Title: Updating the Australian University Register of Academic Language and Learning Centres/Units
The Australian University Register of Academic Language and Learning Centres/Units summarises the provision of Academic Language and Learning (ALL) services available across the Australian university sector. Information and data from 42 universities, government sources and ALL educators assisted production of the original AALL Register. This register was updated annually from 1993 to 2013, but it has not been updated since then.
The aim of this AALL grant project was to update the Register in order to provide a current snapshot of ALL centres/units across Australian universities today.
- An online survey was used to ask how universities resource and support language and learning in the midst of the COVID pandemic and wide-ranging restructures.
- The findings compare and contrast recent changes as the presenters discuss the history of the Register, the AALL grant process, ethics and survey questions used to update the Australian University Register.
- The challenges encountered in navigating the current Australian university environment as well as current findings will be useful to inform policy makers, administrators and professional educators providing learning support in higher education.
The Australian University Register will also be of interest to international associates who may wish to develop a similar register in their own country.
Presenters:
Dr Sally Ashton-Hay
AALL Vice President
Learning Experience Team, Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor
Southern Cross University
Alex Barthel
AALL Senior Counsel and Founding President
AALL Assistant Treasurer
Dr Amanda Mȕller
Senior Lecturer, College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Flinders University
More information on this presentation:
This presentation was on Friday May 21st, 2021.
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