Thursday 30 May 2013

Fwd: Conference at Writtle



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Subject: Conference at Writtle
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 09:19:59 +0100
From: Brook, Isis <Isis.Brook@WRITTLE.AC.UK>
Reply-To: Brook, Isis <Isis.Brook@WRITTLE.AC.UK>
To: SEDA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK


The Summer Learning and Teaching Conference at Writtle (it’s in Essex) is on the theme of The Benefits and Problems of Teaching with Physical Things: plants, animals, landscape, models.

16th July 10-5 in the main building and around campus

Papers, presentations and workshops include:

Using futurity events in as a teaching tool

QR codes to link virtual to real

Enlivening teaching without powerpoint

The interior lives of animals

The farm as a teaching resource

Student model making

The walk as a teaching opportunity

 

For more information contact Beverley Thaine beverley.thaine@writtle.ac.uk

 

If you would like to offer a paper, presentation or workshop contact Isis Brook isis.brook@writtle.ac.uk

The cost of the conference £50, free for Writtle or Essex University partners staff and presenters.

 

Isis Brook MEd, PhD, FHEA, DipSBA

Head of Learning and Teaching

 

Ext: 26028

Switchboard: 44 (0)1245 424200

E: isis.brook@writtle.ac.uk

 

Writtle College, Lordship Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3RR

Transforming Lives and the Environment through Inspiring Education

http://www.writtle.ac.uk/

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Tuesday 28 May 2013

Fwd: RAISE 2013 Conference now open for Delegate Registration



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Subject: RAISE 2013 Conference now open for Delegate Registration
Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 20:41:34 +0100
From: Colin Bryson <colin.bryson@NEWCASTLE.AC.UK>
Reply-To: Colin Bryson <colin.bryson@NEWCASTLE.AC.UK>
To: SEDA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK


 

Dear colleagues,
We are very pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2013 Annual RAISE Conference:
          Third Annual Conference

          12 – 13 September 2013

          Nottingham, UK

The Future of Student Engagement: Partnerships, Practices, Policies and Philosophies

 

Register at:  http://raise-network.ning.com/page/conference-registration-2013

 

We particularly welcome students to the conference and note that registration for them is free.

 

THE THEMES FOR THIS YEAR

Partnerships:  partnerships with students as co-producers of knowledge, co-developers or co-evaluators of the curriculum or institutional policies focusing on inclusivity and evaluation.

Practices: practices designed to deepen and strengthen student learning and/or to improve academic and social integration at an institutional, course or session level and their impact on student engagement.

Policies: the development of policies to encourage SE throughout the student journey with a focus on institutional or departmental policies, their implementation and success.

Philosophies: the analysis, deconstruction and reconstruction of SE contributing to the contested meanings, interpretations and applications of SE

Conference details:

http://raise-network.ning.com/page/conference-2013

 

RAISE Conference Organising Committee





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Wednesday 22 May 2013

Fwd: 7th Excellence in Teaching Conference - King's College London


7th Excellence in Teaching Conference

The distinctiveness of experts’ teaching

 

Tuesday 18th June 2013

 

09.00-17.00

Lunch and refreshments provided

 

King’s College London

The Strand Campus

 

Please click here for the programme and to register

 

For further information please contact the conference co-ordinator at lauren.cracknell@kcl.ac.uk or visit our website at www.kcl.ac.uk/study/learningteaching/kli/conferences

 

 

 

 

Lauren Cracknell

PA to the Director Professor Paul Blackmore/Institute Administrator

King's Learning Institute

King's College London

57 Waterloo Road

London

SE1 8WA

Tel: 020 7848 3905

 

 

 

 


 

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Friday 17 May 2013

Fwd: Come join me at ELESIG Summer Symposium on ELESIG



From: Rhona Sharpe <events@elesig.ning.com>
Date: 17 May 2013 16:33
To: "davidandr@gmail.com" <davidandr@gmail.com>
Subject: Come join me at ELESIG Summer Symposium on ELESIG
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Evaluation of Learners' Experiences of e-learning Special Interest Group
Rhona Sharpe
Rhona Sharpe has invited you to the event 'ELESIG Summer Symposium' on ELESIG!
 
Booking is now open for the ELESIG Summer Symposium, 28 June 2013 at City University.

Join us for a day exploring learners' experiences of innovative flipped and open online curricula.

ELESIG Summer Symposium Time: June 28, 2013 all day
Location: A109, College Building
Organized By: Rhona Sharpe

Event Description:
BOOKING FORM
DOWNLOAD PROGRAMME

Learners' experiences of innovative 'flipped' and 'open' curricula
A109, College Building, City University London
http://www.city.ac.uk/visit#9541=1
 
 

09.45

Arrival, registration and informal networking over a continental breakfast


10.15

Welcome and introductions


10.20

Keynote speakers:  Carl Reidsema, Lydia Kavanagh
Joining us via videoconference from University of Queensland, Carl and Lydia will talk about how they have flipped the First Year Engineering cohort's experience for 1000 students and the views from the students.
 


11.15

Refreshment break


11.45

Speaker and workshop session: Roy Williams and Jenny Mackness
Footprints: 3D representations of learners' experiences
As the learning landscape continues to change and become more 'open', the learner experience is becoming less prescribed and increasingly emergent. We are interested in finding ways of 'capturing' and describing this emergent learning. In this session we will explain our approach to drawing Footprints of Emergence and discuss how this practical tool can be used by teachers and learners to better understand the learning experience. We will also encourage you to draw your own footprints.


1.00

Lunch


14.15
 
 

ELESIG Member's Corner
Do you have something to share? Would you like to pilot a new data collection tool? Do you have an idea for a project for an ELESIG small grant?  Would you like to find out who else is interested in your idea?
Why not ask for 5 - 15 mins with community members to share your research and practice into learners' experience of e-learning? (See booking form)
 


15.30

Close of symposium followed by tea and networking


15.45 – 16.45

Planning Meeting
The ELESIG Organising Committee will meet. Anyone who is interested is invited to stay to observe and/or contribute to planning future community activities.






See more details and RSVP on ELESIG:
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Monday 13 May 2013

Fwd: Student Engaged Educational Development Conference - last free remaining spaces




Dear all,  Sorry for any cross-posting but only a few days left to register for this free event at the University of Winchester.  I have attached the programme for our Student Engaged Educational Development (SEED) Conference, that will be: drawing together a range of student engagement practices from across the sector; reporting on the LFHE Small Development Project findings on Student Engagement; formally launch the Research Centre for Student Engaged Educational Development. The event is free for the last few funded spaces, although confirmation of attendance is required before the 16th May for catering purposes.    Please email Debra.Mildenhall@winchester.ac.uk<mailto:Debra.Mildenhall@winchester.ac.uk> to confirm your attendance for this free event before the 16th of May.    All the best,  Yaz    Yaz El-Hakim  Director of Learning and Teaching  University of Winchester  SO22 4NR  01962827317  @YAZELHAKIM10  Www.winchester.ac.uk  Www.testa.ac.uk  Www.fastech.ac.uk      University of Winchester, a private charitable company limited by guarantee in England and Wales number 5969256.  Registered Office: Sparkford Road, Winchester, Hampshire SO22 4NR    

 

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Fwd: Employability conference



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Subject: Employability conference
Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 13:49:50 +0100
From: HEA Employability <employability@HEACADEMY.AC.UK>
Reply-To: HEA Employability <employability@HEACADEMY.AC.UK>
To: PDP-AND-E-PORTFOLIOUK@JISCMAIL.AC.UK


Defining and developing your approach to employability, HEA Employability conference, 17 October, Birmingham

Please note the date of this event has changed.

Specific themes addressed will include the challenges of; embedding employability, strengthening links between universities and business, developing quality placements and measuring the impact of employability support.  As well as key note addresses, the event will also include; the launch of the HEA Employability Framework (a process for embedding employability into the curriculum), dissemination of findings from key research projects on placement activity and assessing impact of employability support, a facilitated panel discussion and a choice of workshops.

 

The cost of this workshop is £50 for attendees from HEA subscribing institutions. For those that do not belong to a subscribing institution the cost will be £100. Places can be booked online.

 

 

Dr Ruth Mewis

Academic Development Officer (Leadership and Strategy)

 

T +44 (0)1904 717500            ruth.mewis@heacademy.ac.uk

The Higher Education Academy, Innovation Way, York Science Park, Heslington, York, YO10 5BR

www.heacademy.ac.uk – Twitter@HEAcademy

 

HEA Annual conference 3-4 July, The University of Warwick http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/annual-conference. Bookings now open.

 

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Thursday 9 May 2013

Fwd: Call for Papers: World Congress on Education (WCE-2013)!



Apologies for cross-postings.

Kindly email this call for papers to your colleagues,
faculty members and postgraduate students.


CALL FOR PAPERS

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World Congress on Education (WCE-2013)
September 2-4, 2013
London, UK
www.worldconedu.org
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The WCE is an international refereed conference dedicated to the
advancement of the theory and practices in education. The WCE
promotes collaborative excellence between academicians and
professionals from Education. The aim of WCE 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 WCE-2013 invites research papers that encompass
conceptual analysis, design implementation and performance
evaluation.


The topics in WCE-2013 include but are not confined to the
following areas:

*Accessible World
- Aging and Disability
- Augmentative and Alternative Communications (AAC)
- Assessment and Early intervention
- Baby Boomers
- Building and Sustaining an Inclusive Community
- Cognitive Disabilities
- Curriculum Adaptation and Modification
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Developmental
- Disabilities Disability and Diversity
- E-Accessibility
- Human Rights/Disability Rights
- Legal Issues (Legislative and Policy)
- Learning Disabilities
- Living In(ter)dependently
- Support Services
- Postsecondary Education
- Public Health, Diversity and Disability
- Resiliency Across the Lifespan
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
- Study Skills Development
- Sustainable Environment
- Climate Change

*Adult Education
- Competitive Skills
- Continuing Education
- Higher Education
- Adult education
- Vocational Education
- Transferring Disciplines

*Art Education
- Music Education
- Writing Education
- Imaginative Education
- Language Education
- History

*Business Education
- Educational Administration
- Human Resource Development
- Academic Advising and Counselling
- Education Policy and Leadership
- Industrial Cooperation  
- Life-long Learning Experiences
- Workplace Learning and Collaborative Learning  
- Work Employability
- Educational Institution Government Partnership  
- Patent Registration and Technology Transfer
- University Spin-Off Companies

*Course Management
- Accreditation and Quality Assurance
- Academic Experiences and Best Practice Contributions
- Copyright  
- Digital Libraries and Repositories
- Digital Rights Management
- Evaluation and Assessment
- E-content Management and Development
- E-content Management and Development. Open Content
- e-Portfolios
- Grading Methods  
- Knowledge Management
- Quality processes at National and International level
- Security and Data Protection
- Student Selection Criteria in Interdisciplinary Studies  
- User-Generated Content

*Curriculum, Research and Development
- Acoustics in Education Environment
- APD/Listening
- Counsellor Education
- Courses, Tutorials and Labs
- Curriculum Design
- ESL/TESL
- Bullying
- Social Networking
- Study Abroad Programmes
- Faculty Development
- Distance Learning: Assessment, Methods and Technologies
Teaching and Learning Experiences in Engineering Education
 
*Educational Foundations
- Early Childhood Education
- Elementary Education
- Geographical Education
- Health Education
- Home Education
- Rural Education
- Science Education
- Secondary Education
- Second life Educators
- Social Studies Education
- Special Education

*Interaction and Cultural Models of Disability
- Adaptive Transportation
- Augmented and Alternative Communication
- Gerontechnology
- Healthcare Specialists
- Hospitality and Tourism
- Labor Market Integration
- Medical Experts
- Sport, Fitness and Leisure
- Special Educational Centres
- Social Innovation and E-Service Delivery
- Social Workers
- Student and Adults with Disabilities
- Usability and Ergonomics

*Learning / Teaching Methodologies and Assessment
- Simulated Communities and Online Mentoring
- e-Testing and new Test Theories
- Supervising and Managing Student Projects
- Pedagogy Enhancement with e-Learning
- Educating the Educators
- Immersive Learning
- Blended Learning
- Computer-Aided Assessment
- Metrics and Performance Measurement
- Assessment Software Tools
- Assessment Methods in Blended Learning Environments

*Global Issues In Education and Research
- Education, Research and Globalization
- Barriers to Learning (ethnicity, age, psychosocial factors, ...)
- Women and Minorities in Science and Technology
- Indigenous and Diversity Issues
- Government Policy issues
- Organizational, Legal and Financial Aspects
- Digital Divide
- Increasing Affordability and Access to the Internet
- Ethical issues in Education
- Intellectual Property Rights and Plagiarism

Important dates:

Research Paper, Extended Abstract, Case Study, Work in Progress and Report Submission Deadline: June 20, 2013
Notification of Paper, Extended Abstract, Case Study, Work in Progress and Report Acceptance Date: July 01, 2013
Final Paper Submission Deadline for Conference Proceedings Publication: July 20, 2013
Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline: June 01, 2013
Notification of Workshop Proposal Acceptance/Rejection: June 20, 2013
Poster/Demo Proposal Submission: June 01, 2013
Notification of Poster/Demo Acceptance: June 20, 2013
Participant(s) Registration (Open): April 01, 2013
Early Bird Registration: May 20 to July 01, 2013
Late Bird Registration (Authors only): July 02 to August 09, 2013
Late Bird Registration (Participants only): July 02 to September 08, 2013
Conference Dates: September 2-4, 2013
 
For further information please visit WCE-2013 at www.worldconedu.org


 

David Andrew, 
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The Learning Institute 
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