribing from SRHE updates will not impact SRHE membership administration emails, membership reminders etc. SRHE is a registered charity No. 313850. Company No. 00868820 Limited by Guarantee. Registered office 73 Collier Street, London N1 9BE Newsletter developed and delivered by clickandsend.biz

FW: TLC webinar reminder: “Bringing Experiential Learning into the Lecture Theatre”

 

Teaching and Learning Conversations (TLC)

 

Dear colleagues,

Reminder of tomorrow's TLC webinar

Dr David Smith (@dave_thesmith), Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, SFHEA from Sheffield Hallam University will lead an exciting webinar on Tuesday the 24th of February, 12-1pm GMT* during which we will discuss

 

"Bringing Experiential Learning into the Lecture Theatre"

Description: Within the teaching space conceptual descriptions are usually either vocal or presented using 2 dimensional slides and video. However, a deeper understanding can often be obtained by handling objects. These objects can be used to prompt conversations or to gain a deeper understanding of function. During this session we will bridge the virtual and physical dimensions of the webinar. Be ready to interact and bring along an object that typifies the way you teach or the subject itself.

We hope you will be able to join us.

 

How to join the webinar

To attend and take part in the webinar access the TLC webinar room here: https://mmu.adobeconnect.com/tlc/
To login: Enter as a guest and add your name, institution and country.

We highly recommend that you access the webinar room about 30 mins in advance to test the technology. For further help with this, please check http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/flex/tlc.php

Webinars enable active participation using audio, video, text and the whiteboard. A headset is required to fully participate. If you are not planning to speak you will just need headphones to listen to the discussion. When you have entered the webinar room, start the Audio Setup Wizard under Meeting at the top left to check your headset.

Please note

A recording of the webinar will be made available at the same URL under a creative commons licence.

 

About Teaching & Learning Conversations

TLC is an exciting cross-institutional collaboration to provide open CPD opportunities for everybody teaching and/or supporting learning in Higher Education. TLC  brings together colleagues from different disciplines, institutions and countries. TLCs are also open to students in HE and we are very interested in including students' contributions to the programme.

Together, we discuss and debate a variety of current teaching and learning topics in a series of webinars which provide a great opportunity to reflect on and share good practice and to find out what is happening beyond your own institution the more global HE landscape.

All webinars are open to the wider community to join.

Please feel free to share the link to the TLC programme and individual webinars with others who might also be interested. Further information and recordings from previous webinars can be found at http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/flex/tlc.php

We hope you will be able to join us for this TLC webinar.

 

The TLC team

 

Participating institutions and contacts

Manchester Metropolitan University, contact Chrissi Nerantzi & Dr Rod Cullen

University Campus Suffolk, contact Dr Chris Smith

University of Surrey, contact Dr Simon Lygo-Baker

Sheffield Hallam University, contact Andrew Middleton

University of Northampton, contact Prof. Ale Armellini

London Metropolitan University, contact Sandra Sinfield

 

*(please access the World Clock to convert to your local time)

 

 

 

Andrew Middleton, SFHEA
Head of Innovation & Professional Development, QESS, Sheffield Hallam University Tel: 0114 225 4724

 

FW: The Future of Learning: Critical Perspectives on Higher Education in the Digital Age

 

Title: The Future of Learning: Critical Perspectives on Higher Education in the Digital Age

Day: 13^th May 2015

Time: 10:00am to 16:00

Location: Preston City Campus, PR1 2HE

 

Professor James Paul Gee will be visiting the University of Central Lancashire as part of its Distinguished Speaker Programme between 11-13^th May 2015. A symposium will take place on 13^th May which will be of interest to teachers and researchers working in discourse analysis, applied linguistics, situated learning, literacy studies, game-based learning and computer-assisted learning in general.

 

Speakers include:

Professor James Paul Gee (Arizona State University)

Professor Norman Fairclough (Lancaster University)

Professor Cathy Burnett (Sheffield Hallam University)

Associate Professor Steve Wheeler (Plymouth University)

 

Abstracts are being accepted for 20-minute paper presentations (ca. 250 words) to be sent by 20^th March to Dr Michael Thomas (MThomas4@uclan.ac.uk) stating your name, position and institution.

 

The event is free for participants but prior registration via the organiser is required for all audience members (MThomas4@uclan.ac.uk).

 

Travel information to the university is provided here: http://www.uclan.ac.uk/visit/how_to_find_us.php

 

 

 

Dr Michael Thomas BA (Hons) M.Ed. MBA Ph.D. FHEA FRSA
Reader and Associate Professor in Digital Education and Learning

University of Central Lancashire
Preston PR1 2HE
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0) 1772 893148
E: mthomas4@uclan.ac.uk
Skype: mthomas69

Project Coordinator/Principal Investigator: EU FP7 CAMELOT Project (2013-2015)
Faculty Affiliate: Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University (2013-2014)
Series Editor: Digital Education & Learning (Palgrave)
Series Editor: Advances in Digital Language Learning & Teaching (Bloomsbury)

 

FW: Programme announced for The 13th e-Assessment Question Conference - held on 25th/26th March 2015 in London.

Programme announced for The 13th e-Assessment Question Conference - held on 25th/26th March 2015 in London.

The positive response from the UK government to the FELTAG proposals and the drive for implementation goes well beyond just technology solutions for learning and assessment. It is about adding value through the tools and the techniques of digital delivery, it is about new, stimulating thinking and practices.

The 13th annual e-Assessment Question conference will focus on Innovation, how we can promote, design and deliver responsive assessment and learning in the landscape of
• evolving technology,
• growing learner expectations,
• and in particular FELTAG.

Day One, 25th March 2015 will concentrate on formative e-Assessment and assessment for learning of knowledge and skills in vocational and academic education.
Day Two, 26th March 2015 will examine innovation and new ideas in summative e-Assessment at the heart of formal high stakes qualifications and certification.

Visit the website for more details, including booking: www.e-assessment-question.co.uk

Speakers this year include representatives from Awarding Organisations, International Bodies, Professional Associations and Institutions, and service providers including speakers from RM, City and Guilds, Aleutia, DigitalAssess, Alphaplus, Learndirect, Grey Matter Group, Learnosity, LRI, SFJ Awards, NCFE, BTL, Caliband, Cirrus, Coelrind, eAA, JISC and the University of Basel /K2Prime and the University of Galway

The e-Assessment Question is the key Conference and Exhibition examining the practical aspects of e-Assessment and Computer Based Assessment and its use from the classroom to the workplace, for both formative and summative assessment. Bookings may be made for either day or both days of the event, with a discount for Charities, Schools, Colleges, Universities and those in the public sector.

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 event.


Jeff Ross
Director, Assessment Tomorrow
Email: jeff@assessmenttomorrow.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 7785 92039
www.e-assessment-question.co.uk

FW: New-to-teaching events for STEM subjects

 

 

Bookings open in new-to-teaching events for STEM subjects   Starting teaching in higher education can be a challenge whatever your background, age, qualifications or discipline. What we all have in common is the wish to do the best for our students, to convey our passion for our discipline or profession, and to challenge our students as well as ourselves to become more effective, critical, enquiring and reflective learners. During 2014-15 the HEA is holding discipline-specific and theme-specific new-to-teaching events as part of the HEA enhancement event series, with four in either STEM or STEM-based disciplines. These sessions will especially benefit early-career academics or those in teaching only roles, e.g. teachers engaged in ad hoc delivery, postgraduate and PhD students involved in teaching, and learning support practitioners. There is no charge for delegates from subscribing institutions. You can find out more about each of the events, and book your place, at the links below.  19 February 2015, New-to-teaching in STEM, London 19 February 2015, New-to-teaching in Computing, London 4 June 2015, New-to-teaching in MSOR, London 2 July 2015, New-to-teaching in laboratory-based subjects, Cardiff     About the Higher Education Academy            The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is the national body for learning and teaching in higher education. We work with universities and other higher education providers to bring about change in learning and teaching. We do this to improve the experience that students have while they are studying, and to support and develop those who teach them. For more recent news, events and funding opportunities, subscribe to Academy Update and follow us on Twitter @HEAcademy. The Higher Education Academy is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales no. 04931031. Registered as a charity in England and Wales no. 1101607. Registered as a charity in Scotland no. SC043946. Registered Office: The Higher Education Academy, Innovation Way, York Science Park, Heslington, York, YO10 5BR, United Kingdom. The Higher Education Academy and its logo are registered trademarks and should not be used without our permission. Want to unsubscribe or change your details?

FW: Webinar: “Bringing Experiential Learning into the Lecture Theatre”

Teaching and Learning Conversations (TLC)

 

Dear colleagues,

Dr David Smith (@dave_thesmith), Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, SFHEA from Sheffield Hallam University will lead an exciting webinar on Tuesday the 24th of February, 12-1pm GMT* during which we will discuss

 

"Bringing Experiential Learning into the Lecture Theatre"

Description: Within the teaching space conceptual descriptions are usually either vocal or presented using 2 dimensional slides and video. However, a deeper understanding can often be obtained by handing objects. These objects can be used to prompt conversations or to gain a deeper understanding of function. During this session we will bridge the virtual and physical dimensions of the webinar. Be ready to interact and bring along an object that typifies the way you teach or the subject itself.

We hope you will be able to join us.

 

How to join the webinar

To attend and take part in the webinar access the TLC webinar room here: https://mmu.adobeconnect.com/tlc/
To login: Enter as a guest and add your name, institution and country.

We highly recommend that you access the webinar room about 30 mins in advance to test the technology. For further help with this, please check http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/flex/tlc.php

Webinars enable active participation using audio, video, text and the whiteboard. A headset is required to fully participate. If you are not planning to speak you will just need headphones to listen to the discussion. When you have entered the webinar room, start the Audio Setup Wizard under Meeting at the top left to check your headset.

Please note

A recording of the webinar will be made available at the same URL under a creative commons licence.

 

About Teaching & Learning Conversations

TLC is an exciting cross-institutional collaboration to provide open CPD opportunities for everybody teaching and/or supporting learning in Higher Education. TLC  brings together colleagues from different disciplines, institutions and countries. TLCs are also open to students in HE and we are very interested in including students' contributions to the programme.

Together, we discuss and debate a variety of current teaching and learning topics in a series of webinars which provide a great opportunity to reflect on and share good practice and to find out what is happening beyond your own institution the more global HE landscape.

All webinars are open to the wider community to join.

Please feel free to share the link to the TLC programme and individual webinars with others who might also be interested. Further information and recordings from previous webinars can be found at http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/flex/tlc.php

We hope you will be able to join us for this TLC webinar.

 

The TLC team

 

Participating institutions and contacts

Manchester Metropolitan University, contact Chrissi Nerantzi & Dr Rod Cullen

University Campus Suffolk, contact Dr Chris Smith

University of Surrey, contact Dr Simon Lygo-Baker

Sheffield Hallam University, contact Andrew Middleton

University of Northampton, contact Prof. Ale Armellini

London Metropolitan University, contact Sandra Sinfield

 

*(please access the World Clock to convert to your local time)

 

 

 

Andrew Middleton, SFHEA
Head of Innovation & Professional Development, QESS, Sheffield Hallam University Tel: 0114 225 4724

 

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FW: Second CfP for the 2015 APT conference 'Flipping the Institution' @ Greenwich 7th July 2015

 

Academic Practice and Technology Conference 2015

Flipping the Institution: Higher Education in the Post-Digital Age

 

Call for papers

 

This is the second call for contributions to the 13^th Annual Academic Practice and Technology Conference, to be held at the University of Greenwich on the 7^th July 2015.  This year we are ‘Flipping the Institution’ by looking at some of the key challenges, debates, disruptions and transformations that are shaping the future of Higher Education.  From practices in physical and virtual learning spaces to national and international strategic and technological developments, this conference will be an opportunity to share practice, engage in critical debate around key sector issues and network with colleagues from across the UK, Europe and the world.

 

“Once I began thinking in terms of waves of change, colliding and overlapping, causing conflict and tension around us, it changed my perception of change itself. In every field, from education and health to technology, from personal life to politics, it became possible to distinguish those innovations that are merely cosmetic, or just extensions of the industrial past, from those that are truly revolutionary.”

Toffler Alvin. The Third Wave. 1980.

 

APT 2015 will explore and interrogate a number of key questions, which will address some of the challenges facing learning and teaching in the post-digital age.  Within the discourse and activities variously described as flipped classroom or flipped learning, there have been an array of practices, understandings, representations and innovations that have scaled, challenged, debated and normalized the role of technology, pedagogy and the institution in learning and teaching. We called this conference ‘Flipping the Institution’ because many of the same revolutionary or cosmetic innovations that have rolled over and into higher education over the past decade have equally challenged technology, pedagogy and the institution.  In the post-digital age, informed by transitions of practice, a redefining of the individual’s relationships with technology and perhaps by the assertion of Nicholas Negroponte in 1998 that the ‘Digital Revolution is over’, what are the next revolutionary changes that will shape and perhaps our institutions?

 

We are seeking papers, innovative workshops, presentations and engaging debates that address one or more of these questions:

 

·         What are the opportunities and challenges for educational institutions heading towards 2020?

·         What does it mean to be a connected or collaborative learner and a connected or collaborative institution?

·         What does it mean for higher education to be in engaging in a post-digital age? What does it mean for the learner of the future and of today?

·         What is the impact of 'disruptive' technologies on the student and academic experience, and on learning, teaching and assessment?

·         What are the challenges for pedagogical design and development in a post-digital age?

·         What are the emerging practices, tools and approaches that may enhance student learning?

·         What is the role of pedagogical research and evaluation in the post-digital university?

·         What are the impacts for learners, for practitioners and for the institution of the waves of ‘disruptive’ or ‘transformative’ change brought about by flipped classroom, MOOCs, open education practices, learning analytics, global competition and social media?

 

Closing date for submissions is: Monday 24th February 2015

 

The conference will support different types of investigation and research, which may include case study; practitioner-led inquiry; research paper/work in progress; developmental/research project report, and posters. We welcome presentations that take different and innovative formats, such as a round table, pecha kucha, makers workshop, performance, practical workshop, forum and debate, etc.  The primary form of written submission will be an extended abstract (around 500 words).  Each abstract will be double blind refereed.   All proposals must be submitted through our conference website. https://showtime.gre.ac.uk/index.php/ecentre/apt2015/schedConf/index

 

Posters

We also welcome the submission of posters, which can represent shorter or more preliminary projects or ideas.  These will be presented in a Pecha Kucha format.  The Pecha Kucha format originated in Tokyo in 2003.  Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of "chit chat", it follows a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: each presenter has 20 slides, each shown for 20 seconds on a timer. Thus, each presenter has just 6 minutes and 40 seconds to explain their ideas before the next takes the stage. Conceived as a venue through which young designers could meet, show their work, exchange ideas, and network, the format keeps presentations concise and fast-paced.

 

All proposals must be submitted through our conference website. https://showtime.gre.ac.uk/index.php/ecentre/apt2015/schedConf/index

 

Fees

Successful contributors will be allocated one free place at the conference.  We also have a number of free places available for student presenters. The conference organisers must receive confirmation of acceptance, by registering by the presenter registration deadline (see important dates below). Additional colleagues wishing to co-present will be offered the ‘early bird’ discounted rate but must register by the same deadline as the main proposer. After this date all co-presenters will be charged the full rate. A maximum of one free place will also be given to a student presenter or student co-presenter for each presentation. Additional student co-presenters will be charged at the ‘early bird’ discounted rate. Reflective papers may be submitted to our teaching and learning journal Compass: http:// www.gre.ac.uk/compass by November 2015.

 

For further details please see our conference website. https://showtime.gre.ac.uk/index.php/ecentre/apt2015

 

 

Peter Bryant
Head of Learning Technology and Innovation

London School of Economics and Political Science

ALD LG - Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE
Phone: +44 (0)20 7955 6008

Twitter: @peterbryantHE

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