HEDC http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/hedc Higher Education Development Centre, University of Otago Wed, 15 May 2013 04:14:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 HEDC Journal Club http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/hedc/hedcjournalclub/ http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/hedc/hedcjournalclub/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 03:18:21 +0000 admin http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/hedc/?p=3182 Continue reading →]]>

The next Journal Club meeting will be held on Monday 27th May from 1-2 pm in Committee Room 3, Central Library.

Lee Adam will lead the discussion. The paper to read is:

Valentine, K. (2006). Plagiarism as literary practice: recognizing and rethinking ethical binaries. College Composition and Communication, 58(1), 89-109.

You will find the article online here:

http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/20456924

About the Journal Club

The next Journal Club meetings are June 24th, July 22nd, August 26th.

The HEDC Journal Club meetings are held monthly every fourth Monday from 1pm until 1.50pm. Bring your lunch.

The article will be posted on this web page to enable participants to download them before the meeting.

If you would like to facilitate or present at a Journal Club session, please email
Lynley Deaker.

]]> http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/hedc/hedcjournalclub/feed/ 0 Akoranga publication out now http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/hedc/akorangapublicationoutnow/ http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/hedc/akorangapublicationoutnow/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/hedc/?p=3179 Akoranga is published by HEDC and brings you a range of informative articles, updates on higher education matters and research projects.

You can read the latest issue online at http://akoranga.otago.ac.nz

]]> http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/hedc/akorangapublicationoutnow/feed/ 0 Spotlight on Teaching and Learning: call for contributions http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/hedc/spotlightonteachingandlearningcallforcontributions/ http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/hedc/spotlightonteachingandlearningcallforcontributions/#comments Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/hedc/?p=3164 Continue reading →]]> We are now accepting applications to contribute to the Spotlight colloquium. The deadline for abstract submissions is Friday 5th July.

Visit the Spotlight website for more information.

About Spotlight

The University of Otago”s 4th Spotlight on Teaching and Learning Colloquium will be hosted by HEDC. All staff of the University of Otago with an interest in teaching and learning are invited to contribute and/or attend.

26-27th August 2013
St David Street Lecture Theatre Complex
University of Otago

The colloquium aims to:

  • Share good teaching practice;
  • Disseminate findings of higher education research;
  • Promote research into university teaching;
  • Foster networks of staff interested in sharing ideas.
]]> http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/hedc/spotlightonteachingandlearningcallforcontributions/feed/ 0 HEDC Research Seminar Series http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/hedc/hedcresearchseminarseries/ http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/hedc/hedcresearchseminarseries/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:45:03 +0000 admin http://hedc.otago.ac.nz/hedc/?p=3134 Continue reading →]]> The HEDC Research Seminar Series is held monthly. Information about the June seminar will be available soon.

Past Research Seminars

Thursday May 9th

Romy Lawson, Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Law, Business & Creative Arts, James Cook University, Australia.

‘Evaluating Quality in Higher Education; Assuring Learning: Hunters and Gatherers Project’.

Hunters & Gatherers: Strategies for Curriculum Mapping and Data Collection for Assurance of Learning (An OLT Funded Project)

This project concentrates on two elements of the assurance of learning:

  1. Mapping learning objectives that relate to graduate attributes across suitable units of study in the program (where possible allowing for introduction, further development and then assurance of the objectives)
  2. Collecting data on student performance in relation to each learning objective

 

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