Registration and Learning Cafe

All participants are invited to bring posters on relevant topics and additional resources that they would like to share during the day.

Following registration, participants will be invited to join the Learning Cafe where refreshments will be served and discussion of themes and issues for the day will begin.

• Handout: Learning cafe conversations (PDF, 84Kb)

Welcome

by Professor Judyth Sachs, Deputy-Vice Chancellor and Provost, Macquarie University

Program Rationale, Overview and Expectations

Professor Angela Brew, ALTC National Teaching Fellow

• Enhancing Undergraduate Engagement through research and inquiry (PDF, 434Kb)

Showcase Presentations

Using inquiry-based exercises to engage first-year geoscience students. Dr Kelsie Dadd, Department of Geology, Macquarie University.

• Using inquiry-based exercises to engage first-year geoscience students (PDF, 3.37Mb)

Real research opportunities for undergraduates. Joanne Elliot, ANZAC Summer Research Scholarship Scheme, University of Sydney Medical School.

• Real research opportunities for undergraduates (PDF, 1.57Mb)

Morning Tea

Showcase presentations (continued)

Viet Nam Field School: Giving undergraduates "real" research experiences. Dr Richard Baker, Deputy Dean College of Science, Australian National University.

• Dr Richard Baker - Teaching resources

Re-invigorating the teaching-research nexus through applied fieldwork on Indigenous tourism in the Northern Territory. Dr Sandie Suchet-Pearson, Department of Environment and Geography, Faculty of Science, Macquarie University.

• Re-invigorating the teaching-research nexus through applied fieldwork on Indigenous tourism in the Northern Territory (PDF, 4.81Mb)

Bridges to Learning: Student Enquiry in First year Engineering. Professor Tim McCarthy, Faculty of Engineering, Wollongong University.

• Bridges to Learning: Student Enquiry in First year Engineering (PDF, 672Kb)

Applied Statistics: A second year research course. Associate Professor Peter Petocz , Department of Statistics Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University.

Peter Petocz presented some findings from an informal investigation (part of a unit in applied statistics) as to how 2nd year undergraduates in his statistics course understand the process of research. Students had created a range of artifacts using plasticine and pipecleaners to illustrate particular aspects of research. Common themes included pipecleaner people (researchers), research questions (usually represented by a question mark), and graphs (also pipecleaners): plasticine was used to represent computers and in one case pills (both active and placebo) - as in the above photo. A lively discussion followed.

Lunch at Learning Cafe with a Poster Browsing

Participants are encouraged to bring posters on relevant and related topics for display and discussion.

Strengthening the link between research and practice in the first-year media arts curriculum.

Dr Denise Wood, School of Communication, International Studies and Languages University of South Australia

• Strengthening the link between research and practice in the first-year media arts curriculum (PDF, 704Kb)

Learning Cafe with afternoon tea served at 2.45 pm

In the afternoon participants will be invited to explore particular artifacts, protocols and resources that have been collected as part of the National Teaching Fellowship and to discuss issues raised.

Participants are invited to bring additional resources that they would like to share in this session.

Plenary session

This will include reporting back from Learning Café discussions leading to recommendations and plans for future actions.

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