Monday

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Events are shown in green, brown-bag lunch seminars are shown in black (BYO brown-bag lunch).  LTAP refers to the Learning and Teaching Action Plan (www.uws.edu.au/ltap)

Skilling clinical teachers to maximise undergraduate nursing student clinical experiences, Bankstown 12-1pm, BA-20.G.34, Ms Lyn Stewart

Research-teaching nexus: Translating research in teaching & learning to scholarly output, Campbelltown 12-1pm, CA-05.2.04 Conf. 7&8, Dr Yenna Salamonson

Overcoming challenges in teaching and learning: The use of a virtual health assessment for nursing students, Hawkesbury 12-1pm, HW-M1-0.25, Mrs Cathy Dickson

Preparing designers for the new economy, Penrith 12-1pm, KW-I.1.05, Mr Mauricio Novoa

Communities of practice: Fact or fiction?, Penrith 1-2pm, KW-I.1.05, Dr Maggie Clarke

UWS Quality Forum, Sydney Olympic Park 8.30am-5pm, (Invitation only)

Descriptions

Skilling clinical teachers to maximise undergraduate nursing student clinical experiences
Bankstown 12-1pm, BA-20.G.34
This presentation describes a project which aimed to enhance the clinical teaching and leadership skills of twelve base clinical teachers thereby improving the clinical learning experiences for undergraduate nursing students. (An LTAP Project)
Ms Lyn Stewart

Research-teaching nexus: Translating research in teaching & learning to scholarly output
Campbelltown 12-1pm, CA-05.2.04 Conf. 7&8
This presentation reports on a team approach to investigating teaching issues and translating them into research output. (An LTAP project)
Dr Yenna Salamonson

Overcoming challenges in teaching and learning: The use of a virtual health assessment for nursing students
Hawkesbury 12-1pm, HW-M1-0.25
Challenges associated with introducing client interviews and health status assessment early in a nursing programme provided the impetus to develop new approaches to health status assessment. This presentation will use innovative methods to walk the audience through the application of a simulated interview to replace a problematic public interview assessment item.
Mrs Cathy Dickson

Preparing designers for the new economy
Penrith 12-1pm, KW-I.1.05
Presenting the learnings of an LTAP project which aims: i. to establish whether we enable industrial design students to gain the skills and knowledge to engage with the global economy in the area of Industrial Design at a standard equal to or better than that achieved elsewhere in Australia and overseas; ii. to review and re-assess design education and its delivery; iii. to assess its relationship with industry, and iv. how it fits within current global changes of standards, process, methodology, working conditions, market. (An LTAP Project)
Mr Mauricio Novoa

Communities of practice: Fact or fiction?
Penrith 1-2pm, KW-I.1.05
This paper will explore whether a school-university partnership developed a community of practice through engagement of a cycle of professional learning. Questions of transferability of the framework used to develop professional learning in this school-university context to other organisations will be examined.
Dr Maggie Clarke

UWS Quality Forum
Sydney Olympic Park 8.30am-5pm,
The Quality Forum with the theme "Shaping Our Future" will be held on 3 November 2008. The Forum participants will include the Vice-Chancellor and senior staff group including Heads of Schools, as well as Associate Heads of Schools, Heads of Program and Managers. The Forum provides an opportunity to come together as a group and discuss UWS strategic initiatives and developments, and review current achievements, progress, and opportunities as they relate to quality in engaged learning and teaching and engaged research. (Invitation only)