Registration and Learning Cafe

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.

Welcome

by Dr Calvin Smith, Acting Director, Griffith Institute for Higher Education, Griffith University

Program Rationale, overview and Expectations

Professor Angela Brew, ALTC National Teaching Fellow

• Enhancing Undergraduate Engagement through research and inquiry (PDF, 4.58Mb)
• Handout (PDF, 175Kb)

Showcase Presentations by academics and students

Professor Helen McGillivray, Australian Learning and Teaching Council Senior Fellow, School of Mathematical Sciences, QUT

• The Statistics Voyager: vehicle for learning enquiry and problem-solving (PDF, 1.9Mb)

Dr Paula Myatt Senior Lecturer, Teaching and Educational Development Institute , UQ

• Undergraduate Research Experiences at UQ (PDF, 927Kb)

Professor Sushila Chang, Director, Office of Undergraduate Education UQ

• Summer Research Scholarship 2008 / 2009 / 2010 (PDF, 449Kb)

Associate Professor Alf Lizzio, Head of School, School of Psychology, GU

• Strengthening the Research Culture in the Undergraduate Psychology Program (PDF, 5.17Mb)

Student Panel from Griffith University

Lunch with a Poster Session

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

Address by Professor Angela Brew

on outcomes of roundtables in other states and findings of the project followed by discussion

Learning Cafe with afternoon tea

Participants will be invited to explore particular artefacts, 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.

Facilitated by Professor Angela Brew

Plenary session

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

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