Wednesday

~ Click on titles for links to full descriptions ~

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)

Global citizens: Think global, act local, Bankstown 12-1pm, BA-20.G.34, Mrs Isabel Pena

Likert scales in evaluation - why it's usually wrong, Campbelltown 12-1pm, CA-05.2.04 Conf. 7&8, Professor Ian Wilson

What skills do employers want and graduates have?, Campbelltown 1-2pm, CA-05.2.04 Conf. 7&8, Ms Diana Messum

Teaching ideas for lectures: How can we motivate students to engage?, Hawkesbury 10-11am, HW-G6-0.43 (LT), Associate Professor Roy Tasker

UWS lectures online, Hawkesbury 11am-12pm, HW-G6-0.43 (LT), TDU, ITD and Assoc. Prof. Roy Tasker

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

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

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

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

Teaching awards: Teaching excellence or just navel gazing?, Penrith 12-1pm, KW-I.1.05, Dr Judith Thistleton-Martin

Descriptions

Global citizens: Think global, act local
Bankstown 12-1pm, BA-20.G.34
The presentation will include an overview of students' experiences on becoming global citizens through local and international hands-on projects, internships and study abroad as part of global studies. (An LTAP project)
Mrs Isabel Pena

Likert scales in evaluation - why it's usually wrong.
Campbelltown 12-1pm, CA-05.2.04 Conf. 7&8
Likert scales are widely used in evaluation. Frequently the data are analysed as if the scores were interval or ratio when in fact they are ordinal. The use of means, t-tests etc is inappropriate. This presentation will review the dangers of incorrect analysis and explore options for effective analysis of data.
Professor Ian Wilson

What skills do employers want and graduates have?
Campbelltown 1-2pm, CA-05.2.04 Conf. 7&8
Presenting the outcomes of a project which examined both student and employer views on employability skills, identified strengths and weaknesses of the current Health Science and Science degrees, and sought opportunities for community engagement and further study programs. (An LTAP Project)
Ms Diana Messum

Teaching ideas for lectures: How can we motivate students to engage?
Hawkesbury 10-11am, HW-G6-0.43 (LT)
This will be an interactive presentation where you will be asked to imagine you are one of many students with a range of backgrounds, motivations, and academic abilities, in a large group lecture. I will demonstrate some ways to: i. encourage peer learning, using cognitive conflict and student response units (SRUs); and ii. apply a practical, research-based theory for how we learn, and how you can use this as a basis for informing your own teaching, research and scholarship. The rationale for the presentation involved two aspects - the content, and the delivery. The content is a simple but powerful model for learning that any academic can use, to inform their teaching, educational research and scholarship. The delivery is intended to model the uses of SRUs, hints on lecture recording practice, and examples of peer learning in a lecture context.
Associate Professor Roy Tasker

UWS lectures online
Hawkesbury 11am-12pm, HW-G6-0.43 (LT)
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 Assoc. Prof. Roy Tasker

Our learning styles and preference for groupwork: Views of domestic and overseas students
Parramatta 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?
Parramatta 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
Parramatta 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
Parramatta 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

Teaching awards: Teaching excellence or just navel gazing?
Penrith 12-1pm, KW-I.1.05
Applying for teaching awards often elicits negative, rather than positive, comments. Such as, 'That's just not me', 'I'm not into self promotion' and 'I don't have time'. This presentation will focus on the journey of one award winner and examine the 'agony and ecstasy' of going through the application process. What does it involve? How difficult can it be? What happens if you don't win? What happens if you do? Will the process improve your teaching? If you have always wanted to apply for a teaching award but never had the courage to try, then this is the presentation for you!
Dr Judith Thistleton-Martin