Academic Practice Conferences and other information: January 2022

Thursday, 20 January 2022

Fwd: Save the date - 2022 International Forum for Peer Learning and Peer Support Zoom Online Event

Save the Date!

2022 International Forum for Peer Learning and Peer Support

Zoom Online Event

16^th June 2022

Hosted by: The International Academic Peer Learning Network and the European Centre for SI-PASS

The International Academic Peer Learning Network, and the European Centre for SI-PASS, are delighted to invite you to attend this online International Forum for Peer Learning and Peer Support on Thursday 16^th June 2022. A call for proposals and presenters will be made in early February 2022.

Building on the highly successful online Forum held in January 2021, this promises to be another exciting event. At the last Forum we welcomed participants across several different time zones including from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Sweden, Turkey, UK, and the United States. Presentations and discussion forums included topics about moving peer learning online, building peer communities, the role of peer learning in widening access and transition to university, and developing student resilience and wellbeing.

Through attending this 2022 Forum event, you can join like-minded practitioners and students for stimulating virtual debates and discussions about many aspects of peer learning and peer support. It will be an opportunity to reflect on what has worked well this year, and what some of the challenges have been, in online and hybrid learning and teaching environments.

Please save the date and consider submitting a proposal to present a pre-recorded session on an aspect of peer practices, or a live workshop which enables delegates to develop particular skills or insights. More details about the format will be available soon.

We look forward to seeing you in June!

Best wishes on behalf of the Forum Organisers:

Lise-Lotte Mörner, Catherine McConnell, Dave Lochtie, Amanda Pocklington.

Kind regards,

Dave Lochtie

U.K. Advising and Tutoring Chair

International Academic Peer Learning Network Co-chair

Operations Manager, Personal Learning Advisory Service, The Open University

Latest publications:

Forthcoming book - The Higher Education Personal Tutor's and Advisor's Companion: Translating Theory into Practice to Improve Student Success (2021) Critical Publishing.

Effective Personal Tutoring in Higher Education. Critical Publishing | Book Reviews

Wednesday, 5 January 2022

Fwd: Tutoring Matters - What Works? Effective Advising for Post-secondary Students

Tutoring Matters - What Works? Effective Advising for Post-secondary Students

Thursday, 20 January 2022 14:00

Dear Colleagues

Our next free webinar is entitled 'What Works? Effective Advising for Post-secondary Students.

About This Webinar

Based on the US Department of Education What Works? Effective Advising for Post-secondary Students effective practice guidance, this webinar focuses on student advising practices which improve student learning outcomes. The practice explored in this webinar will help personal tutors, academic advisors and institutional leaders to design and deliver effective personal tutoring/academic advising.

The webinar focuses on four evidence-based recommendations:

Intentionally design and deliver comprehensive, integrated advising that incorporates academic and non-academic supports to empower students to reach their educational goals.
Transform advising to focus on the development of sustained, personalized relationships with individual students throughout their higher education journey.
Use mentoring and coaching to enhance comprehensive, integrated advising in ways that support student achievement and progression.
Embed positive incentives in intentionally designed advising processes to encourage student participation and continued engagement.

The presenter, Brett McFarlane, University of California Riverside, will provide an overview of each recommendation and focus on strategies for applying the evidence-based recommendations to develop, implement, and support effective advising.