Tuesday

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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)

Implementing the UWS Indigenous Graduate Attribute, Bankstown 10am-12pm, BA-23.30 (LT04), Associate Professor Berice Anning

Talking to the computer? Students' reactions to blended learning in languages, Bankstown 12-1pm, BA-23.30 (LT04), Dr Bruno Di Biase et al

Linking research with training: A virtual translation agency, Bankstown 1-2pm, BA-23.30 (LT04), Dr Ignacio Garcia

The pains and the gains of curriculum re-design, Bankstown 2-3pm, BA-23.30 (LT04), Dr Tim Griffin, Assoc Prof Natalie Bolzan, Dr Mary Hawkins

Award presentation, Mathematical Reasoning pilot program participants, Nirimba Schools, Blacktown 1-2pm, BL-U8-1-04, Professor Stuart Campbell

"I have just submitted my first university assignment and I think I am going to vomit." Supporting 1st year external students, Hawkesbury 12-1pm, HW-M1-0.25, Mrs Debra Moodie-Bain

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

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

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

Research candidate education, Penrith 10-11am, KW-I.1.17, Professor Lesley Wilkes

The Indigenous musician: Telling life stories through music, Penrith 12-1pm, KW-I.1.17, Dr Diana Blom

Emerging technologies: Enhancing your vUWS site, Penrith 1-2pm, KW-I.1.17, Ms Lynnae Rankine

Descriptions

Implementing the UWS Indigenous Graduate Attribute
Bankstown 10am-12pm, BA-23.30 (LT04)
Developing core Indigenous units and embedding Indigenous content within courses and units. Workshop discussions will be held and best practice models showcased.
Associate Professor Berice Anning

Talking to the computer? Students' reactions to blended learning in languages
Bankstown 12-1pm, BA-23.30 (LT04)
The Languages 101 LTAP group will present aspects of the 2008 (Autumn) beginners unit in each of the languages highlighting the new blended (online) component. Student evaluation of the units in 2007 and 2008 will be compared. The group will also present results from a unique questionnaire investigating goals and expectations of students learning languages and their degree of satisfaction with the online and face-to-face components of their unit of study. The presentation will include a preview of how the project can be scaled-up to higher-level units. The staff involved are Bruno Di Biase (General introduction, conclusions and Italian); Rosemary Suliman (Arabic); Ruying Qi (Chinese); Xiangdong Liu (Japanese beginners); Isabel Pena (Spanish); and Satomi Kawaguchi (Scaling up: Japanese intermediates). (An LTAP Project)
Dr Bruno Di Biase et al

Linking research with training: A virtual translation agency
Bankstown 1-2pm, BA-23.30 (LT04)
One of the features that make the UWS translation training program unique is its recently created virtual translation agency. Each semester, approximately 150 students engage in projects which take advantage of the latest technologies and workflows, often for authentic purposes. The agency was created applying current research in localisation management and translation training. It now constitutes a lab environment in which to test which skills produce better translators and which translation procedures generate better results. (An LTAP Project)
Dr Ignacio Garcia

The pains and the gains of curriculum re-design
Bankstown 2-3pm, BA-23.30 (LT04)
The School of Social Sciences is undergoing a major curriculum re-design project affecting all of its courses. This presentation and discussion will focus on the rationale and implications of the re-design, the planning and management of the project, and the pedagogical opportunities afforded in re-newing the curriculum. Plans for teaching and learning in large enrolment core units across two campuses will be discussed, including e-learning designs that balance pedagogical effectiveness with delivery efficiency.
Dr Tim Griffin, Assoc Prof Natalie Bolzan, Dr Mary Hawkins

Award presentation, Mathematical Reasoning pilot program participants, Nirimba Schools
Blacktown 1-2pm, BL-U8-1-04
Professor Stuart Campbell

"I have just submitted my first university assignment and I think I am going to vomit." Supporting 1st year external students
Hawkesbury 12-1pm, HW-M1-0.25
This presentation demonstrates how vUWS can be used to create a learning community and support first year external students through their first semester at UWS.
Mrs Debra Moodie-Bain

Emerging technologies: Enhancing your vUWS site
Parramatta 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
Parramatta 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
Parramatta 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

Research candidate education
Penrith 10-11am, KW-I.1.17
This presentation will provide an overview of education programs for candidates completing a Masters Honours or PhD. These programs include both online and attendance mode courses. The content and emphasis of these courses will be elaborated.
Professor Lesley Wilkes

The Indigenous musician: Telling life stories through music
Penrith 12-1pm, KW-I.1.17
Indigenous musicians, like all musicians, are sharing life stories through music when they perform. However the stories of Indigenous Australian musicians, in particular Archie Roach and Kerrianne Cox, could be confronting for white Australian listeners. This presentation discusses a project aimed at introducing UWS music students (both post-graduate and under-graduate) to Indigenous Australian musicians who were invited to perform at UWS. The presentation will also show footage of a video documentary of the musicians who came to UWS. (An LTAP Project)
Dr Diana Blom

Emerging technologies: Enhancing your vUWS site
Penrith 1-2pm, KW-I.1.17
This session will highlight three new collaborative technologies that can be easily added to your vUWS site - Scholar, Wiki and LAMS.
Ms Lynnae Rankine