Teaching and Learning
Teaching and Learning Seminar Series – 2009
For more information about the Teaching and Learning Seminar Series, please contact Matthew Riddle, telephone: +61 3 9479 3215. Email: m.riddle@latrobe.edu.au.
Venue information
La Trobe University, Martin Building - Room 362, Bundoora, Victoria 3086.
| Date | Presenter | Information |
|---|---|---|
| February 27 | Professor Mike Keppell, Professor of Higher Education and Director of The Flexible Learning Institute, Charles Sturt University |
A video podcast of Prof Keppell’s public seminar is now available. A DVD recording of this public seminar is also available. Please contact Matthew Riddle, email: m.riddle@latrobe.edu.au to obtain a copy. |
| February 27 | Professor Mike Keppell, Professor of Higher Education and Director of The Flexible Learning Institute, Charles Sturt University | Creative assessment and the curriculum - Workshop 2.00pm - 4.00pm: This hands on session focussed on how to design and implement creative assessment that engages students and delivers cutting edge curriculum. |
| May 29 |
Professor Gráinne Conole, Professor of e-Learning, Open University, UK |
A video podcast of Prof Conole’s public seminar is now available. Download the seminar presentation [PDF 2.2MB] |
| May 29 | Professor Gráinne Conole, Professor of e-Learning, Open University, UK | Designing effective e-Learning activities - Internal Workshop 2.00pm - 4.00pm: While there is a wealth of knowledge about learning in higher education, and a plethora of tools and resources to use, there is a gap between the potential of these technologies and the application of good pedagogical principles. This session will introduce you to a toolkit which you can use to guide you through the process of articulating information needs, resulting in the production of a design for a particular learning activity. This workshop is for staff in the Faculty of Law and Management, and includes hands-on practical activities. Feel free to bring ideas for technology-supported teaching and learning activities that you would like to develop during the session.
Download the workshop presentation [PDF 3.2MB] |
| July 24 | Professor John Biggs |
John Biggs is an Honorary Professor of Psychology and Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Hong Kong and one of the most widely recognised names in higher education research and development, having worked internationally in the UK, Hong Kong, Canada and Australia and his model of constructive alignment (a form of outcomes-based education) is recognised and implemented around the world. A video podcast of Prof Biggs' public seminar is now available.
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| July 24 | Professor John Biggs and Professor Catherine Tang |
Constructive alignment - you can’t live without it - Hands-on workshop 2.00pm - 4.00pm (Faculty staff only) John Biggs is an Honorary Professor of Psychology and Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Hong Kong and one of the most widely recognised names in higher education research and development, having worked internationally in the UK, Hong Kong, Canada and Australia and his model of constructive alignment (a form of outcomes-based education) is recognised and implemented around the world. Professor Catherine Tang was formerly Head of staff development centres at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong Institute of Education, and is the co-author of the 3rd edition of Teaching for quality learning at university with John Biggs. Register for this hands-on workshop now [Registrations closed] |
Creative assessment and the curriculum - Public Seminar 11.00am - 12.30pm: This session focussed on how to design and implement creative assessment that engages students and delivers cutting edge curriculum. It also addressed academic friendly ways to conduct assessment that ensures academics and students gain the maximum teaching and learning benefits from assessment tasks.
Making flexible learning work for you - Public Seminar 11.00am - 12.30pm: E-learning can enhance student learning by engaging students in methods of learning that they are comfortable with and therefore respond to easily.These sessions will address the vexing issue of what kind of e-learning strategies should academics embrace and how to go about designing them and implementing them. Gráinne Conole is Professor of e-Learning at the Open University, with research interests in the use, integration and evaluation of Information and Communication Technologies and e-learning and impact on organisational change.
Constructive alignment - you can’t live without it - Public Seminar 11.00am - 12.30pm: What are intended learning outcomes and how to I determine them and draft them into my subject learning guide? How do I align my learning activities to the intended learning outcomes in my subject? How do I assess those learning objectives? How do I evaluate my success in this process of constructive alignment? All these questions and more will be answered in this not-to-be-missed seminar and workshop by two of the most influential internationally renowned higher education academics.The Cockatoo Club
The Cockatoo Club is a new monthly seminar and discussion series designed to promote the scholarship of teaching and learning. The series will encourage the development and sharing of ideas on teaching and learning theory and practice in a friendly and informal atmosphere.
The Cockatoo Club is a place for people to talk about work that is already being done, or discuss ideas that may be later developed into conference presentations or articles, research projects or teaching and learning innovations.
The Cockatoo Club is an initiative of the Faculty of Law and Management together with the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and will be held on the fourth Wednesday of every month, alternating between both Faculties.
For more information about the Cockatoo Club, please contact Matthew Riddle, telephone: +61 3 9479 3215, email: m.riddle@latrobe.edu.au. Photo: Julian Robinson.
Venue information
- Venue A: Room 362, Martin Building
- Venue B: Room 333, Humanities 3
| Date | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 29 April | 2.30pm | Venue A |
| 27 May | 11.00am | Venue B |
| 24 June | 2.30pm | Venue A |
| 22 July | 11.00am | Venue B |
| 26 August | 2.30pm | Venue A |
| 23 September | 11.00am | Venue B |
| 28 October | 2.30pm | Venue A |
| 25 November | 11.00am | Venue B |
