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.

SALT Seminar - Effective strategies for teaching international students

Monday 4th April 2011 - Wallace 218 1.00pm - 4.30pm

Jude Carroll, one of the leaders of the HEA’s Teaching International Students (TIS) project and Principal Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, will be delivering this SALT workshop on Effective strategies for teaching international students. Jude Carroll was awarded the National Teaching Fellowship in 2009 and conducts research, writes and lectures widely on deterring students from plagiarism and on effective teaching in culturally diverse classrooms.

The workshop will focus on issues and resources for teaching international students and some of the challenges and strategies that can be used to ensure effective learning. Jude will also cover induction and interaction, transition and the international student journey, transfer from English Language programmes and pathways and the needs of international students.

To register for the seminar please email salt@swansea.ac.uk. Tea and coffee will be provided.

Why should I care about copyright?

Lunch & Learn : Why should I care about copyright? - Caroline Rauter & Michele Davies, ISS

When: January 28, 2011 1:00pm
Where: Staff Development Unit

For an overview on general copyright and encouraging compliance with the CLA HE photocopying & Scanning Licence. For your Blackboard modules we will cover: Using the licence to add digital book and journal extracts to your course documents folder; linking to LIS electronic resources and finding suitable images and maps. For printed extracts: using the Photex collection in LIS.

Lunch will be provided

Contact Sue Ace in Staff Development S.V.Ace@swansea.ac.uk

Curriculum Design through Technology Enhanced Learning

TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED LEARNING THEMED SEMINAR FROM GLAMORGAN
Curriculum Design through Technology Enhanced Learning
19th January 2011 12:00 - 14:00
Presenter: Dr Christine Davies, Dr Trevor Price (Glamorgan CELT)
Venue: J132 (Johnstown Building)

This seminar is aimed at academics and support staff who are interested in enhancing their use of Technology Enhanced Learning, (TEL), in their curriculum design and understanding the barriers to the use of TEL in learning and teaching at University.

The TEL Team in the Glamorgan Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) has been undertaking a Building Capacity Project, funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) investigating Curriculum Design through Technology Enhanced Learning. This seminar will showcase the outcomes of the project.

If you use TEL in your course or are thinking about doing so but have not yet taken the plunge, this seminar could be for you.

To register online follow the link http://celt.glam.ac.uk/node/104

Using Web 2.0 to deliver effective Distance Learning

Technology-Enhanced Learning themed seminar from CELT

Using Web 2.0 to deliver effective Distance Learning

8 December 2010 12:00 - 14:00

Presenter: Professor Tony Toole - e-College.ac Ltd

Venue: H336 (Hirwaun Building)

Click here to register online http://celt.glam.ac.uk/node/103

The JISC funded RATATAT (Remote Access to Academic Trials and Testing) project at Swansea Metropolitan University addressed a difficult problem for institutions offering courses by online distance learning: that of satisfying the practical work component of the course. Campus attendance for practical work is the normal solution but this is very inconvenient, particularly for overseas students. The project recognised that the practical work in all computing, most engineering and many subjects in other curriculum areas was computer-based and that, if remote access could be gained to those computers, then students may be able to carry out their practical work online.

The RATATAT project tested this concept with an MSc Course in Non-Destructive Testing. This TEL seminar will describe how an online learning environment was developed, using Web 2.0 applications, that gave online access to 4 different laboratory experiments, provided multi-view videoconference access to the laboratory and technical staff, and gave access to all the necessary guidance material. The outcomes of the project showed that the system allowed the real-time completion of complex experimentation by online students who gained the same practical skills as the campus-based students.

Click here to register online http://celt.glam.ac.uk/node/103

Facebook Communities & Social Learning?

Technology-Enhanced Learning themed seminar from Glamorgan CELT

Facebook Communities & Social Learning

17 Nov 2010 12:00 - 14:00, J132 (Johnstown Building), Treforest campus, University of Glamorgan

Presenter: Steve Woodward - CELT

Click here to register online http://celt.glam.ac.uk/node/100

This seminar will address the challenge of creating Blended Learning communities that are student focused and enhance learning interaction. It draws on evidence of the quiet revolution that social networking has contributed to the creation of online learning environments which enable Blended Learning to be more effective.

The presentation focuses on a case-study showing successful engagement between learners and learner facilitators in Physical Geography at the University of Glamorgan where social media sites such as Facebook have been in use since 2006. The Blended Learning community created for current students has led to the establishment of a larger network that connects graduates, undergraduates and prospective students in the discipline.

The seminar presents case study data evidencing the potential of social networking to act as a tool for creating effective Blended Learning communities in addition to its role in social engagement.

Click here to register online http://celt.glam.ac.uk/node/100

Free Webinar: How to run a virtual classroom session

The eLearning Network are running a free webinar on 'How to run a virtual classroom session'

Date: 2 August 2010
Time: 12 noon
Venue: Online

More and more education and training providers are making use of web conferencing as a way to bring learners together for events that would have previously been conducted in the classroom, or which may not previously have been practical or economic on a face-to-face basis. Effective virtual classroom sessions go way beyond webinars or online meetings to involve all participants as much as or more than the physical classroom, through the use of a wide variety of multimedia and interactive techniques. In this session, Clive Shepherd and Barry Sampson will share the benefit of their extensive experience with virtual classrooms to help you both assess the potential for the greater use of live online learning in your organisation and ensure that the sessions that you do deliver are as least as successful as your face-to-face events.

A joint eLN/ALT webinar. To register, follow the link below
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=371

Glamorgan University CELT EVENTS IN JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2010

Registration is compulsory, so should you wish to attend any of these events, please contact celtevents@glam.ac.uk.

Learner Generated Contexts and the Co-Creation of Learning
Seminar arranged in conjunction with Dr Lynne Gornall, Evaluator, Merthyr Moodle project (CSO)
27th January 2010
12.00 – 2.00, H213, Treforest campus
Presented by: Fred Garnett (Visiting Research Associate - London Knowledge Lab) and Nigel Ecclesfield (Head of FE Research - Becta)

Assessment & Feedback from the student perspective
29th January 2010
12.00 – 2.00, Venue: J234, Treforest campus
Presenters to include Rob East (HASS) and Jonathan Durrant (HASS)
Blended Learning: Experiences and insights from the BLU
3rd February 2010
12.00 – 2.00, Venue: J233, Treforest campus
Presented by: Mark Russell (Deputy Director -Blended Learning Unit, University of Hertfordshire)

Putting assessment at the heart of learning: Results from the Change Academy
10th February 2010
12.00 – 2.00, H13, Treforest campus
Presenters: Prof Norah Jones (CELT), Alice Lau (CELT) & Dr Cath Jones (HASS)

Last chance to book - Structured personal tutoring

HEA Research Seminar Series 2009: Access and Success for All

Structured personal tutoring to engage undergraduate students on professional programmes

Swansea University, Room 231, Glyndwr building, School of Health Science

Wednesday 8 July, 12:00 – 16:30 (lunch included)

Drawing on the experiences of academics involved in personal tutoring and using cases from undergraduate professional health care programmes as exemplars, the seminar will examine the following key issues:

The challenges of personal tutoring in the era of mass higher education;

• Supporting and operationalising cultural change in personal tutoring in a research led institution;
• The aims and benefits of a structured approach to personal tutoring in professional healthcare programmes;
• The 'emotional labour' of personal tutoring.

Speakers:
Tessa Watts, Senior Lecturer
Angela Williams, Lecturer
David Gallimore, Tutor
Mike McIvor, Lecturer
Andrew Evered, Tutor

Bookings: Please email bookings to Jean Phillips
j.c.phillips@swansea.ac.uk

30 places available on first-come, first-served basis.