Webinar: Understanding good practice – key lessons from the ALTC / OLT Good Practice Reports

On the 10^th of December 2013 at 12:00pm AEDT, NATA will launch the Good Practice Report eResources developed as part of its strategy to promote the ALTC / OLT Good Practice Reports. The one hour webinar to be hosted by Netspot aims to raise awareness of the Good Practice Reports (GPRs) and how they potentially offer value to the Australasian tertiary education sector. Moreover, the Launch will provide the occasion for the first presentation of several of the GPR eResources developed by the NATA in collaboration with the report authors.

By adopting the form of voice over slides, these eResources aim to convey key material in a more concise and engaging way than the traditional report format. Thus, in adopting this design it is hoped that some of the normal barriers to educators engaging with these reports may be removed or at least reduced.

The process of collaboration with report authors was considered critical in maintaining a strong authorly voice and ensuring that the key messages were captured and communicated. In maintaining this connection with the authors throughout this process, select authors involved in the development of two of the eResources will speak during the launch, expanding the discussion beyond the material covered in the eResource to look at the context, value of their report and work to the sector and how both the report and the eResource may best be used to improve practice.

What: NATA GPR Webinar titled “Understanding good practice – key lessons from the ALTC / OLT Good Practice Reports”

Where: Webinar (online) Link to be sent to registered participants

When: 10th December 2013, 12:00pm AEDT, 11:30am ACDT, 11:00am AEST, 9:00am AWST, 2:00pm NZDT

Key Speakers: Professor Mike Keppell & Professor Janice Orrell

Register your attendance today

To Register: Please send an email to Natasha Hard (Natasha.Hard@usq.edu.au) with the subject ‘NATA GPR Webinar’.

Links to the completed eResources will be placed on the NATA blog following the Webinar Launch. For more information about the Launch and NATA’s role in disseminating the ALTC / OLT Good Practice Reports, please visit the NATA Blog: http://nataonthenet.blogspot.mx/p/altc-good-practice-reports.html

The completed Good Practice Reports can be accessed on the OLT webpage: http://www.olt.gov.au/resource-library/good-practice-reports

Natasha Louise Hard

Project Manager & Research Assistant

Australian Digital Futures Institute - ADFI | University of Southern Queensland

Toowoomba | Queensland | 4350 | Australia

Ph: +61 2 8006 6928 | Skype: natasha.hard | Webpage: www.nataonthenet.blogspot.com.au

Email: natasha.hard@usq.edu.au

ascilite Live! Webinar: Quantitative design and analysis for technology-enhanced learning research

Date and Time

Friday, 6 September 2013 at 1pm AEST and 3pm NZ. For additional time zones, visit the date/time website. 

Abstract
This webinar will focus on quantitative methods for evaluating the effectiveness of technology-enhanced learning innovation. The most critical factor for successful quantitative research is appropriate research design and managing the delicate balance between rigour and relevance.

As a starting point, the development of appropriate research questions and operationalisation of variables will be explored. The range of quantitative designs will then be discussed as will the benefits and pitfalls of each. Some time will then be devoted to the ways of collecting and analysing quantitative data. It will be assumed that participants have little to no experience in quantitative research methods and the webinar will therefore not involve any advanced design methodology or inferential statistics.

Presenter
Jason Lodge, PhD is a psychological scientist and lecturer in technology-enhanced learning at Griffith University, Brisbane. Jason’s research concentrates on the application of the learning sciences to education. Specifically, he is interested in the cognitive and emotional factors that influence learning and behaviour and how research findings from the learning sciences can be better used to enhance instructional design, teaching practice and education policy.

Jason is also interested in the ways technology is influencing learning, particularly in terms of the impact of technology on the development of metacognition, critical thinking and expertise. He has ten years of experience in research design and analysis in psychology and education.

Registrations
To register for the webinar, simply email the ascilite Secretariat with "webinar registration" in the subject line followed by your full name and institution and whether or not you are a current member.

Ascilite webinars continue to be open to members and non-members so you are welcome to share the invitation with colleagues.

Once registered, you will receive an email with login details on the morning of the webinar.\

For more information about ascilite or becoming a member of ascilite please visit their website http://www.ascilite.org.au/index.php?p=membership

Digital Assessment - no place for paper?

ODLAA will be holding its first webinar for 2013 on Tuesday 13^th August 2013 (see details below).  This will be offered free of charge and is open to members and non-members, so please distribute this invitation to any colleagues who may be interested.  If you wish to participate in the webinar, please register by Replying to jo.osborne@utas.edu.au by 4pm Friday, 9^th August  (Australian EST) at the latest (include ODLAA Webinar in the subject line).  An email acknowledgement will be sent on receipt of your registration with details of how to access and join in the webinar.

Digital Assessment – no place for paper?

Date and time: Tuesday, 13^th August 2013, 4-5pm (Australian EST)

Presenters:

• Dr Andrew Fluck (Senior Lecturer in Information Technology, School of Education, University of Tasmania) – eExams
• Kerry Earl (Senior Lecturer, Professional Studies in Education, University of Waikato, NZ) – Short text assignments
• Dr Barrie Todhunter (Associate Director, Faculty of Business & Law, University of Southern Queensland) – Digital group assessment
• Sally Jordan (Deputy Associate Dean (Assessment), Faculty of Science, Open University UK) - Computer-marked assessment with feedback

With a focus on practitioner experience, the expectation is that the webinar will run as short presentations on individual aspects of the theme followed by discussion/questions.

Digital Assessment - no place for paper?

ODLAA will be holding its first webinar for 2013 on Tuesday 13^th August 2013 (see details below).  This will be offered free of charge and is open to members and non-members, so please distribute this invitation to any colleagues who may be interested.  If you wish to participate in the webinar, please register by Replying to jo.osborne@utas.edu.au by 4pm Friday, 9^th August  (Australian EST) at the latest (include ODLAA Webinar in the subject line).  An email acknowledgement will be sent on receipt of your registration with details of how to access and join in the webinar.

Digital Assessment – no place for paper?

Date and time: Tuesday, 13^th August 2013, 4-5pm (Australian EST)

Presenters:

• Dr Andrew Fluck (Senior Lecturer in Information Technology, School of Education, University of Tasmania) – eExams
• Kerry Earl (Senior Lecturer, Professional Studies in Education, University of Waikato, NZ) – Short text assignments
• Dr Barrie Todhunter (Associate Director, Faculty of Business & Law, University of Southern Queensland) – Digital group assessment
• Sally Jordan (Deputy Associate Dean (Assessment), Faculty of Science, Open University UK) - Computer-marked assessment with feedback

With a focus on practitioner experience, the expectation is that the webinar will run as short presentations on individual aspects of the theme followed by discussion/questions from the ‘floor’.

Forwarded on by NATA - originally published and disseminates by Jo Osborne (Committee Member, ODLAA)