SALT Excellence in Learning and Teaching Conference

3^rd Annual Excellence in Learning and Teaching Conference

Tuesday 17^th May | Venue: Faraday Building

10:00 – 4:00pm

Conference site now open

http://saltconference2011.swan.ac.uk/

We are very pleased that Professor Craig Mahoney, Chief Executive of The Higher Education Academy, will be coming to Swansea to present at the conference, on the Future Directions for Learning and Teaching, and the role of the HEA, including the restructuring process and their new work programme.

Professor Mahoney has had a distinguished career in academia and sport and has published widely. In addition to his role at the HEA, he has coached numerous medal winning athletes and is also an is an adviser to UEFA and FIFA.

Click here to book your place online.

Click here to view the draft programme.

Keeping up to date - alerting services

ISS will be running a training session on 'Keeping up to date - alerting services' on 3 May.

What: Keeping up to date - alerting services
When: Tues. 3rd May 12 – 1
Where: PC Room 3 in the Library

This session will look at the various e-mail and alerting services which you can use to keep up to date with new books, journal articles, conferences, etc. It will include a demonstration of Zetoc and ticTocs, two services for keeping up to date with new journal papers.

To book a place, please email b.r.mathias@swansea.ac.uk

Free JISC Advance Webcast on Recording Lectures and Screencasts

Free and live to your desktop - JISC Advance brings you a practical, relevant guide to the legal, technical and accessibility issues involved in recording lectures and screencasts. At a time when lecture recording systems are becoming more common, and the demand is high for flexible access to learning, experts from JISC Legal, JISC Digital Media and JISC Techdis bring you the answers to common questions surrounding:

• deciding to record lectures
• preparing to make the recording
• what needs to be done after recording

in order to ensure best practice with regards to legal compliance, accessibility and effectiveness.

The webcast runs from 2pm-4pm on Wednesday, 13 April 2011, it’s free, with no requirement to sign up beforehand – simply go to http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/Webcasts/RecordingLecturesWebcast.aspx.

If you visit this page just now you should be able to view a test card presentation - if that's working for you then you're already set up to view the broadcast itself, you need do nothing further than simply return to the page shortly before 2pm on the day. (There will be a clear link from the home page.)”

HEA Wales / SALT seminar - By hook or by crook? Issues and solutions in addressing unfair practice

Tuesday 3rd May 2011 - Abbey Building - Council Chamber - 13:00 - 16:30 Information about the event: This one-day, interactive event will provide opportunities to explore the perennial difficulty of unfair practice by students, and in particular plagiarism, focusing on some of the underlying issues and highlighting potential approaches to tackle the problem. Drawing on the experiences, practice and/or research of colleagues in a variety of roles, the event will centre around four key areas:

• Assessment strategies to minimise unfair practice possibilities


• Supporting students’ academic skills development


• Improving and implementing policies for unacceptable academic practice


• Using text-matching tools effectively

The aim is for delegates to consider, discuss and refine ideas for enhancing their personal and institutional practice in this area drawing on insights emerging from the event.

Speakers:

• Erica Morris (HEA & Academic Integrity Service)


• Julia Fallon & Neil Wellman (UWIC)


• Sandra George & Pete Hanratty (Swansea)


• Mark Goode (UWIC)


• Paul Latreille (Swansea)


• Huw Morris (Swansea)


• Karen Morrow (Swansea)


• Jane Thomas (Swansea)


• Luke James (Swansea SU)

Bookings:

To book for this event, please email Amy Rowlands [a.rowland@swansea.ac.uk]. 60 places available on first-come, first-served basis.

Interested in e-learning in Wales?

A reminder of the first meet up of the Gwella/ELESIG regional group for Wales, on Monday March 21st 2011. The meet up will run from 10:30 to 14:30, with lunch included and be free of charge due to the funding we have from ELESIG. The meet up will be at three venues, Swansea, Aberystwyth and Glamorgan. The venues will be connected by the Welsh Video Network.

One of the themes of the meeting will be online classrooms and lecture capture and the meet up will have a fairly fluid format allowing as much time as possible for contributions and sharing of experiences. However, discussion will not be limited to a single theme and there will be opportunities to share a variety of experiences.

If you would like to attend, please complete the short registration form here http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7NT33NK

You can find out more about Gwella/ELESIG here http://elesig.ning.com/group/gwella