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Development of Academics and Higher Education Futures

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ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT FORUM
DEVELOPMENT OF ACADEMICS AND HIGHER EDUCATION FUTURES

An initiative of the Council of Australian Directors of Academic Development
Supported by the Carrick Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Lead institution: Swinburne University of Technology

Melbourne
Rydges Hotel, 701 Swanston St, Carlton
Thursday 25 October – Friday 26 October 2007

For outcomes of the Forum please see the links on the program below.
Summary of DAHEF Forum Feedback (54KB Adobe PDF document)

 

 VC Swinburne, Prof Ian Young
VC Swinburne, Prof Ian Young Welcomes delegates to the DAHEF Forum.

Delegates breifing
Assoc Prof Peter Ling briefing delegates on Forum Day 1.
Thursday 25 October
Development of academics – today and tomorrow
9:00 am REGISTRATION
  Rydges Hotel, 701 Swanston St, Carlton – Level 4
9:30 am WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
 

Carrick Institute; CADAD; Host

video links On-Campus (423Kbs) Broadband (100Kbs) Download (18.8MB)

 
SESSION ONE
10:00 am FOCUS GROUPS:
  Each group to review data from a CADAD survey of academic development in Australia and provide of advice for the CADAD project report on:
  1. Current organising for academic development and rationales. Notes_Focus_Group_1.1_DR.pdf (13KB)
  2. Strategies currently employed for the development of academics as teachers and their effectives in enhancing student learning experiences. Notes_Focus_Group_1.2_BJ.pdf (15KB)
  3. The role of academic developers in the process. Notes_Focus_Group_1.3_KS.pdf (19KB)
  4. The roles of other contributors. Notes_Focus_Group_1.4_DW.pdf (16KB)
11:00 am BREAK
 
SESSION TWO
11:30 am PLENARY:
 

Academic development approaches and models:
Understanding of current arrangements for the development of academic as teachers and strategies employed.

video links On-Campus (423Kbs) Broadband (100Kbs) Download (37.6MB)

12:30 am LUNCH
 
SESSION THREE
1:30 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
 

Higher education futures
Professor Geff Scoff PVC Quality UWS
Scenarios for the future of higher education
Commentary by discussants representative of a range of interests

video links On-Campus (423Kbs) Broadband (100Kbs) Download (33MB)

Development_of_Academics _Oct_07_Geoff_Scott_Slides.ppt (72KB)

Professor Geff Scott
Professor Geff Scott delivers key note address.
3:00 pm BREAK
 
SESSION FOUR
3:30 pm EXPERT-FACILITATED THEMATIC WORKSHOPS:
  Challenges and responses
  1. Organising for development of academics as teachers. Notes_workshop_4.1_AF.pdf (16KB)
  2. Working with new learning and teaching technologies. Notes_workshop_4.2_ IC.pdf (9KB)
  3. Working in a global context. Notes_Workshop_4.3_GL.pdf (11KB)
  4. Supporting and sustaining academic development. Notes_workshop_4.4_JV.pdf (17KB)
4:30 pm CLOSE Day 1
7:30 pm DINNER
Interactive Speaker: John Findlay

 

Friday 26 October
The way forward
8:45 am COFFEE
 
SESSION FIVE
9:15am LEARNING AND TEACHING EVALUATION AND METRICS:
 

A report on the study of indicators and outcomes in use at the national and international levels on the quality of teaching and learning in Higher Education.

video links On-Campus (423Kbs) Broadband (100Kbs) Download (20.5MB)

Denise_Chalmers_07.ppt (247KB)
Reward_and_recognition _tabletable_Denise_Word.pdf (40KB)

Denise Chalmers
Denise Chalmers addresses delegation.
 
SESSION SIX
10:00 am EXPERT-FACILITATED THEMATIC WORKSHOPS:
  Academic development options for further consideration and recommendations for further action
(using known models, survey data and forum inputs)
  1. Options in organising for academic development in a changing environment. Notes_Workshop_6.1_TD.pdf (9KB)
  2. Strategies for the development of academics as teachers. Notes_Workshop_6.2_BJ.pdf (13KB)
  3. Indicators of success in development of academics as teachers.
11:00 am BREAK
 
SESSION SEVEN
11:30 am PLENARY AND EXPERT PANEL:
 

The way forward – foundations for phase 2 of the initiative

video links On-Campus (423Kbs) Broadband (100Kbs) Download (30.8MB)

  • Review of suggestions from Thematic Workshops
  • Identification by expert panel of models of academic development – with particular reference to the development of academics as teachers – recommended for further action and phase 2 of the CADAD initiative.
1:00 pm LUNCH
2:00 pm CLOSE Day 2