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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)

Emerging technologies: Enhancing your vUWS site, Tuesday 10-11am, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02), Ms Lynnae Rankine

Engagement with Indigenous communities to arrive at design interventions to improve environmental health, Tuesday 12-1pm, PS-EA.1.31, Mr Christian Tietz

How writing groups can help doctoral students write better, Tuesday 1-2pm, PS-EA.1.31, Dr Claire Aitchison

Our learning styles and preference for groupwork: Views of domestic and overseas students, Wednesday 10-11am, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02), Professor Stephen Teo

vUWS: Where’s the Library?, Wednesday 11am-12pm, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02),Ms Liz Curach and Mrs Meg Boness

Innovative assessment development: The poster session, Wednesday 12-1pm, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02), Ms Nicole Stegemann

Recognising excellence in teaching: Applying for teaching awards, Wednesday 1-3pm, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02), Associate Professor Catherine Sinclair

Screencasting for teaching and training purposes: The future of e-learning?, Thursday 12-1pm, PS-EA.1.31, Dr Ray Archee

UWS lectures online, Friday 11am-12pm, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02),  TDU, ITD and Dr Carmel Coady

Development of an online learning guide for a high volume introductory subject in Marketing, Friday 12-1pm, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02), Ms Laurel Jackson

Descriptions

Emerging technologies: Enhancing your vUWS site
Tuesday 10-11am, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02)
Highlighting three new collaborative technologies that can be easily added to your vUWS site - Scholar, Wiki and LAMS.
Ms Lynnae Rankine

Engagement with Indigenous communities to arrive at design interventions to improve environmental health
Tuesday 12-1pm, PS-EA.1.31
The final year Coursework Industrial Design Students have, both in 2007 and in 2008, had a four-day field trip experience whereby they engaged with Indigenous communities in order to get a first hand account of some of the environmental health issues they are living with. This engagement strategy has produced remarkable outcomes: last year three students filed patents and two students were finalists in the highly regarded Australian International Design Award, Dyson Student Award. (An LTAP project)
Mr Christian Tietz

How writing groups can help doctoral students write better
Tuesday 1-2pm, PS-EA.1.31
Supervisors often feel overwhelmed by the writing challenges that their research students face. This seminar will describe in detail the program of writing groups available to HDR students, and why they have been so successful at UWS.
Dr Claire Aitchison

Our learning styles and preference for groupwork: Views of domestic and overseas students
Wednesday 10-11am, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02)
This study reports the findings from a study which examines the influence of cross cultural differences on learning style and and students' preference for working in groups. A case study will then be presented to show how differences in culture and other demographic variables (such as gender, age and working experience) were taken into consideration in the design of an assessment task in order to achieve effective team work.
Professor Stephen Teo

vUWS: Where’s the Library?
Wednesday 11am-12pm, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02)
In contemporary universities, the institutional learning management system is increasingly central to a student's learning experience. In the past, students would physically come to the Library - now increasingly the Library’s virtual resources and services will come to them. If UWS students are to graduate conversant with the literature of their discipline, and equipped with lifelong learning skills it is imperative that library resources are strategically integrated into vUWS sites. How can this be achieved in the current UWS environment?
Ms Liz Curach and Mrs Meg Boness

Innovative assessment development: The poster session
Wednesday 12-1pm, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02)
Conventionally, assessment structure tends to be boring and repetitive from unit to unit, which often leaves students ill-prepared to achieve maximum learning outcomes. This presentation offers an innovative approach to curriculum development where students are engaged in assessment.
Ms Nicole Stegemann

Recognising excellence in teaching: Applying for teaching awards
Wednesday 1-3pm, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02)
This interactive session will introduce participants to the types of teaching awards available at UWS and nationally through the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (formerly Carrick Institute). Participants will also be involved in discussion and activities designed to assist them recognise and document teaching excellence.
Associate Professor Catherine Sinclair

Screencasting for teaching and training purposes: The future of e-learning?
Thursday 12-1pm, PS-EA.1.31
This presentation demonstrates the ability of the program, Captivate, to focus student attention on mini instructional videos which were constructed from screen captures, audio and video files. (An LTAP Project)
Dr Ray Archee

UWS lectures online
Friday 11am-12pm, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02)
UWS Lectures Online is a lecture capture system designed to record the audio and the visual presentations within an equipped lecture theatre. This system is being installed in the main lecture theatres across all campuses. These recordings can then be placed onto a vUWS site for student access. The session will cover general information about using this technology in 2009, hints from those who have participated in the pilot sessions in 2008 and examples of good practice.
TDU, ITD and Dr Carmel Coady

Development of an online learning guide for a high volume introductory subject in Marketing
Friday 12-1pm, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02)
This presentation describes a project which built an online learning guide and e‑learning community. This project can now be used as an exemplar to transfer competencies and protocols to units/schools within the college. (An LTAP project)
Ms Laurel Jackson