Thursday 30 September 2021

Playful University Platform Thematic Webinar Series: Design(ing) for playful higher education

 We are delighted to announce the second instalment of the Playful University Platform Thematic Webinar Series: Design(ing) for playful higher education. Each webinar features authors from two special issues of the Journal of Play in Adulthood edited by CHEF-boardmember Rikke Toft Nørgård and Dr. Alex Moseley. The first special issue on ‘The Playful Academic’ is already out, while the second special issue ‘Design(s) for Playful Learning’ will be out next month – you can find the special issues and the speakers’ articles here:

https://www.journalofplayinadulthood.org.uk/issues/

Each webinar will include both presentations based on the published articles as well as activities exploring the theme and approach to playful higher education. The webinar series will conclude with an online book launch and reception celebrating the 2-year anniversary of the Playful University Platform.

 

All webinars are open, online and free to all – but registration is required

 

On 11 October, 15.00-16.30 CET, we kick of the series with the interesting and important subject of What is it like to be a Playful Academic, and how can we forge ways to get there? with Annika Lübbert, PhD student, Department of Neuro- and Pathophysiology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, GermanyPedro Gonzales-Fernande,  PhD student, HfMT in Hamburg, Germany and Katrin Heimann, Postdoc, Interacting Minds Center at Aarhus University, Denmark

 

You can register for and read more about the event here: https://dpu.au.dk/en/about-the-school/nyheder/single/artikel/what-is-it-like-to-be-a-playful-academic-and-how-can-we-forge-ways-to-get-there/ (zoom-link and details will be sent upon registration the day before the event)

 

The PUP Thematic Webinar Series 2 is part of the Playful University Platform, a project under CHEF lead by Rikke Toft Nørgård and Josephine Eghave Midttun Solheim. 

 

You can find more information and sign-up for the individual webinars by following the links in the attached pdf or by visiting the CHEF event page here: https://dpu.au.dk/en/research/research-programmes/chef/events/

 

You can also visit the Playful University Platform (PUP) here: https://open-tdm.au.dk/blogs/playuni/ to learn more about the project, get your hands on loads of PUP materials (and the videos from the first instalment of the webinar series). Here you can also sign up to get notified when more events and opportunities in relation to playful higher education or PUP are happening

Fwd: Assessment in HE webinars



We are delighted to advise you that The Assessment in Higher Education (AHE) Network we will be running a series of webinars in partnership with Transforming Assessment during this forthcoming academic year.  This session is scheduled for Wednesday 06 October 2021.  Please see details below:

 

06 October 2021: Using video in assessment and feedback

This session will explore two approaches to using video in assessment and feedback.  This panel session is jointly presented by Transforming Assessment and the Assessment in Higher Education Network (UK).

 

Session chair: Fabio Arico (University of East Anglia, UK)

 

Presenter 1: Justin Rami (Dublin City University, Ireland)

The impact and possibilities of video feedback in higher education – towards a model of care, trust, and social presence

This presentation will explore the use, impact and possibilities of Video Feedback in Higher Education towards a model of care, trust and social presence. Fostering the conditions for the design of a sustainable model in which dialogical feedback/forward can develop means the function of feedback can be mutually understood and utilised.

 

Presenter 2: Elizabeth Hidson, Ian Elliott, Alison Griffiths, Vikki Wynn, Simon Sheard & Jemma Bell (University of Sunderland, UK)

Video-enhanced dialogic assessment of teaching practice portfolios

Our guiding research question asks "what evidence of practice is co-constructed through the video-enhanced dialogic assessment interview process?" In this presentation, we present the Video-Enhanced Dialogic Assessment (VEDA) process and research project in the context of teacher education. VEDA can most easily be imagined as an online viva voce oral examination. We share two key case studies from the ongoing project. One focuses on the trainee teacher for whom formative video-stimulated recall, reflection and dialogue is part of their learning i.e. assessment for learning. The other case study will present the summative high-stakes VEDA interview where the assessor must be confident that all the evidence presented demonstrates that the candidate meets the necessary teachers' standards.

 

Abstracts

Please download abstracts for both presentations (PDF).

 

To register for this session please login (or create an account) then click the 'register now' button Log in to Register

 

Sessions are hosted by Professor Geoffrey Crisp, DVC Academic, University of Canberra and Dr Mathew Hillier, Australia.

Please note all sessions are recorded and made public after the event.

Time is displayed below is in *universal coordinated time* Follow this link to view your local time. 01 September 2021 07:00 - 08:00 UTC

 

Linda Shore MBA

LED Research Centre

University of Cumbria

Fusehill Street

Carlisle

Cumbria

England CA1 2HH

 


Fwd: SEDA/SHED Winter Conference open for bookings!



Rethinking the Remit of the University in Challenging Times

SEDA is delighted to announce the return of the in-person conference on 2-3 December 2021 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow.

 

Further details of the full programme of presentations, workshops and networking opportunities will be available shortly on the conference website.

 

In the meantime, you can book your place via Eventbrite and join us through Twitter for our pre-conference discussion: #sedaconf

 

We look forward to seeing you in December!

 

Carole Davis & Helen King

(Co-Chairs: Staff & Educational Development Association (SEDA))

 

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Dr Helen King NTF SFSEDA PFHEA

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Deputy Director (Academic Development), Academic Practice Directorate, UWE Bristol

Honorary Associate Professor, University of Queensland

 

Room 5E15, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY

Tel: +44 117 3284127

Twitter: @drhelenking

 

 


Wednesday 29 September 2021

Fwd: Decolonising the Curriculum Event - University of Winchester



 

Diversifying Towards Decolonising the Curriculum

University of Winchester

Keynote Speaker Programme

 

From Monday 11th to Friday 15th October, the Learning and Teaching Development team at the University of Winchester are hosting our second institutional Decolonising the Curriculum event. The event will bring together our community of staff and students to continue to explore and examine what it means to work towards diversifying and decolonising our university curricula and learning environments.

 

We invite colleagues and students from across the sector to join us for our keynotes this year. Our keynote speakers, Dr Yujun Xu (University of East Anglia) and Dr Jason Arday (Durham University), consider the work needed to decolonise our curricula, as well as the approaches we might take and the questions we must explore to dismantle racial inequity in the Academy and on our campuses.

 

For further information about each of our keynote speakers and their talks, and to register your attendance at these sessions*, please see the attached keynote speaker programme.

 

If you have any questions about the event or the registration process, please email Juliet.Winter@winchester.ac.uk

 

*Note: all sessions will be delivered via MS Teams and you will be sent the relevant Teams meeting link once you have registered your attendance.

 

Best wishes,

Juliet

 

Juliet Winter

Senior Researcher in Learning and Teaching Development

Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Arts

Co-editor of the Alfred Journal

 

 

 


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Thursday 9 September 2021

Fwd: 15th European Conference on Game Based Learning (ECGBL 2021)





Preparations for the 15th European Conference on Games Based Learning - (ECGBL 2021) being supported virtually by ACI and the University of Brighton, UK on 22nd – 24th September are now almost complete and we are looking forward to a successful conference. We confirm that the conference this year will be an interactive, virtual/online event.
Registration to attend the conference as a non-presenting participant is open and costs only £50 (+VAT).
Benefits of attending include:
•       access to a wide range of live presentations on different approaches to Games Based Learning from around the world.
•       Topical keynote presentations from:
•       Pete Jenkins, CEO of Gamification+ Ltd on the topic: Seven Steps to Gamification Success
•       Diana Laurillard, Professor of Learning with Digital Technology at UCL Knowledge Lab, University College London on the Topic: A Constructionist approach to games for conceptual change
•       Presentations for the 9th International Educational Games Competition.
•       Interactive networking sessions
•       an electronic version of the Conference Proceedings
•       Conference sessions will be recorded and participants will have access to these after the event.
For registration details, please follow the link below: http://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/ecgbl/ecgbl-registration/
We are also running Two Virtual workshops on the 22nd of September 2021. All workshops will be interactive learning experiences being conducted using Zoom.
Full day: Educational Escape Room Workshop
Led by Dr Panagiotis Fotaris, University of Brighton, UK
Afternoon (GMT+1): Using Embodied Methods in Designing STEM Learning Games
Led by Lars Elbæk, Rasmus Vestergaard Andersen and Søren Lekbo, The University of Southern Denmark
Virtual Workshop fees range from £25-£50 and full details and a link to register can be found here: https://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/ecgbl/ecgbl-workshops/
The programme is regularly updated and you can see the current schedule here: http://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/ecgbl/ecgbl-programme/
We have also created a Facebook group specifically for this event. Use this group to get in touch with fellow participants and share experiences of the ECGBL conference. Everyone is welcome to join this group, simply follow the link below and we will accept you as a member: https://www.facebook.com/groups/887357458006754
We look forward to welcoming you to the 15th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL 2021)
Regards,
Elaine
Elaine Hayne
Academic Conferences International
Tel: +44 (0) 118 324 6938
elaine@academic-conferences.org
http://www.academic-conferences.org