Program Schedule

Tuesday 11 July 2006

Confererence Day 2

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

Research in Higher Education

Start

End

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Session 4

Session 5

Session 6

Session 7

Session 8

Session 9

8:30

8:55

Registration & Coffee

9:00

9:15

Housekeeping

9:15

10:30

Keynote Address: Professor Ian Frazer, Australian of the Year and Director, Centre for Immuniology and Cancer Research, University of Queensland
Auditorium, University Club

10:30

10:55

AM Break

Club CSR

Club PDR

AR G.60

CLUB SR 3

AR G.61

AR G.62

AR 1.60

AR 1.61

AR 1.62

11:00

11:55

1.1
Spotlights

Authentic Learning

1.2
Spotlights

Student Experience

1.3
Workshop

Product-based Planning

1.4
Panorama

Research practice

1.5
Snapshots

Assessment

1.6
Focus Group

Research practice

1.7
Snapshots

Academic Development

1.8
Snapshots

Internationalisation

1.9

085	view abstract

Spotlight
Authentic learning in crime prevention practice

Catherine Layton

179	view abstract

Spotlight
Partners in professional experience: A collaborative model

Natalie Brown,
Kate Shipway

281	view abstract

Spotlight
Authentic conditions for authentic assessment: Aligning task and assessment

Jan Herrington,
Anthony Herrington

095	view abstract

Spotlight
Learning across communities of practice: How postgraduate students cope with returning to higher education in an international setting

Lois Smith

159	view abstract

Spotlight
Guided by the philosophy of constructive alignment, directed by the realisation of niche construction

Colin Jones

270	view abstract

Spotlight
Framing the discourse practices of Higher Education: Academic literacies, hidden cultures and the transition experience of postgraduate Chinese students

Lesley Gourlay

154	view abstract

Critical Insights
Modelling new directions with product-based planning

Virginia King

290	view abstract

Symposium
Critical times: An exploration of recent evaluations of researcher development needs

Shelda Debowski

367	view abstract

Snapshot
Career researchers: On the edge or leading edge?

Sarah Dunlop

368	view abstract

Snapshot
Don’t do what I did: The importance of research mentorship

Nigel Laing,
Kristen Nowak

176	view abstract

Snapshot
An inquiry and planning framework for student research skill development

John Willison,
Kerry O'Regan

180	view abstract

Snapshot
Quantitative and qualitative analysis of one cohort’s research skill development throughout a first year course

Kerry O'Regan,
John Willison

209	view abstract

Snapshot
Authentic laboratory assessment in molecular biology

Annette Koenders,
Vidar Gynnild,
Lynne Hunt

070	view abstract

Focus Group
Perception of assessment in Economics

Tommy Tang

319	view abstract

Focus Group
What does a university stand for? Higher education in the age of sustainable development

Bland Tomkinson,
Charles Engel

116	view abstract

Snapshot
Enabling professional learning about assessment through the work of others: A case in progress

Gail Wilson,
Rosemary Thomson,
Janne Malfroy

236	view abstract

Snapshot
Food for thought: nurturing the scholarship of teaching and learning in the health sciences

Dale Wache

303	view abstract

Snapshot
Engaging nationally in a discipline based community of practice: Lessons for success

Simon Barrie,
Geoffrey Crisp,
M.A. Buntine,
S.H. Kable,
J. Read,
R.B. Bucat,
I.M Jamie,
A.V. George

146	view abstract

Snapshot
Integrating discipline-based reading into university preparation programs to improve intercultural and international learning

Robert Kennelly,
Anna Maldoni

170	view abstract

Snapshot
A Focus on assisting NESB academics in improving their communication in the classroom

Ursula McGowan

175	view abstract

Snapshot
Dealing with difference, diversity and the dodgy: International students in Australian clinical contexts

Robyn Woodward-Kron,
Louisa Remedios

054	view abstract

Focus Group
For developing successful learning strategies in teaching: The analysis of students’ ideas

Burckin DAL

065	view abstract

Snapshot
If you build it, they will come: Meeting the challenges of internationalization at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Hafriza Burhanudeen

157	view abstract

Snapshot
Early career researchers’ responses to recent and impending policy changes in the higher education sector

Eva Bendix Petersen

229	view abstract

Focus Group
Growing an assessment culture

Hesta Friedrich-Nel,
Linda De Jager

256	view abstract

Focus Group
A review of current challenges in international higher education

Brian Denman

12:00

13:55

Lunch [Campus Tour - 12:50]

13:00

13:55

HERDSA AGM

Club CSR

Club PDR

AR G.60

CLUB SR 3

AR G.61

AR G.62

AR 1.60

AR 1.61

14:00

14:55

2.1
Spotlights

Reflective Practice

2.2
Spotlights

Teaching-Research Nexus

2.3
Workshop

Higher Education Context

2.4
Snapshots

Academic Development

2.5
Snapshots

Research Supervision

2.6
Snapshots

Foundations of University Teaching

2.7
Snapshots

Problem Based Learning

2.8
Critical Focus

Personal Learning Journeys

071	view abstract

Spotlight
Talking among ourselves? A personal journey across the silos of educational research

Bruce Macfarlane

165	view abstract

Spotlight
First year students’ perceptions of the importance of good teaching: Not all things are equal

Craig Zimitat

168	view abstract

Spotlight
Representing the self in education; the tensions of authorship, authenticity and authority

Damian Ruth

094	view abstract

Spotlight
Research and teaching in a new generation university: Emerging dimensions and academics’ attitudes

Dieter Fink

257	view abstract

Spotlight
Learning through undergraduate research: Encouraging a holistic approach to the teaching-research nexus

Alysia Debowski

371	view abstract

Workshop
What keeps you working in a University? - Incentives,rewards and recognition

Annie Holdsworth,
Sandra Jones

253	view abstract

Snapshot
Education, gender and sexual diversity

Nilson Dinis

352	view abstract

Snapshot
Unlocking student potential: Teaching and learning enhancement initiatives

Alison Holmes

357	view abstract

Snapshot
Evidence-based curriculum change: Some findings from a study of curriculum implementation in an undergraduate human biology unit

Georgina Fyfe

362	view abstract

Snapshot
Excellence in university teaching: A new beginning in Pakistan

Zarrin Saddiqui,
Nighat Jabeen

268	view abstract

Snapshot
Supervising doctoral students off-shore: Critical directions for discussion

Tania Aspland

304	view abstract

Snapshot
Postgraduate communities of practice: Cohorts, research development programmes, guardian supervisors and research capacity building

Gina Wisker

326	view abstract

Snapshot
Climbing the thesis mountain - Research Students' Writing Needs

Rolene Lamm

328	view abstract

Snapshot
Students in allied health sciences may well become life-long researchers. An educator's reflections on student poster presentations.

Rose Leontini

172	view abstract

Snapshot
Learning in-between: The role of collective reflection in academic professional development

Gayle Morris

202	view abstract

Snapshot
Outcomes of a foundation course for learning and teaching: Changes in participants’ practice one year on

John Willison

329	view abstract

Snapshot
Teacher talk and lessons for the teaching of teachers

Mark Barrow

100	view abstract

Snapshot
Curriculum Reflection: Improving problem based learning

Sandra Carr

189	view abstract

Snapshot
Portfolio assessment: First year engineering students' perceptions

Beena Giridharan

234	view abstract

Snapshot
Learning about learning: From student learning to the learning organisation

Tessa Owens,
Bill Norton

347	view abstract

Snapshot
Student directed learning: Learning which way is up with practice and theory

Brenda Scott-Ladd

087	view abstract

Snapshot
Reflections of a first year coordinator in relation to undergraduate student needs

Andrew Campbell

135	view abstract

Snapshot
Academic staff development through community engagement: The ‘Logic Study Day’

Cheryl Kerr

214	view abstract

Snapshot
Toward a student centred learning environment

Michael Pearson

Club CSR

Club PDR

AR G.60

CLUB SR 3

AR G.61

AR G.62

AR 1.60

AR 1.62

15:00

15:55

3.1
Spotlights

Challenging Students

3.2
Spotlights

Research Practice

3.3
Workshop

Internationalisation

3.4
Snapshots

Higher Education Context

3.5
Snapshots

Academic Development

3.6
Snapshots

Teaching–Research Nexus

3.7
Snapshots

Quality Assurance

3.8
Critical Conversations

265	view abstract

Spotlight
Positively speaking – actively listening: Interdisciplinary reflections on lecturing as valuable in higher education

Eleanor Sandry

283	view abstract

Spotlight
A preliminary exploration of the efficacy of self-directed learning in a new PBL medical course

Michael Tarttelin,
Barbara Miflin,
Georgina Fyfe

285	view abstract

Spotlight
Facilitating students’ critical transition capabilities in a first year nursing course

Jill Lawrence

156	view abstract

Spotlight
Critical reflections on international collaborative research

Jennie Billot,
J. Tim Goddard,
Neil Cranston

200	view abstract

Spotlight
Variation in ways of experiencing dissemination: Implications for the adoption and adaptation of teaching and learning innovation projects

Jo McKenzie,
Shirley Alexander

282	view abstract

Spotlight
Reaching outside of the discipline: Chemistry teachers or organisational developers?

William Adlong,
Dan Bedgood,
Andrea Bishop

164	view abstract

Spotlight
“I can get by with a little help from my friends” Peer Mentoring - critical friends for the reflective practitioner

Wendy Baker,
Aly McNicoll

119	view abstract

Snapshot
The Global University Alliance and the AUT Experience

Andrew Higgins

243	view abstract

Snapshot
Changing practice in higher education: Where’s the room?

Caroline Owen,
Catherine Pocknee,
Julie Mulvaney

274	view abstract

Snapshot
Transitioning from industry to multi-level academia: Reflections from a lecturer's perspective

David Skelton,
Lesley Petersen

300	view abstract

Snapshot
What gets in the way of quality teaching?: A critical perspective

Lynne Hunt,
Margaret Potter

092	view abstract

Snapshot
Make meaning of the assessment. Engaging teaching staff with an analysis of their assessment results

Geoffrey Crisp,
Edward Palmer

169	view abstract

Snapshot
Improving publication output: Our learning journeys in forming an academic writing group

Rosemary Levy Chang,
Fiona Wahr,
Zhen Zheng,
Barbara Polus,
Jenny Sim

375	view abstract

Snapshot
Voices to value or concerns to disregard: Sessional staff notion of worth

Marguerite Cullity

228	view abstract

Snapshot
"Inverting" research supervision

Hesta Friedrich-Nel,
Driekie Hay

262	view abstract

Snapshot
"What we don't talk about when we talk about race": Challenges to Researching Multicultural Studies

Rahil Ismail

153	view abstract

Snapshot
Entrepreneurial educators: Critical thinking in teaching and learning practices within a reflective and visionary landscape

Rose van Son

197	view abstract

Snapshot
Managing student plagiarism—critical first-stage decision-making

Shelley Yeo

272	view abstract

Snapshot
Insights about learning and teaching from AUQA commendations

Barbara de la Harpe,
Alex Radloff

231	view abstract

Snapshot
Emancipatory higher education vs. exploitive higher education: Whose needs are we attending to?

Parviz Alavinia

302	view abstract

Snapshot
University affiliation as a strategy for higher education development

Phenyo Nthaga

15:55

16:25

Networking Break

16:30

17:45

Keynote Address: Associate Professor Helen Milroy, University of Western Australia
Auditorium, University Club

18:15

21:00

Birds of a Feather Dinners
This is an informal, low key evening where you will be able to relax and meet colleagues with like interests, or new acquaintances. Or simply choose a local restaurant where the menu sounds inviting! All are easily accessible from the conference venue.