Program Schedule

Registration Desk open Sunday 9:30-5pm, University Club, University of Western Australia

Monday 10 July 2006

Conference Day 1: University Club, University of Western Australia

Room Allocation Legend
Club			Arts
	Theatre/Auditorium	Club AUD		Room G.60	AR G.60
	Seminar Room 1	Club SR 1		Room G.61	AR G.61
	Seminar Room 2	Club SR 2		Room G.62	AR G.62
	Seminar Room 3	Club SR 3		Room 1.60	AR 1.60
	Case Study Room	Club CSR		Room 1.61	AR 1.61
	Private Dining Room	Club PDR		Room 1.62	AR 1.62

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Start

End

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Session 4

Session 5

Session 6

Session 7

Session 8

8:30

8:55

Registration & Coffee

9:00

9:10

Welcome - Opening Ceremony
Auditorium, University Club

9:10

9:40

Opening Address, The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Federal Minister of Education

9:40

10:55

Keynote Address: Professor Allan Luke, Queensland University of Technology
Sponsored by: University of New South Wales

10:55

11:20

AM Break

Club CSR

Club PDR

CLUB SR 3

AR G.60

AR G.61

AR G.62

AR 1.60

AR 1.61

11:25

12:20

1.1
Spotlights

Authentic Learning

1.2
Spotlights

Internationalisation

1.3
Spotlights

Student Experience

1.4
Snapshots

Critical Thinking

1.5
Snapshots

Student Experience

1.6
Snapshots

Modes of Learning

1.7
Snapshots

Academic Development

1.8
Snapshots

Learning Strategies

053	view abstract

Spotlight
Extending the boundaries of learning in management education: An integrative approach for promoting transfer of training into the practice environment

Richard Ladyshewsky

258	view abstract

Spotlight
Development of integrated learning in business curriculum

Ravi Seethamraju,
Jenny Leonard,
Abdul Razeed

299	view abstract

Spotlight
Combining academic and workplace learning experiences in the design of a professional masters IT degree

Catherine McLoughlin,
Anthony Chan

163	view abstract

Spotlight
Offshore university campuses: Bonus or baggage?

Ian Macdonald

188	view abstract

Spotlight
Personal epistemology of Thai university students: Cultural influence on the development of beliefs about knowledge and knowing

Takayoshi Fujiwara,
Brian Phillips

289	view abstract

Spotlight
Internationalising the curriculum for students from Singapore: A field study in the Australian bush

Maureen Bell,
Tony Herrington

097	view abstract

Spotlight
A preliminary study on gender and learning style in Malaysian higher learning institutions: Evidence from a cultural perspective

Mohd Haniff Jedin,
Norsafinas Md. Saad

171	view abstract

Spotlight
The relationships between personality, approaches to learning, and academic success in first-year psychology distance education students

Lorelle Burton,
Louise Nelson

286	view abstract

Spotlight
Managing cultural diversity in student teams: A proposed conceptual framework

Donella Caspersz,
Judy Skene,
Madeline Wu

091	view abstract

Snapshot
Critical thinking and the critical teacher?

Anna Jones

246	view abstract

Snapshot
Becoming critical: Lecturers’ perspectives of learning engagement in first year at USC

Tania Aspland,
Tilly Hinton

340	view abstract

Snapshot
Academic success and English language: International ESL students’ expectations and perceptions

Laurie Ransom,
Chi Baik,
Wendy Larcombe

356	view abstract

Snapshot
How teachers from the humanities can help first year students from the engineering faculty to ask themselves ‘how’, ‘why’ and ‘what if’?

Veronica Goerke

075	view abstract

Snapshot
Can you bridge graduate students from a wide range of disciplines into the middle of an existing medical course?

Sally Sandover,
Gina Arena

339	view abstract

Snapshot
“We hate group work”: Overcoming resistance to change and innovation in a capstone accounting subject

Bernadette Smith,
Sonia Shimeld

358	view abstract

Snapshot
Learning portfolios to promote self-directed learning in civil engineering

Prabir Sarker,
Hu Yuxia

360	view abstract

Snapshot
Competencies of engineering graduates (CEG) project stage 1: Survey of established engineers

Sally Male

096	view abstract

Snapshot
Creating and sustaining knowledge societies in the age of e-learning: A challenge to cultural diversity

Anna Haebich,
Jodie Taylor

330	view abstract

Snapshot
Physiology “Lectorials”

Hardy Ernst,
Kay Colthorpe

331	view abstract

Snapshot
Can we improve the learning outcomes in physiology by developing the students’ group study skills?

Kay Colthorpe,
Hardy Ernst

134	view abstract

Snapshot
Teaching portfolios: Recording achievement or interrogation of teaching and learning?

Robert Kennelly

297	view abstract

Snapshot
Thinking differently: Preparing critically informed hi-tech teachers

Mark Brown,
Fiona Murray

333	view abstract

Snapshot
The roles Of participants In problem-based learning: A small-scale Action Research project in the Teaching In Higher Education Certificate programme, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore

Kathryn Goh,
Moira Lee

049	view abstract

Snapshot
What effects does peer group study have on students' learning in Commerce Mathematics?

Chun Yun Lau

142	view abstract

Snapshot
A paperless learning environment

Sylvia Chin

318	view abstract

Snapshot
Rediscovering teachers' cultural identities

Maidy Giber

12:25

13:35

Lunch [Posters 1:00-1:25]

Club AUD

AR G.61

AR G.60

Club CSR

13:40

14:35

Critical Insights – 1

Directions and issues in higher education research in Australia

Richard James, University of Melbourne

380	view abstract

Critical Insights – 2

Translating ideas on teaching, learning and assessment into the language and media of the disciplines

Anna Carew, University of Wollongong

372	view abstract

Critical Insights – 3

The impact of academic development on students’ experience and achievement in large first year classes in New Zealand universities: A national research project

HERDSA Fellow, Dr Kogi Naidoo, Massey University

387	view abstract

Critical Insights – 4

Publishing in a Higher Education Journal

Margaret Kiley, Australian National University, Gina Wisker, Brighton University, England

384	view abstract

Club CSR

Club PDR

CLUB SR 3

AR G.60

AR G.61

AR G.62

AR 1.60

AR 1.61

14:35

15:35

2.1
Spotlights

Assessment

2.2
Spotlights

Learning Strategies

2.3
Spotlights

Modes of Learning

2.4
Snapshots

Student Evaluation of Teaching

2.5
Snapshots

Graduate Attributes

2.6
Snapshots

Transnational Education

2.7
Snapshots

Student Perspectives

2.8
Snapshots

161	view abstract

Spotlight
Student constructs, alternative pedagogies and assessment dilemmas

Peter Ferguson

220	view abstract

Spotlight
Embedding graduate skills into a first year management course: Theory, practice and reflection

Wendy Green,
Sara Hammer,
Robyn Stephens

263	view abstract

Spotlight
Remaining relevant: Assessment practices in undergraduate education

Katie Dunworth

082	view abstract

Spotlight
What makes for a good tutorial: Listening to the students

Leonora Ritter,
Tanya Covic

137	view abstract

Spotlight
Learning with failing students: Putting thoughts into actions

Kristine Sodersten,
Susan Rice

277	view abstract

Spotlight
Critical perspectives: Students’ expectations of difficulties they may face in undertaking their degree

Carmela Briguglio,
Julie Howe

248	view abstract

Spotlight
Ronline: Mediating artefacts to support technology facilitated learning

Ron Oliver

252	view abstract

Spotlight
Mark-UP: Design and evaluation of an on-line annotation tool to support metacognitive development of reading comprehension

Mark McMahon,
Ron Oliver

254	view abstract

Spotlight
New metaphors for teaching and learning in a university context

Maria Northcote,
Tony Fetherston

101	view abstract

Snapshot
A research based approach to developing student feedback surveys

Barrie Simon,
Paul Ginns

230	view abstract

Snapshot
Critical reflections on teaching

Saretha Brüssow

309	view abstract

Snapshot
Improving the quality of critical and creative thinking in undergraduate curricula: A joint journey of discovery

Robyn Nash,
Helen Chapman,
Melinda Service,
Philippa Lyons-Wall,
Joanne Jayne,
Joanne Ramsbotham,
Jennieffer Barr,
Lynn Evans

335	view abstract

Snapshot
The value of stakeholder and student perceptions in the development of a new undergraduate veterinary science degree

Shane Bullock,
Gary Hamlin,
Linda Crane

074	view abstract

Snapshot
Students' perceptions of their own generic skills competence and academic performance: A continuously critical business

Eli Bitzer

103	view abstract

Snapshot
Integrating graduate enterpreneurial skills within the subject-based curriculum

Helen King

124	view abstract

Snapshot
Malaysian academics’ views on core competencies development in undergraduate education

Norzaini Azman,
Zalizan Mohd Jelas

126	view abstract

Snapshot
What Malaysian employers want: Generic skills requirement from high performance graduates

Norzaini Azman,
Norazah Nordin

067	view abstract

Snapshot
Specific issues on quality assurance in transnational education: Personal reflections

Ting Wang

261	view abstract

Snapshot
Internationalisaion of the curriculum: Toward new scenarios

Kourosh Fathi Vajargah

334	view abstract

Snapshot
Reflections on Tertiary Teaching in Hong Kong: Effective Strategies for Engaging Students

Sue Donoghue

341	view abstract

Snapshot
Identifying efficient learning: Different approaches to understand student workload

Anne Macduff,
Lynn Du Moulin

350	view abstract

Snapshot
Selecting students for success

Derek Sharwood

354	view abstract

Snapshot
Personal development planning at the University of Surrey: An exploration of understandings and perceptions of key stakeholders

Penny Burden

063	view abstract

Snapshot
Development of elementary science teaching standards and rubrics

Jing-Ru Wang,
Sheau-Wen Lin

128	view abstract

Snapshot
Making literature interesting for engineering students

Amir Yazid Ali,
Norlida Ahmad

307	view abstract

Snapshot
Shaping Academic Development: Understanding the Student

Robert Muller

15:35

16:05

Networking Break

16:10

17:20

Keynote Address: Associate Professor Janice Orrell
Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Auditorium, University Club
Discipline-based Educational Development: Challenging Intellectual Histories and Inheritances
Sponsored by: Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

17:20

17:25

Book Launch: HERDSA Green Guides

17:30

19:10

Welcome Cocktail Party [Presentation of HERDSA Fellowships] - Banquet Hall, UWA University Club
An excellent way to finish the first conference day. Join us in congratulating our new HERDSA Fellows. Quality wines and a range of substantial appetisers will be provided.

19:20

Bus transportation back to City Accommodation