Learning and Teaching Forums

Our Learning and Teaching Forum is an annual platform for UNSW academics and community to share best practice in learning and teaching.

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Partners in Learning: Connecting Communities - Friday 26 October 2018

The 2018 Learning and Teaching Forum, “Partners in Learning: Connecting Communities” will explore how the UNSW community is shaping the future of higher education by putting students front and centre in learning and teaching. The day will focus on the three streams of:

Being Courageous: Exploring new approaches to improve and expand learning experiences

Being Employable: Providing authentic learning experiences for workplace readiness

Being Inclusive: Designing and developing curriculum to support inclusion 

Presentation and Poster Submission

Call for Presenters

We invite staff to register an Expression of Interest (EOI) to share their practice at the Learning and Teaching Forum by 22 August, 2018.  The selection criteria and submission forms are available now.

Selection criteria can be found here and is outlined below for the following opportunities:

PechaKucha (short 5-6 minute overview presentation)
EOI Requirement: Submission of a 30-word description

  • Alignment to one of the stream themes
  • Relevance to the theme
  • On the day:
    • Strong narrative
    • Clear objective
    • Use of relevant visual representation of the ideas
    • Use of minimal text to convey ideas
    • Use of no more than 15 slides

Short presentation (approx. 12 minutes)
EOI Requirement: Submission of a 400-word max paper (to be peer reviewed)

  • Alignment to one of the stream themes
  • Propose significant insights into the area being addressed
  • Evidence of outcomes and effectiveness
  • Inclusion of student voice or student partnership as an enabler (mandatory)
  • Coherence and relevance of paper to the theme addressed

Long presentation, including evaluation (approx. 20 minutes)
EOI Requirement: Submission of a 600-word max paper (to be peer reviewed)

  • Alignment to one of the stream themes
  • Propose critical insights into the area being addressed
  • Evidence of outcomes and effectiveness
  • Inclusion of student voice or student partnership as an enabler (mandatory)
  • Coherence and relevance of paper to the theme addressed

Posters for inclusion in an eBook publication.  The best posters will be showcased at the Forum in a gallery setting where authors will speak to their work
EOI Requirement: Submission of a 400-word max abstract

  • The poster provokes discussion on a stream theme
  • The poster is visually appealing; the text and images complement each other to communicate and inform the audience
  • The focus of the poster is novel in the context and applicable outside of the context
  • The poster includes the student voice (i.e. student feedback or evaluation)
  • The poster should be of appropriate publication quality including appropriate referencing and free of copyright material

To submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) click here.

Program 

The program for the Learning and Teaching Forum will be released closer to the day.

  • A separate Pre-Forum day consisting of information sessions and workshops on educational technologies that enhance learning on 25 October, 2018
  • Learning and Teaching Forum will be held on the Friday 26 October, 2018.

Registration for the event

We look forward to releasing registration details, for both the Pre-Forum Workshops and the Forum, closer to the events.

Event date: Friday, 26th October 2018, 8:45am to 4:00pm

Location: John Niland Scientia Building, UNSW Kensington Campus

Capacity: 300

Cost: Free

Contact name: Learning and Teaching Forum Committee

Contact phone: x50044

Contact email: pvce.events@unsw.edu.au

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