WAND news

HERDSA Rekindled 2017 Program

Tue, 19 Sep 2017 06:52:00 GMT

Download the 2017 HERDSA Rekindled Program

WAND Small Grants Scheme Final Reports June 2017

Tue, 19 Sep 2017 06:29:00 GMT

WAND Small Grants Scheme Final Reports are availiable via the links below.

Curtin University: Mr Lionel Skinner and Associate Professor Steve McKenna for the project: The impact of an online game on learning and teaching pedagogy on student engagement and learning outcomes
Final Report available at this link
Edith Cowan University: Ms Tania Visosevic and Ms Amanda Myers for the project: "How to" create a Video Essay: Assignment of the Future!
Final Report available at this link
Murdoch University: Dr Lisa Cary and Mr Mike Bryant (Co-Leads), Ms Denyse MacNish and Discipline Champions for the project: Leading The Way: developing an advanced programme for leadership in learning and teaching scholarship
Final Report available at this link, or Full Report available here
The University of Notre Dame Australia: Professor Carole Steketee, Associate Professor Lisa Goldacre, Mr Ryan Bennetts, Mrs Helen Rogers and Dr Ainslie Robinson for the project: Creating a 'generic language' shell to enable use of Prudentia^TM curriculum mapping software across discipline
Final Report available at this link
The University of Western Australia: Mr Michael Ovens, Professor Andrew Lynch, Professor Erik Champion*, and Dr Susan Morris* for the project: Experiential Learning on the HTC Vive Virtual Reality Platform (*Curtin University)
Final Report available at this link

June 2017

Mon, 26 Jun 2017 06:43:00 GMT

The West Australian Network for Dissemination (WAND) is pleased to announce that funding for continuation of the network has been approved by the Department of Education and Training for a further eighteen months, to 31 December 2018.

During that time, WAND will continue to provide opportunities for the West Australian university community to collaborate and engage in events and workshops that support scholarship in learning and teaching; with emphasis on supporting teaching award nominees and providing dissemination opportunities for previous recipients of grants and fellowships. In keeping with the Department of Education and Training requirements for the project period, WAND will also:

Support the transition of the Australian Awards for University Teaching from the Department to Universities Australia (UA);
Support UA in establishing and maintaining the National Digital Resource Library being transferred from the Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT); and
Facilitate the transition of the network into a self-standing and sustaining organisation that is collaboratively led, maintained and operated by the Western Australian member universities.

The WAND Committee looks forward to serving the higher education community in WA in the months ahead.

WAND Event on 21 June to be re-scheduled

Wed, 14 Jun 2017 06:51:00 GMT

WAND Small Grants Scheme Celebration and Dissemination Event:

Please note that, due to unforeseen circumstances, this event will not take place on 21 June as planned and will be re-scheduled. If you have already registered for the event, you will be advised about the new date as soon as one has been confirmed. Apologies!

2016 WAND Sharing Day Poster Presentations

Fri, 06 Jan 2017 06:39:00 GMT

2016 WAND Sharing Day Poster Presentations

The following recipients of current or completed grants and fellowships presented their work in a poster or video presentation on WAND Sharing Day, hosted by Murdoch University on 10 November 2016:

Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Funded Projects:

Enhancing access, participation and progression in WIL (D. Peach , M. Campbell, K. Moore, T. Winchester-Seto, S. Ferns, J. Mackaway and L. Groundwater). Presented by Ms Sonia Ferns. Download
Smart Casual Promoting Excellence in Sessional Teaching in Law (M. Heath, N. Skead, K. Galloway, A. Hewitt, M.Israel and A. Steel), presented by Dr Natalie Skead. Download
Student experiences of threshold capability development with Intensive Mode Teaching, video presentation by Dr Sally Male.
VetSet2Go: Building veterinary employability (L. King and M. Cake), presented by Assoc Prof Martin Cake. Download
West Australian Network for Dissemination (WAND), presented by Ms Denyse MacNish and Ms Linda Lilly. Download
WIL Industry Engagement, presented by Ms Sonia Ferns. Download

OLT Funded Fellowships:

Graduate Employability 2.0, presented by Assoc Prof Ruth Bridgstock (2015 OLT National Senior Teaching Fellow). Download
Making curriculum visible: Engaging students in learning outcomes and career relevance through a multi‐dimensional, interactive map, presented by Assoc Prof Lisa Tee (2016 OLT National Teaching Fellow). Download
Achieving economic sustainability for niche social profession courses in the Australian higher education sector - a nationwide collaborative strategy, presented by Assoc Prof Trudi Cooper (2016 OLT National Teaching Fellow). Download
Teachers: Architects of the Learning Environment, presented by Dr Chris Creagh (2013 National Teaching Fellow). Download

West Australian Network for Dissemination (WAND) Small Grants Scheme Funded Projects:

Creating a “generic language” shell to enable use of Prudentia™ curriculum mapping software across disciplines (C. Steketee, A. Robinson, L. Goldacre, H. Rogers and N. Arnold), presented by Dr Ainslie Robinson. Download
Experiential Learning on the HTC Vive (A. Lynch, E. Champion, and M. Ovens), presented by Mr Michael Ovens. Part funded by UWA Centre for Education futures. Download
Leading the Way: developing an advanced programme for leadership in learning and teaching scholarship, (M. Bryant, L. Cary and D. MacNish) presented by Dr Lisa Cary. Download
Learning Through Gaming (L. Skinner & S. McKenna), presented by Mr. Lionel Skinner. Download
VIDEO ESSAY Assignment of the Future, presented by Ms Tanja Visosevic & Ms Amanda Myers. Download

WAND Small Grants Scheme 2016

Tue, 09 Aug 2016 01:32:00 GMT

The West Australian Networks for Dissemination is please to announce a new network initiative: the WAND Small Grants Scheme 2016.

WAND is an inter-university network that aims to facilitate the enhancement of learning and teaching in WA universities. WAND encourages a supportive climate of collaboration and evidence based practice, grounded in scholarship.

WAND Small Grants are for small innovative projects in learning and teaching. To be selected, proposals must demonstrate how the project can be embedded at the host institution and be disseminated beyond the host institution. All career stages may apply and teams are encouraged. Cross-university collaborative projects are also encouraged.

Value: $6,000

Number: One per West Australian university

Due date: 31 August 2016

Project time: up to 9 months, with all reporting completed by 30 June 2017

For further information, including submission requirements, please refer to the WAND Small Grants Scheme 2016 Flyer and Conditions of Grant

2016 OLT Information and Dates Released

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 03:48:00 GMT

The OLT announced the release of the 2016 Information and Application instructions for the following programmes;

Innovation and Development Grants
Strategic Priority Commissioned Projects
Fellowships
Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
Awards for Programmes that Enhance Learning
Awards for Teaching Excellence

Programme information, closing dates and application instructions can be found on the OLT website.

OLT 2015 Programme Information and Instructions Available

Wed, 03 Sep 2014 08:46:00 GMT

The OLT announced the release of the 2015 Information and Application instructions for the following programmes;

• Innovation and Development Grants
• Seed Grants
• Fellowships

Programme Information and Application instructions can be found on the OLT website.
As previously advised, the 2015 instructions are distinct from previous instructions in three main areas:
• Impact: is a focus for the OLT. Applications will need to address project impact in a more explicit and systematic way.
• Reporting: has been streamlined and reduced with new formats that will support project impact.
• Priority areas: have been updated to reflect current and emerging priorities. As a result, some issues previously considered priority have now been removed, and new priorities have been identified and included.

Please note that enhancements to the future administration of OLT programmes relating to impact and reporting will also apply to existing OLT grant and fellowship holders. The OLT will be in touch with you and directly with grant holders and fellows over the coming month to provide details of timing and transition.

Understanding the enhancements
More detailed information on the 2015 instructions, impact and revised reporting arrangements is attached. The attachment contains links to relevant pages on the OLT website where information is also provided.

Changes to the Innovation and Development Grants Programme in 2015.

Thu, 14 Aug 2014 10:07:00 GMT

As you are aware, the Information and Application Instructions for OLT’s Programmes are reviewed annually.

Further information about the changes will be provided when the 2015 Innovation and Development Grants Programme Information and Application Instructions go on to the OLT website. They are planned to be released at the end of August. The due date for applications for round 1 2015 will be towards the end of November 2014.

Strategic Priority Commissioned Projects

Thu, 14 Aug 2014 10:06:00 GMT

Friday, 29 August 2014 - Closing date for applications for Strategic Priority Commissioned Projects

OLT Fellowships Announced for 2014

Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:24:00 GMT

The Minister for Education, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, has announced the successful recipients of OLT fellowships for 2014. Further details are available at: http://www.olt.gov.au/fellowships

What does research tell us about the relationship between commonly used assessment practices and academic standards in higher education?

Wed, 20 Nov 2013 10:07:00 GMT

Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Campus, Perth.

Seminar/ Workshop at 8.201B Centre for Learning & Development Collaborative Space, Tuesday 26^th November, 10 – 12midday

Professor Sue Bloxham (U Cumbria, UK): What does research tell us about the relationship between commonly used assessment practices and academic standards in higher education?

Do our policies and practices for assuring standards (e.g. criteria, rubrics, benchmark statements, moderation, external review) facilitate consistent and reliable grading of student work? This seminar will present recent research on marking judgements and university teachers’ use of academic standards in higher education. It will draw on both empirical data and theoretical approaches to examine the extent to which there is a mismatch between the claims about quality assurance of higher education assessment and the everyday practice of academics making decisions about student achievement. The seminar will be an opportunity to discuss aspects such as the conflict between

documented and tacit knowledge of standards,
norm referenced grading,
analytical grading
holistic judgement processes and
the existence of a broad or local consensus on standards.

The seminar will conclude by discussing alternative, better matched, approaches to safeguarding standards in the assessment of complex work drawing upon both UK and Australian examples.

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Professor Bloxham is Director of Education Research and Professor of Academic Practice at the University of Cumbria, UK. In 2007, she was awarded a UK National Teaching Fellowship. She has developed a particular interest in understanding and enhancing assessment in the higher education context. Her interest has focused on how we manage our higher education assessment, particularly task design, guidance and feedback, to support the achievement of students from under-represented groups, and her work has inspired research into how tutors recognise quality in their marking. Sue has taught in higher education for over twenty years, followed by ten years’ experience in educational development including responsibility for a large education development centre. She has published widely in the field, including the best-selling Developing Effective Assessment in Higher Education (Open University Press) with Pete Boyd in 2007. Her current ventures include a research project on the use of academic standards by academics funded by the UK Higher Education Academy and Quality Assurance Agency, contributing to the Assessment chapter of the new UK Quality Code for Higher Education, and involvement in the UK HEA Transforming Assessment Programme.

Free registration. Please RSVP to Dr Ken Robinson, CLD k.robinson@ecu.edu.au

Professor David Boud Two events at Curtin University on Friday 18 October 2013

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:12:00 GMT

HERDSA and OLT proudly present

Professor David Boud

Two events at Curtin University on Friday 18 October 2013

David Boud is Professor of Adult Education in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney. He has published extensively on teaching, learning and assessment in higher and professional education in the international literature. He has held the positions of Dean of the University Graduate School, Head of the School of Adult and Language Education and Associate Dean (Research and Development) in the Faculty of Education. In the area of assessment in higher education he has been a pioneer in developing learning-centred approaches to assessment across the disciplines, particularly in student self-assessment (Enhancing Learning through Self Assessment, Routledge 1995) and building assessment skills for long-term learning (Rethinking Assessment in Higher Education: Learning for the Longer Term, Routledge, 2007). His new book with Liz Molloy and others, Feedback in Higher and Professional Education (Routledge) was published earlier this year. He is an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Senior Fellow and focused on 'Student assessment for learning in and after courses’, which led to Assessment 2020: Seven Propositions for Assessment Reform in Higher Education. See www.assessmentfutures.com

WORKSHOP Friday 18 October 9.00am – 12.00pm Building 400, Room 303, Curtin University

Feedback: why have we got it so wrong? Ensuring feedback processes lead to learning.

There is an almost universal consensus in university student surveys in Australia as well as other countries, that feedback is a major problem. Considerable effort by many different institutions has led to little change in students’ views. This leads to the suspicion that the solution may not simply be doing better what we presently think of feedback (being more timely, having more informative comments, etc.), but rethinking what we mean by feedback and how it fits in our courses. The premise of this workshop is that feedback needs to have a discernible influence on student learning, otherwise why make the effort? It will draw on the considerable body of very recent research on feedback in higher education to focus on what most makes a difference. It will also focus on some conventional activities commonly called feedback that we can usefully stop doing because they are not a good use of our time. The workshop is aimed at all those who make comments about students’ work who wonder if they could be spending their time more effectively. It is not suited for those employed to mark student work who have no control over what they do.

Register at https://davidboudworkshop.eventbrite.com/

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FORUM Friday 18 October 2.00pm – 4.00pm Building 300 Room 220, Curtin University

How can we avoid assessment destroying the very learning we are trying to promote?

This event is an open discussion around the theme of having assessment contribute more effectively to student learning. It is premised on the assumption that the assessment of learning is not the same as assessment for learning. It will commence with a short provocation to focus the issues followed by an opportunity for participants to offer examples, raise questions, and explore issues.

Register at https://davidboudforum.eventbrite.com/

Historical Thinking at Murdoch: an OLT Extension Grant

Mon, 05 Aug 2013 10:13:00 GMT

This seminar will disseminate the findings of the Historical Thinking Extension Grant.

This project embraced several objectives. The key element in the first phase was structuring the History curriculum in a way which scaffolds the development of Threshold Learning Outcomes (TLOs), with a particular focus on developing skills in the use of primary sources. The next phase focused on developing assessments which support the TLOs and which demonstrate their mastery by students over a three-year undergraduate course.

The Project Leaders, Michael Sturma and James Trotter, from the School of Arts, have worked with Murdoch history staff over a series of 6 seminars. In addition, the project hosted several seminars from two interstate academics: Associate Professor Jennifer Clark from the University of New England, and Professor Jill Roe, Professor Emerita at Macquarie University.

Date: Friday 16 August, 2.30-3.30pm, followed by wine and cheese and an opportunity to network with colleagues.

Venue: FTLR 4th floor North Wing Library, 4.040, Murdoch University

http://maps.murdoch.edu.au/

This event is open to academic staff from cognate disciplines at all WA universities, as well as being suitable for staff interested in curriculum renewal or OLT Extension Grants.

Please rsvp to Denyse D.Macnish@murdoch.edu.au

The Asia Pacific Forum on Education Integrity (APFEI) - academic staff award 2013

Mon, 05 Aug 2013 10:13:00 GMT

The Asia Pacific Forum on Education Integrity (APFEI) is pleased to announce its academic staff award for 2013.

APFEI promotes and supports the highest standards of integrity in education and acknowledges the individual efforts of staff who champion academic integrity and take on actions that contribute to the transformation of their educational institutions.

The teaching award is a marvellous opportunity to acknowledge your colleagues who put into practice ideas and innovations.

APFEI invites you to nominate colleagues who have fostered academic integrity by:

•developing resources

•developing policy

•taking action

•changing practices

•introducing and developing practices, or

•engaging others.

The award will be presented at:

6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity (6APCEI) Wednesday 2 - Friday 4, October 2013 Macquarie University, Sydney Australia

For nomination details, guidelines, award criteria and application forms, go to www.apfei.edu.au/award

Nominations close: 31st August 2013

Contact: Julianne East j.east@latrobe.edu.au

Applying for a Teaching Award workshop - You Tube links

Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:00:00 GMT

On 11th June 2013, WAND held a workshop at Curtin University for staff at WA Universities considering applying for a teaching award. This panel discussion is available on You Tube through the links below.

Internationalisation of the curriculum - recording of presentation

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:01:00 GMT

Here is a link to the recording of the presentation by Associate Professor Betty Leask from the University of South Australia. The topic was "Internationalisation of the curriculum in theory and practice". Presentation Thursday 6 June 2013 at UWA.

http://prod.lcs.uwa.edu.au:8080/ess/echo/presentation/f0cbd74d-5283-45fe-a9a4-3ce8f1ba60a4

'Online teaching and workload'

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:02:00 GMT

Date: Thursday 11 April 2013
Time: 10am – 1pm
Venue: Watersports Complex, UWA Crawley Campus

This seminar will present the results of an ALTC/OLT-funded project into the workload implications of blended and online teaching.

The research was conducted at CQU, USQ, UNE and ACU, and involved interviews with 88 staff, reporting on their perceptions of the disparity between workload allocations for teaching, and the actual 'lived reality' of the additional work, and changes in teaching tasks and activities, consequent on greater use of Learning Management Systems and student expectations of a 24/7 'service' education. Staff believed they were generally working 'out of hours' to meet these expectations, and that current workload models no longer reflected the increased complexity of e-teaching.

Presenter: Professor Yoni Ryan, Adjunct Professor of Higher Education at QUT.

Following the presentation, participants will be able to discuss their own institutional workload model, and suggest ways to take the findings forward to institutions and the sector.

RSVP: catl@uwa.edu.au by Thursday 4 April 2013.

Embedding Threshold Learning Outcomes across degrees and in assessment

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:03:00 GMT

This presentation is an activity of the OLT Extension Grant Historical Thinking: Curriculum renewal at Murdoch. Historians from WA universities are invited to attend.

Associate Professor Jennifer Clark

Jennifer is the Academic Director of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the University of New England. Her current interests in teaching and learning relate to standards and their application to the development of best practice. Jennifer was on the project team for After Standards: The Future of History. She is currently a co-recipient of an OLT Grant titled Renewing First Year Curricula for Social Sciences and Humanities in the Context of Discipline Threshold Standards.

Venue: The Nash Room, Club Murdoch, Murdoch University

To RSVP email Denyse, D.Macnish@murdoch.edu.au

Embedding and extending exemplary academic integrity policy and support frameworks across the higher education sector

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:03:00 GMT

Please join us for a seminar and interactive session with international academic integrity expert Dr Tricia Bertram Gallant from the University of California, San Diego about the OLT strategic commissioned project on academic integrity:

Embedding and extending exemplary academic integrity policy and support frameworks across the higher education sector

When: 05 March 2013, 9:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Where: University of Western Australia, Watersports Complex, Cnr Mounts Bay Road and Hackett Drive, Crawley

RSVP: By Friday 22 February 2013 by email to the Centre for the Advancement of Teaching & Learning (catl@uwa.edu.au).