10am

Welcome to Country
Dr Len Webster - AUQA
"Quality assurance for distance education, eLearning and face-to-face teaching in higher education: Are there really any differences"?

Watch the video

Y3A Theatre 1

11.30am

'Distance Education is Dead'- Panel debate

Watch the video

Y3A Theatre 1

1.30pm

Rhonda Leece - UNE
"Closing the loop through an automated wellness engine"

• Watch or listen to the iLecture recording
• Listen to the Q&As after the presentation

Y3A 212

3.30pm

Three-Minute Thesis Competition

Y3A Theatre 1

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Tuesday 20th September

iLearn Café

Come and explore iLearn!
The iLearn Café was open in the Y3A café during Learning and Teaching Week at the following times:

• Tuesday: 9:30am - 11:30am 
• Wednesday: 1:30pm - 3:30pm

There were laptops set up where staff could either browse a training unit or have some guided help. You couldl also sign up for workshops and learn more about the resources available to help with unit transformation.

10am

Quality in Teaching – Panel Presentations
See detailed program

Various

11.30am

Keynote - "A Curriculum for Participation and Community Engagement"
Professor Judyth Sachs, Dr Theresa Winchester-Seeto & Lindie Clark

• Watch or listen to the iLecture recording
• Watch the video of Professor Sachs
• Watch the video of Theresa Winchester-Seeto
• Watch the video of Lindie Clark

Y3A Theatre 1

1.30pm

Quality in Teaching - Panel Presentations
See detailed program

Various

3.30pm

Concurrent sessions:

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Wednesday 21st September

Also note that there will be a Student Lead Indigenous Leadership Forum running concurrently with the sessions below.

10am

Program Leaders Session – Leigh Wood
Location: Y3A 211

Watch or listen to the iLecture recording (note that this recording includes the session after morning tea)

iLearn Exemplar Showcase Session
Location: Y3A 212

Watch or listen to the iLecture recording (note that this recording includes the session after morning tea)

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11.30am

Program Leaders Session – Leigh Wood
Location: Y3A 211

iLearn Exemplar Showcase Session
Location: Y3A 212

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1.30pm

Swap Shop - Professor Mick Healey

Watch or listen to the iLecture recording (note that this recording includes the session after afternoon tea, and also that the quality of audio is not good due to the large amount of audience participation)

Y3A 212

3.30pm

Swap Shop (continued) - Professor Mick Healey

Y3A 212

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Student Lead Indigenous Leadership Forum
Footprints of Leadership: Past, Present and Future

The theme of this forum is "Footprints of Leadership: Past, Present and Future" and will feature key Indigenous leaders presenting their perspectives on leadership. Undergraduate Bachelor of Community Management students will provide short presentations to honour Indigenous leaders that have walked before us and walk with us.

Guest speakers from the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples and the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre will present their perspectives on current leadership. They will be joined by expert panellists from the Indigenous Human Rights Network Australia, Indigenous Law Bulletin as well as Indigenous UN delegates who will participate in a Q&A Forum on 'The Future of Indigenous Leadership'. (Event organizer - Kat Henaway, BCM Student and Master of Ceremonies - Tracey Burraston, BCM Student)

10am

Welcome to Country by Lex Dadd

Y3A Theatre 1

10.15am

Chris Ingrey (student) presenting on historic leader Jo Andersen 1930

11.35am

Leeanne Hampton (student) presenting on historic leader Murray Chapman 1990

12pm

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Performance

1.45pm

Keynote Speaker Rachelle Towart - CEO Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre presenting on current leadership

2.10pm

Keynote Speaker Jody Broun - Co-Chair, National Congress of Australia's First Peoples presenting on current leadership

2.30pm

Q&A Forum "The Future of Indigenous Leadership" hosted by Desmond Campbell (student)

Panellist - Jody Broun - Co-Chair, National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
Panellist - Katie Kiss - Director of Social Justice Unit - Indigenous Human Rights Network Australia
Panellist - Rachelle Towart - CEO, Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre
Panellist - April Long - Editor, Indigenous Law Bulletin
Panellist - Patricia Adjei - Lawyer, Copyright Agency Limited & 2010 WIPO Indigenous IP Law Fellow
Panellist - Hannah Donnelly - Youth Delegate for 2011 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Panellist - Kat Henaway - Warawara Bachelor in Community Management student

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Thursday 22nd September

International Symposium on Leadership and Communication in Peer Review

Framing question
What are the factors that enable the recognition and support of pedagogical development and innovation?

9.30am

Welcome:
Professor Judyth Sachs - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Provost), Macquarie University

Plenary: The PEER Model
Dr Mitch Parsell (Director of Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Human Sciences, Macquarie University)

• Watch or listen to the iLecture recording
• Watch the video
• Download the transcript [Word - 78k]

Y3A Theatre 1

The Three Pillars
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Judi Homewood

Location: Y3A 211

• 11am - Six Questions
  Dr. Michael Hitchens (Macquarie)
  
• 11.30am - Peer Review at the University of Pretoria
  Prof. Wendy R. Kilfoil (Pretoria)
  
• 12pm - Communication around peer review: emotions, collegiality and attitudes in learning about teaching
  Dr. Nicole Matthews, Dr. Trudy Ambler, Dr Jennifer Clarke-Mackessy (Macquarie)
  

Watch or listen to the iLecture recording

Leadership
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Leigh Wood

Location: Y3A 212

• 11am - Using 'Critical friends' as a strategy to enhance teachng and learning within an educational program
  Susanne Brokop (Lund)
  
• 11:30am - Peer Review vs. Peer Enhancement: Cultural Perspectives
  Assoc. Prof Mehdi Riazi,
  Assoc. Prof. Jemina Napier (Macquarie)
  
• 12pm - Departing from home to tandem with a peer - a scholarly approach to intrapersonal leadership
  Dr. Pieter duToit (Pretoria)

• Watch or listen to the iLecture recording
• Download the transcript of Mehdi Riazi and Jemima Napier's session [Word - 78k]
• Download the transcript of Pieter duToit's session [Word - 74k]

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2pm

Case Studies

Chair: Dr. Judith Lyons

• Business & Law at La Trobe
  Prof. David Spencer (La Trobe)
• THINK Flexible
  Ann Appleby (THINK Education Group)

Y3A Theatre 1

Closing the Loop: International Panel Session
The Place of Peer Review in a holistic approach to the quality enhancement of learning and teaching

Chair
Professor Mick Healey - Emeritus Professor, University of Gloucestershire

Panel

• Associate Professor Malin Irhammar, Director, Human Resources, Staff and Educational Development, Lund University
• Professor Wendy R Kilfoil, Director, Education Innovation, University of Pretoria
• Dr. Judith Lyons, Academic and Curriculum Developer (Professional Development Programs), La Trobe University
• Dr. Trudy Ambler, Director of Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University

• Watch or listen to the iLecture recording
• Watch the video
• Download the transcript [Word - 233k]

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Friday 23rd September

Today there will also be a Serious Games for Learning Symposium called "Games for Change." Read about Games for Change or See the Games for Change program.

10am

Problem-based Learning (PBL) – The Problematization of Curriculum to Facilitate Learning
Mr. Glen O’Grady, Director, Centre for Educational Development,
Dr. Veerappan Girija, Assistant Director, School of Applied Science
Mr. Hisham Moosa, Assistant Director, School of Engineering
From the Republic Polytechnic, Singapore

Watch or listen to the iLecture recording

Y3A 212

11.30am

Keynote - 'Students as Researchers' – Professor Angela Brew

Watch or listen to the iLecture recording

Y3A Theatre 1

1.30pm

Workshop - 'Students as Producers' – Professor Angela Brew

Watch or listen to the iLecture recording

Y3A 212