Descriptions of Events and Brown-Bag Lunch Seminars

DESCRIPTIONS OF EVENTS AND BROWN-BAG LUNCH SEMINARS

Table of Contents

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Bankstown

Blacktown

Campbelltown

Hawkesbury

Parramatta

Penrith

Werrington South

Sydney Olympic Park

Events are shown in blue
Brown-bag lunch seminars are shown in black (BYO brown-bag lunch)
“LTAP” refers to the Learning and Teaching Action Plan and its funded projects. Further information available at:

Monday

Skilling clinical teachers to maximise undergraduate nursing student clinical experiences, Bankstown12-1pm, BA-20.G.34, MsLynStewart

Research-teaching nexus: Translating research in teaching & learning to scholarly output, Campbelltown12-1pm, CA-05.2.04 Conf. 7&8, DrYennaSalamonson

Overcoming challenges in teaching and learning: The use of a virtual health assessment for nursing students, Hawkesbury12-1pm, HW-M1-0.25, MrsCathyDickson

Preparing designers for the new economy, Penrith12-1pm, KW-I.1.05, MrMauricioNovoa

Communities of practice: Fact or fiction?, Penrith1-2pm, KW-I.1.05, DrMaggieClarke

UWS Quality Forum, Sydney Olympic Park8.30am-5pm, (Invitation only)

Descriptions

Skilling clinical teachers to maximise undergraduate nursing student clinical experiences

Bankstown12-1pm, BA-20.G.34

This presentation describes an LTAP 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)

MsLynStewart

Research-teaching nexus: Translating research in teaching & learning to scholarly output

Campbelltown12-1pm, 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)

DrYennaSalamonson

Overcoming challenges in teaching and learning: The use of a virtual health assessment for nursing students

Hawkesbury12-1pm, 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.

MrsCathyDickson

Preparing designers for the new economy

Penrith12-1pm, 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)

MrMauricioNovoa

Communities of practice: Fact or fiction?

Penrith1-2pm, 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.

DrMaggieClarke

UWS Quality Forum

Sydney Olympic Park8.30am-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)

Tuesday

Implementing the UWS Indigenous Graduate Attribute, Bankstown10am-12pm, BA-23.30 (LT04), Associate ProfessorBericeAnning

Talking to the computer? Students' reactions to blended learning in languages, Bankstown12-1pm, BA-23.30 (LT04), DrBrunoDi Biase et al

Linking research with training: A virtual translation agency, Bankstown1-2pm, BA-23.30 (LT04), DrIgnacioGarcia

The pains and the gains of curriculum re-design, Bankstown2-3pm, BA-23.30 (LT04), DrTim Griffin, Assoc Prof Natalie Bolzan, Dr MaryHawkins

Award presentation, Mathematical Reasoning pilot program participants, NirimbaSchools, Blacktown1-2pm, BL-U8-1-04, ProfessorStuartCampbell

"I have just submitted my first university assignment and I think I am going to vomit." Supporting 1st year external students, Hawkesbury12-1pm, HW-M1-0.25, MrsDebraMoodie-Bain

Emerging technologies: Enhancing your vUWS site, Parramatta10-11am, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02), MsLynnaeRankine

Engagement with Indigenous communities to arrive at design interventions to improve environmental health, Parramatta12-1pm, PS-EA.1.31, MrChristianTietz

How writing groups can help doctoral students write better, Parramatta1-2pm, PS-EA.1.31, DrClaireAitchison

Research candidate education, Penrith10-11am, KW-I.1.17, ProfessorLesleyWilkes

The Indigenous musician: Telling life stories through music, Penrith12-1pm, KW-I.1.17, DrDianaBlom

Emerging technologies: Enhancing your vUWS site, Penrith1-2pm, KW-I.1.17, MsLynnaeRankine

Descriptions

Implementing the UWS Indigenous Graduate Attribute

Bankstown10am-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 ProfessorBericeAnning

Talking to the computer? Students' reactions to blended learning in languages

Bankstown12-1pm, 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)

DrBrunoDi Biase et al

Linking research with training: A virtual translation agency

Bankstown1-2pm, 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)

DrIgnacioGarcia

The pains and the gains of curriculum re-design

Bankstown2-3pm, 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.

DrTim Griffin, Assoc Prof Natalie Bolzan, Dr MaryHawkins

Award presentation, Mathematical Reasoning pilot program participants, Nirimba Schools

Blacktown1-2pm, BL-U8-1-04

ProfessorStuartCampbell

"I have just submitted my first university assignment and I think I am going to vomit." Supporting 1st year external students

Hawkesbury12-1pm, 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.

MrsDebraMoodie-Bain

Emerging technologies: Enhancing your vUWS site

Parramatta10-11am, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02)

Highlighting three new collaborative technologies that can be easily added to your vUWS site - Scholar, Wiki and LAMS.

MsLynnaeRankine

Engagement with Indigenous communities to arrive at design interventions to improve environmental health

Parramatta12-1pm, 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)

MrChristianTietz

How writing groups can help doctoral students write better

Parramatta1-2pm, 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.

DrClaireAitchison

Research candidate education

Penrith10-11am, 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.

ProfessorLesleyWilkes

The Indigenous musician: Telling life stories through music

Penrith12-1pm, 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)

DrDianaBlom

Emerging technologies: Enhancing your vUWS site

Penrith1-2pm, 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.

MsLynnaeRankine

Wednesday

Global citizens: Think global, act local, Bankstown12-1pm, BA-20.G.34, MrsIsabelPena

Likert scales in evaluation - why it's usually wrong, Campbelltown12-1pm, CA-05.2.04 Conf. 7&8, ProfessorIanWilson

What skills do employers want and graduates have?, Campbelltown1-2pm, CA-05.2.04 Conf. 7&8, MsDianaMessum

Teaching ideas for lectures: How can we motivate students to engage?, Hawkesbury10-11am, HW-G6-0.43 (LT), Associate ProfessorRoyTasker

UWS lectures online, Hawkesbury11am-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, Parramatta10-11am, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02), ProfessorStephenTeo

vUWS: Where’s the Library?, Parramatta11am-12pm, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02), Ms Liz Curach and Mrs MegBoness

Innovative assessment development: The poster session, Parramatta12-1pm, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02), MsNicoleStegemann

Recognising excellence in teaching: Applying for teaching awards, Parramatta1-3pm, PS-EA.2.13 (LT02), Associate ProfessorCatherineSinclair

Teaching awards: Teaching excellence or just navel gazing?, Penrith12-1pm, KW-I.1.05, DrJudithThistleton-Martin

Descriptions

Global citizens: Think global, act local

Bankstown12-1pm, 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)

MrsIsabelPena

Likert scales in evaluation - why it's usually wrong.

Campbelltown12-1pm, 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.

ProfessorIanWilson

What skills do employers want and graduates have?

Campbelltown1-2pm, 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)

MsDianaMessum

Teaching ideas for lectures: How can we motivate students to engage?

Hawkesbury10-11am, 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 ProfessorRoyTasker

UWS lectures online

Hawkesbury11am-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

Parramatta10-11am, 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.

ProfessorStephenTeo

vUWS: Where’s the Library?

Parramatta11am-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

Parramatta12-1pm, 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.

MsNicoleStegemann

Recognising excellence in teaching: Applying for teaching awards

Parramatta1-3pm, 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 ProfessorCatherineSinclair

Teaching awards: Teaching excellence or just navel gazing?

Penrith12-1pm, 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!

DrJudithThistleton-Martin

Thursday

Emerging technologies: Enhancing your vUWS site, Campbelltown11am-12pm, CA-04.15 (LT01), MsLynnaeRankine

The scholarship of learning and teaching and the College of Business, Campbelltown12-1pm, CA-04.15 (LT01), MrMichaelBrogan

vUWS: Where’s the Library?, Campbelltown1-2pm, CA-04.15 (LT01), MsLiz Curach and Mrs MegBoness

What Indigenous students like and don't like about university, Hawkesbury12-1pm, HW-M1-0.25, DrsLesley Kuhn and RobertWoog

Screencasting for teaching and training purposes: The future of e-learning?, Parramatta12-1pm, PS-EA.1.31, DrRayArchee

PASS: A peer supported pathway to student success, Penrith12-1pm, KW-I.1.05, MsClarePower

Enhancing students' mathematical thinking skills, Penrith1-2pm, KW-I.1.05, MsLyn Armstrong, Mr John Nicholls and Ms MaureenMorris

UWS lectures online, Penrith2-3pm, KW-I.1.17, TDU, ITD and Dr Tim Griffin

Why evidence-based approaches are needed, including peer review, Penrith3-4pm, KW-I.1.17, ProfessorBerylHesketh

College of Health and Science Learning and Teaching Forum (RSVP to ), Werrington South9.30am-2pm

Descriptions

Emerging technologies: Enhancing your vUWS site

Campbelltown11am-12pm, CA-04.15 (LT01)

This session will highlight three new collaborative technologies that can be easily added to your vUWS site - Scholar, Wiki and LAMS.

MsLynnaeRankine

The scholarship of learning and teaching and the College of Business

Campbelltown12-1pm, CA-04.15 (LT01)

I will present findings regarding interviews I conducted with academic colleagues in the College of Business regarding their connection with the scholarship of learning and teaching.

MrMichaelBrogan

vUWS: Where’s the Library?

Campbelltown1-2pm, CA-04.15 (LT01)

MsLiz Curach and Mrs MegBoness

What Indigenous students like and don't like about university

Hawkesbury12-1pm, HW-M1-0.25

In our research we have interviewed indigenous students to establish what has been their experience of studying in the Social Ecology post graduate programs. We have utilised complexity theory for design of inquiry and selection of methodology. Via coherent conversations with students and staff we have collected a range of views which we are analysing using attractor and fractal narrative analysis. We will reason general conclusions from specific instances regarding educational principles and practice. (An LTAP Project)

DrsLesley Kuhn and RobertWoog

Screencasting for teaching and training purposes: The future of e-learning?

Parramatta12-1pm, 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)