FW: [ALT-MEMBERS] Team-Based Learning: Leading Educational Change 2015 Conference - 21/10/15

 

We are pleased to announce that the next UK Team-Based Learning Conference will take place on Wednesday 21st October 2015 and will be hosted by the Centre for Educational Development at the University of Bradford.

 

This year the conference will take the theme of Leading Educational Change and we are delighted that both Professor Shirley Alexander, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Education and Students) of the University of Technology, Sydney and Dr Michael Nelson, President Elect of the Team Based Learning Collaborative and Department Chair for Pharmaceutical Studies at Regis University, Colorado will be joining us to deliver the keynote and chair the presentation session respectively.

 

We are offering both a fundamentals track for those new to Team Based Learning (TBL) and one for people with some understanding or experience of TBL called Beyond the Basics - for further details check our provisional programme.

 

As TBL practitioners we are big fans of sharing experiences with and learning from our peers.  As such we actively encourage you to contribute as a presenter as well as a workshop participant.  Please submit your abstract for either a 15 minute oral presentation or a poster presentations by Friday 4th September.

 

Here is some of the feedback received from 2014 delegates:

 

•"It was absolutely superb! Going through and actually experiencing learning through first hand experience of the process of TBL, highlighted its pedagogical superiority to other forms of learning."

 

•82% of respondents said they intended to change their practice as a result of attending the masterclass

 

•"Extremely useful in helping me rethink how to redesign core teaching modules."

 

•89% of respondents rated the workshop as excellent

 

•"It provided a good insight and overview which was thought provoking - making you automatically enthused about how it could be utilised in your own place of work."

 

•100% of respondents said they would recommend the workshop to colleagues.

 

Tickets cost £90 early bird/£125 standard (from 1st September)

 

BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW

 

Places are limited, please direct any queries to Beck McCarter: r.m.mcarter@bradford.ac.uk

 

Please feel free to circulate this invitation to other colleagues at your institution and throughout your networks.

 

My colleagues and I look forward to welcoming you to this event.

 

With very best wishes,

 

Beck

 

Rebecca McCarter

Learning & Teaching Development Officer

School of Life Sciences

 

Please be aware that I work part time and so may not be able to respond to your message immediately.  My working days are Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

 

T: 01274 236065

 

"If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our students of tomorrow." - John Dewey

 

 

 

Simon Tweddell
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice Bradford School of Pharmacy National Teaching Fellow  Consultant-Trainer in Team-Based Learning Centre for Educational Development
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FW: DeL 2015: Technology, Culture, Practice - early bird rate ends Fri 31 July

 

DeL 2015: Technology, Culture, Practice London, 16 - 17 September. Early bird rate ends Friday 31 July - book now!

As digital technologies continue to transform the creative and pedagogic landscape, we face exciting possibilities and new challenges for the future of education. This conference aims to create an intellectually and creatively fertile environment where art and design educators can develop their thinking and practice around technologies. It will include:

• Over 30 high quality presentations and workshops
• Sector-leading keynote speakers: Paula le Dieu and Benjamin Southworth
• Student-led plenaries interrogating the concept of 'Post Digital'
• Dinner in an architectual salvage and vintage curiosity store
• Optional evening activities including Queer Tango (don't panic! Women get to lead & men to follow but conventional is ok too!)

The early bird rate will close on 31st July, so do book soon if you want to benefit from a reduced ticket price. For those of you who are planning to join us in London, please also note that our block booking at the conference hotel (Hilton, London Euston) will expire on 4th August.

For full details of the conference and to register, please visit the DeL website. 

DeL 2015 is hosted by University of the Arts London, and will take place in the prestigious new Central Saint Martins building in Kings Cross, London. The conference is organised in partnership with Texas State University and Penn State University, and in association with the New School, New York.
We hope you will join us!

Follow us on Twitter @designselearn
Conference hashtag: #del2015
Website: www.designsonelearning.net 
Enquiries: Claudia Roeschmann, roeschmann@txstate.edu

FW: Reminder: Transforming Assessment session 5 Aug 'A 3D virtual business simulation for experiential learning...' [JISC]

Title: "A 3D virtual business simulation for experiential learning in first year accounting" 5 Aug 2015.
Presenter: Associate Professor Julie Walker (University of Queensland, Australia).

This session will describe the 3D virtual business enterprise (VBE) and its use as an experiential learning resource in a large first year accounting course. Over 900 students participated in the VBE in first semester 2015, running businesses in the virtual world and generating financial statements to report on their trading activities. The VBE is a result of a collaboration between the University of Queensland Business School and International Education Services, the original developer of the 3D business world.

Sessions are hosted by Professor Geoffrey Crisp, Dean Learning and Teaching, RMIT University and Dr Mathew Hillier, Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation, University of Queensland, Australia.

Starting UTC 07:00.
Further information, time zone conversions and registration via
http://ta.vu/5aug2015

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Note: New webinar registration process [feb 2015 onwards].

To register for a webinar:
1. if you have yet to create an account at transformingassessment.com, please do so using the same email address where you received this message.
2. login to your account.
3. go to the webinar event page and click the 'register now' button.
4. you will receive an acknowledgement email.

Note about creating new TA site accounts:
* This is a once only job - once created the account is good for all future webinars (you may request anew password if you forget it!).
* If registering with an education domain email ('edu', 'ac') or an email from the authorised domains list, this will give you full access to try e-assessment examples and post comments (you can also request an upgrade later; still free).
* A valid email address is required to validate your account, done by clicking a link emailed to you (it may take 15 minutes to arrive - check your junkmail folder and filters).
* Regardless of the email you used to register, all users with accounts can register for webinars!

Check it out and get registered ready for the next webinar!
http://transformingassessment.com

Note: If you encounter any issues please email me directly m.hillier AT uq.edu.au with details.


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The Transforming Assessment 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 sessions, project information and participation/technical help on using the virtual seminar system can be found on our website at transformingassessment.com

Acknowledgements:
Support for this activity has been provided by the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (as the 'e-Assessment SIG'), the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching, RMIT University and the University of Queensland. The views expressed in this publication/activity do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring institutions.
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Dr Mathew Hillier
The University of Queensland, Australia
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FW: RAISE Conference Final Call

 

Dear colleagues, This is the final call  for registration  for RAISE 2015 "Inspiring Innovation". Hosted this year at the Nottingham Conference Centre on 10th and 11th of September.   *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* RAISE has always been, and intends to remain, at the leading edge of student engagement (SE) in Higher Education. For our main theme in 2015 we want to showcase creative and innovative practices, policies, and ideas. We will hear about novel and radical approaches – the sort of ideas that inspire students and staff, and refresh our thinking.  Our sub-themes for this year's conference are: Inspiring new practice Radical approaches in the classroom designed to inspire and engage students Extracurricular innovations that draw in students not normally attracted (or perhaps in some way excluded) to such opportunities Mainstreaming and embedding Innovations in developing communities of staff and students Scaling-up creative practices to departmental or institutional level Changing thinking Proposing novel conceptual frameworks or adapting older theories and ideas to further our understanding of SE and related issues Innovative ways to persuading staff colleagues to adopt SE or partnership practices *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Please see our website for details and links to electronic and paper booking. (REGISTRATION) We look forward to welcoming you to Nottingham in September. Best wishes, RAISE Committee Visit RAISE at: http://raise-network.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network   To control which emails you receive on RAISE, click here

FW: Transforming Assessment: next session 'A 3D virtual business simulation for experiential learning...' 5 Aug [JISC]

 

Transforming Assessment Webinar Update

[Via JISCmail - this is not direct email - apologies for any cross posting]

Title: "A 3D virtual business simulation for experiential learning in first year accounting" 5 Aug 2015.
Presenter: Associate Professor Julie Walker (University of Queensland, Australia).

This session will describe the 3D virtual business enterprise (VBE) and its use as an experiential learning resource in a large first year accounting course. Over 900 students participated in the VBE in first semester 2015, running businesses in the virtual world and generating financial statements to report on their trading activities. The VBE is a result of a collaboration between the University of Queensland Business School and International Education Services, the original developer of the 3D business world.

Sessions are hosted by Professor Geoffrey Crisp, Dean Learning and Teaching, RMIT University and Dr Mathew Hillier, Institute for Teaching and Learning Innovation, University of Queensland, Australia.

Starting UTC 07:00.
Further information, time zone conversions and registration via
http://ta.vu/5aug2015

---------------

Note: New webinar registration process [feb 2015 onwards].

To register for a webinar:
1. if you have yet to create an account at transformingassessment.com, please do so using the same email address where you received this message.
2. login to your account.
3. go to the webinar event page and click the 'register now' button.
4. you will receive an acknowledgement email.

Note about creating new TA site accounts:
* This is a once only job - once created the account is good for all future webinars (you may request anew password if you forget it!).
* If registering with an education domain email ('edu', 'ac') or an email from the authorised domains list, this will give you full access to try e-assessment examples and post comments (you can also request an upgrade later; still free).
* A valid email address is required to validate your account, done by clicking a link emailed to you (it may take 15 minutes to arrive - check your junkmail folder and filters).
* Regardless of the email you used to register, all users with accounts can register for webinars!

Check it out and get registered ready for the next webinar!
http://transformingassessment.com

Note: If you encounter any issues please email me directly m.hillier AT uq.edu.au with details.


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Further information:
The Transforming Assessment 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 sessions, project information and participation/technical help on using the virtual seminar system can be found on our website at transformingassessment.com

Acknowledgements:
Support for this activity has been provided by the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (as the 'e-Assessment SIG'), the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching, RMIT University and the 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
The University of Queensland, Australia
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FW: LICE-2015: FINAL CALL FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS, PAPERS, POSTERS AND WORKSHOPS!

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London International Conference on Education (LICE-2015)
November 9-11, 2015, London, UK
Venue: Heathrow Windsor Marriott Hotel
(www.liceducation.org)
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The London International Conference on Education (LICE) is an international
refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices
in education. The LICE promotes collaborative excellence between academicians
and professionals from Education. The aim of LICE is to provide an opportunity
for academicians and professionals from various educational fields with cross-
disciplinary interests to bridge the knowledge gap, promote research esteem
and the evolution of pedagogy. The LICE-2015 invites research papers that
encompass conceptual analysis, design implementation and performance evaluation.

All accepted papers will appear in the proceedings and modified version of
selected papers will be published in special issues peer reviewed journals.


The topics in LICE-2015 include but are not confined to
the following areas:

*Academic Advising and Counselling
*Art Education
*Adult Education
*APD/Listening and Acoustics in Education Environment
*Business Education
*Counsellor Education
*Curriculum, Research and Development
*Distance Education
*Early Childhood Education
*Educational Administration
*Educational Foundations
*Educational Psychology
*Educational Technology
*Education Policy and Leadership
*Elementary Education
*E-Learning
*ESL/TESL
*Health Education
*Higher Education
*History
*Human Resource Development
*Indigenous Education
*ICT Education
*Kinesiology & Leisure Science
*K12
*Language Education
*Mathematics Education
*Multi-Virtual Environment
*Music Education
*Pedagogy
*Physical Education (PE)
*Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)
*Reading Education
*Religion and Education Studies
*Rural Education
*Science Education
*Secondary Education
*Second life Educators
*Social Studies Education
*Special Education
*Student Affairs
*Teacher Education
*Cross-disciplinary areas of Education
*E-Society
*Other Areas of Education


SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
You can submit your research paper at http://www.liceducation.org/Paper

%20Submission.html
or email it to papers-2015@liceducation.org


IMPORTANT DATES:

*Extended Abstract (Work in Progress) Submission Date: July 20, 2015
*Notification of Extended Abstract (Work in Progress) Acceptance/Rejection: July 27, 2015
*Research Paper, Student Paper, Case Study, Report Submission Date: August 01, 2015
*Notification of Research Paper, Student Paper, Case Study, Report Acceptance / Rejection: August 15, 2015
*Proposal for Workshops: July 27, 2015
*Notification of Workshop Acceptance/Rejection: August 05, 2015
*Poster/Demo Proposal Submission: August 01, 2015
*Notification of Poster/Demo Acceptance: August 15, 2015
*Camera Ready Paper Due: October 01, 2015
*Participant(s) Registration (Open): May 01, 2015
*Early Bird Registration Deadline: September 01, 2015
*Late Bird Registration Deadline (Authors only) September: 02 to October 27, 2015
*Late Bird Registration Deadline (Participants only): September 02 to November 08, 2015
*Conference Dates: November 9-11, 2015

For further information, please visit www.liceducation.org

FW: Call for papers! Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference

 

 

 

Call for Papers!

 

Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference (#SocMedHE15)

Finding our social identity

Friday 18^th December 2015 at Sheffield Hallam University

 

The inaugural Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference #SocMedHE15 will be held at Sheffield Hallam University. This conference is about the use of social media for learning in Higher Education. It will create a forum for academics, their students and strategic managers to consider the opportunities, challenges, and the disruptive influence of social media for learning. The keynote will be delivered by Eric Stoller (@ericstoller).

 

The conference has three themes to allow exploration of the pedagogic possibilities of social media, as well as the strategic and operational challenges institutions face in supporting it. The themes are:

·         The disruptive nature of social media

·         Social media for networked, social and active learning

·         The challenges of social media

Please refer to the conference site for further information about the themes

 

Call for participation

Submissions addressing the above themes are welcome. We are particularly keen on receiving proposals co-developed with students. Proposals should be based on evidence and experience of academic, or strategic practice; in any of the following formats:

·         short papers

·         workshops

·         thunderstorm presentations

·         and an open format to encourage creativity - “Surprise us”     

Please refer to the conference site for further information about the conference formats

 

Accepted submissions will be eligible for writing up and inclusion in the Student Engagement & Experience Journal (SEEJ).

Accepted presenters will be encouraged to develop an artefact with creative commons licencing to accompany their submission, these will be made openly available during and beyond the event.

To submit, complete the form on the conference site, you will need a title, 50 word abstract and 300 word summary and email it to SocMedHE@shu.ac.uk.

Submission deadline: midday 3^rd September 2015

Additional information
#SocMedHE15 is being organised by, and held at the City Campus of Sheffield Hallam University. It is a 3 minute walk from the train and bus stations. There will be a pre-conference dinner on the evening of 17^th December, and information about hotel availability will be released soon.

Follow us on Twitter @SocMedHE for regular updates
Use #SocMedHE15 to discuss the event.
Email SocMedHE@shu.ac.uk to submit
Visit the conference site: http://go.shu.ac.uk/socmedhe

We look forward to hearing from you!

 

FW: Global Urban Higher Education: the Challenges and Potentials of Internationalisation

 

Global Urban Higher Education: the Challenges and Potentials of Internationalisation

University College London

16-17 September 2015

 

a symposium hosted by UCL Urban Laboratory and the Urban Lab+ International Network of Urban Laboratories.

 

The symposium will include:

 

presentations by staff and students from the Urban Lab+ network on interdisciplinarity, intercultural learning and practice-orientation in urban education

 

a panel discussion on internationalising urban higher education with contributions from Professor Caren Levy (UCL), Professor Michael Keith (University of Oxford), Professor Jane M. Jacobs (Yale-NUS College), Professor Alan Penn (UCL), Professor Jenny Robinson (UCL), and Kasama Yamtree (openspace).

 

keynote talks by Dr Adrian Lahoud (Royal College of Art), Professor Susan Parnell (African Centre for Cities) and Professor Jane M. Jacobs (Yale-NUS College). 

 

talks from over thirty urban educators, researchers and practitioners who work in a wide range of contexts worldwide.

 

Register, free of charge, here: urbanhighereducation.eventbrite.co.uk

More information here: bit.ly/plus-symposium (abstracts to be released next week).

 

The symposium is a chance to address how multi-/cross-/inter- and trans-disciplinary learning can enhance global knowledge and address international issues in a world that is both rapidly urbanising and globalising. It is not always clear how international and intercultural approaches can best be implemented in practice, especially to ensure that urban education plays a constitutive role in addressing issues of inequality, or global disparities in the production of urban knowledge or the resources to develop and extend expertise.

 

The Urban Lab+ initiative is funded by the European Union’s Erasmus Mundus programme and includes eight urban laboratories from across the world: Technische Universität Berlin (Germany), École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland), Università della Calabria (Italy), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile), Wits University (South Africa), Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute (India), Chinese University of Hong Kong (China), UCL Urban Laboratory (United Kingdom).

 

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any queries.

 

With best wishes,

 

Jordan Rowe

UCL Urban Laboratory

FW: DeL 2015: Technology, Culture, Practice - register now!

Registration open for DeL 2015: Technology, Culture, Practice London, 16 - 17 September. Early bird rate ends 31 July

As digital technologies continue to transform the creative and pedagogic landscape, we face exciting possibilities and new challenges for the future of education. This conference aims to create an intellectually and creatively fertile environment where art and design educators can develop their thinking and practice around technologies. It will include:

• Over 30 high quality presentations and workshops
• Sector-leading keynote speakers: Paula le Dieu and Benjamin Southworth
• Student-led plenaries interrogating the concept of 'Post Digital'
• Dinner in an architectural salvage and vintage curiosity store
• Optional evening activities, to be confirmed

The early bird rate will close on 31st July, so do book soon if you want to benefit from a reduced ticket price. For those of you who are planning to join us in London, please also note that our block booking at the conference hotel (Hilton, London Euston) will expire on 4th August.

For full details of the conference and to register, please visit the DeL website.

DeL 2015 is hosted by University of the Arts London, and will take place in the prestigious new Central Saint Martins building in Kings Cross, London. The conference is organised in partnership with Texas State University and Penn State University, and in association with the New School, New York.

We hope you will join us!

Follow us on Twitter @designselearn #del2015
www.designsonelearning.net
Enquiries: Claudia Roeschmann, roeschmann@txstate.edu