VTAS Promoting Excellence Network
VTAS PEN ————————— Monash, UTAS, LaTrobe, Swinburne supported by DET
The Faculty of Education at Monash University is supporting the visit of Professor Kate Purcell from the Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, UK, who has been researching and writing on the graduate labour market, occupational change and the relationship between higher education and employment for nearly twenty years, including most recently, leading the …
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Our colleagues from the NSW/ACT Promoting Excellence Network have a new webpage that summarises the benchmarking of teaching award support processes at member institutions undertaken by the network over the past year or so. The site also makes available documents that emerged from the exercise, including the templates used to carry out self- and peer …
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Wednesday 4 December, 11.00am - 5.00pm Monash University, Caulfield The symposium will showcase results from the OLT National Senior Teaching Fellowship - Developing Excellence in Teaching and Learning through a Peer Assisted Teaching Scheme (PATS). The day will also provide opportunities to learn more about participants' experiences of PATS, share ideas and innovations in teaching …
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The OLT project: Flipping the Classroom is holding an interactive “flipped” workshop at UQ on 7th December. Explore the variety of understandings of and approaches to flipping the classroom, and plan for implementation and sustainability, Start to build a library of tools, advice and other resources to support flipped classrooms, and Create a community of practice …
LEARNING FUTURES WORKSHOP Explore the Future of Learning A VTAS Promoting Excellence Network event held in collaboration with RMIT University The next VTAS Promoting Excellence workshop will provide an exciting and innovative opportunity to collaboratively explore the theme of “Learning Futures” with colleagues from across the higher education sector. This dynamic and interactive workshop is designed to …
In the past year, the Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) has held two symposiums in conjunction with The Conversation. The first symposium on The Rise of Online and Blended Learning was held on 22 October 2012. It was a great success, with over 4000 people tuning in to watch the live-stream online. An iPad app has …
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Applications For New Research Funds 2013 The Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) is offering a series of annual research awards. There are two categories of awards worth £10,000 and £5,000. You must be a member of the Society in order to apply for the higher amount. More information about these awards can be found …
Two members of each of the VTAS Promoting Excellence Network universities are invited to attend RMIT University's Learning and Teaching Expo on 3 and 4 September 2013. The Expo will include an exciting array of speakers from both outside and inside RMIT who will explore a range of significant educational issues through seminars, workshops and …
The Higher Education Division of the Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education, produces an occasional newsletter Higher Education 2020. The August 2013 issue contains recent information about the activities of the Division and the OLT. You can view it here or download it below. HigherEducationNewsletterNo16
A final report has recently been published for a University of Melbourne-led OLT grant: Addressing cultural diversity in health ethics education.More information about this project can be found here: http://www.olt.gov.au/resource-addressing-cultural-diversity-health-ethics-education%20The report can be downloaded below.CG9-1080_Fuscaldo_Report_ 2013Note: One of the aims of this network is 'Enabling post-project dissemination, engagement and therefore impact of research project outcomes and resources'. …
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