ALDCon23 Programme
Thursday 8th June
TIME
19.30 – 21.30
ACTIVITY
Social Programme – View social programme
Virtual pub crawl
Open to all registered online and in-person delegates.
Friday 9th June
TIME
9.00 – 9.30
ACTIVITY
Registration
9.30 – 10.45
Welcome Keynote – View Student Keynotes
10.45 – 11.00
Break
11.00 – 12.00
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1 – View abstracts for parallel sessions 1
PAPERS (25 minutes each)
11.00 – 11.25
Going beyond remedial learning support: Reframing Learning Development as a Catalyst for Practice Learning. A case study exploring father involvement in Social Work Education.
Kevin Brazant
London Metropolitan University
This session will be recorded.
11.35 – 12.00
Learning Development in a time of disruption
Lee Fallin
University of Hull
This session will be recorded.
Understanding student preferences for one to one writing appointments post-pandemic
Heather Johnston and Bryony Parsons
University of Liverpool
This session will be recorded.
Reflections on a peer-led Writing Café
Emily Webb, Felicity Edwards, Zoe Harrington, Eve Middleton, Amy Somekh, and Tharushi Wijesiriwardena
University of Leeds
This session will be recorded.
Nurturing learning development through student feedback
Colette Mair, Kieran Brown; Emma Beekman; Esther Olowe; Calum Macaulay
University of Glasgow
This session will be recorded.
‘Learning so much…’: Exploring the student perspective on the impact of attending optional LD workshops
Arina Cirstea
De Montfort University
This session will be recorded.
How can collaborative reading techniques impact confidence and belonging?
Jane Saville, Tasha Cooper, Tom Edge and Steve Hunt
UWE Bristol
This session will be recorded.
Impact assessment of academic support provided by tertiary learning advisors: Sharing an endeavour
Mona Malik
Manukau Institute of Technology – Te Pūkenga
This session will not be recorded.
12.00 – 13.00
Lunch
13.00 – 14.00
PARALLEL SESSIONS 2 – View abstracts for parallel sessions 2
WORKSHOPS (60 minutes)
Why and how you matter: learning development as everyday leadership
Maria Kukhareva and Carina Buckley
University of Bedfordshire and Solent University
This session will be recorded.
“Turn and face the strange”: the challenges of supporting students in an ever-changing revision and exam environment
Moray Bennet, Sam Gridley, and Darryl Taphouse
University of Surrey
This session will be recorded.
14.00 – 14.20
Break
14.20 – 15.20
PARALLEL SESSIONS 3 – View abstracts for parallel sessions 3
PAPERS (25 minutes each)
14.20 – 14.45
Enhancing the Learning Development of Student Partners through the curriculum diversification ‘Hidden Histories’ project
Ellie Davison and Tom Hobson
University of Lincoln
This session will not be recorded.
14.55 – 15.20
Enhancing attainment and belonging at the London College of Fashion: a proactive, personalised approach to address limitations of the academic support provision
Emma Shackleton and Jo Peel
UAL London College of Fashion
This session will be recorded.
Podcasts as a Medium for Connection in Academic Libraries
Virginia Pow and Jessica Thorlackson
University of Alberta
This session will be recorded.
Value of Reflective Learning for Nursing students: case studies of critical reflection within applied Gibbs model of reflection
Tanja Tolar
University of Bradford
This session will be recorded.
LIGHTNING TALK & RESOURCE SHOWCASE (60 minutes)
Lightning talk
“In the moment”: Introducing an adaptive model for study skills workshop delivery
Jonathan Denham
University of Bradford
This session will be recorded.
Resource showcase
Student interaction, academic anxiety and belonging: video project
Louise Frith
University of York
This session will be recorded.
Resource showcase
(Re)Imagining Higher Education: An inspirational guide for academics
Sandra Abegglen, Tom Burns, Sonia Kamal, Maryam Akhbari, and Sandra Sinfield
University of Calgary and London Metropolitan University
This session will be recorded.
15.20 – 15.30
Break
15.30 – 16.15
Discussion and questions with poster presenters – View posters
Discussion and questions with poster presenters
How can we incorporate nature connection into our work as learning developers?
Jodi Gregory
University of Cumbria
This session will be recorded.
Using Podcasts to Create an Online Community
Shipa Begum
University of Hertfordshire
This session will be recorded.
Online Escape Room as formative assessment in postgraduate students: a case study
Stefano Licchelli
University of Surrey
This session will be recorded.
How Learning Development and Learning Design can inform each other: reflections and discussion points
Catherine Turton
Solent University
This session will be recorded.
BioJEWEL: the Biology Journal of Excellent Work and Exemplary Learning
Rachel Hope
University of York
This session will be recorded.
Thinking like a designer – The use of design thinking and graphic organisers in 1:1 LD sessions
Anne-Kathrin Reck
University of Portsmouth
This session will be recorded.
16.20 – 16.45
AGM
Tuesday 13th June
TIME
8.00 – 9.30
9.30 – 9.45
Registration, refreshments
9.45 – 10.00
Welcome to the University of Portsmouth
Portland Building 1.74
10.00 – 11.20
Keynote – View Student Keynotes
Portland Building 1.74
11.20 – 11.30
Break
11.30 – 12.30
PARALLEL SESSIONS 4 – View abstracts for parallel sessions 4
PAPERS (25 minutes each)
11.30 – 11.55
Impact of Machine Translation software on students’ interaction and participation in class
Louise Frith
University of York
Location: Portland Building 1.44
12.05 – 12.30
“Tell me what you want, what you really, really want…” – What students want after non-submission of an assignment
Samantha King, Alison Loddick, Tim Curtis and Deepak Bhachu
University of Northampton
Location: Portland Building 1.44
Students as partners: enhancing employability skills through running transition book clubs
Gianna De Salvo
Queen Mary University of London
Location: Portland Building 1.51
Establishing faculty-based peer-led Pomodoro® online study communities
Amy May
University of Nottingham
Location: Portland Building 1.51
Preparing Sixth-Form students for the transition into Higher Education: Developing key research skills through the EPQ
Emma Thompson
University of Southampton
Location: Portland Building 1.66
Exploring learning development from the perspectives of Black students
Kate Ikonte, Sheryl Mansfield and Beth Garrett
University of Northampton and Student Union, University of Northampton
Location: Portland Building 1.66
Addressing the awarding gap, fostering belonging: developing enhanced academic skills support for our Birmingham Scholars
Polly Harper and Leanne Campbell
University of Birmingham
Location: Portland Building 3.31a
Better student outcomes at University of Portsmouth – How data informed targeted intervention can support student success
Harriet Dunbar-Morris, Tom Lowe, Natalie Dutka-Bowskill and Dom Owen
University of Portsmouth and University of Portsmouth Students’ Union
Location: Portland Building 3.31a
Tales of a three-year journey to integrating academic and information literacy skills in an education course
Silvina Bishopp-Martin
Canterbury Christ Church University
Location: Portland Building 1.67
The “Master’s Dissertation Fair”: reflections on impact and future development
Georgia Koromila and Sonia Hood
University of Reading
Location: Portland Building 1.67
The highs and lows of written feedback
Eva Shackel
Bath Spa University
Location: Portland Building 2.33c
Inhabiting the in-between space: LD and EDI policy
Emma Kimberley and Anne-Marie Langford
University of Northampton
Location: Portland Building 2.33c
LIGHTNING TALKS & RESOURCE SHOWCASE (60 minutes)
Lightning talk
Integrating education for sustainable development in Learning Development practice within a university humanities department
Rhiannon Parry Thompson
University of Portsmouth
Lightning talk
Why inclusive learning shouldn’t always be fun
Steve White
University of Southampton
Lightning talk
Untangling the complexities of higher education referencing styles
Ralitsa Kantcheva and Ed Bickle
Bangor University and Bournemouth University
Resource showcase
Equality, diversity and inclusion: Learning from laying our cards on the table
Matthew Sillence, Hanh Doan and Amanda Clark
University of East Anglia and University of Hertfordshire
Location for all the lightning talks and resource showcase: Portland Building 2.33a
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch
13.30 – 14.30
PARALLEL SESSIONS 5 – View abstracts for parallel sessions 5
WORKSHOPS (60 minutes)
Why students engage in simulation and how it prepares them for work
David Biggins, Debbie Holley, Ben Goldsmith, and Jacqueline Priego
Bournemouth University and University of Portsmouth
Location: Portland Building 1.51
Moving through the Third Space: Being, becoming and progressing as a Learning Developer
Nicola Grayson and Cathy Malone
University of Salford and University of Leeds
Location: Portland Building 3.31a
Seen and heard: What role can learning development play in LGBTQ+ inclusion?
Beverley Hancock-Smith and Zara Hooley
De Montfort University
Location: Portland Building 1.67
Generating Threshold Concepts for impactful Learning Development: Exploring a new perspective on our work
Steve White
University of Southampton
Location: Portland Building 3.31b
Do institutional or subject referencing style choices create barriers for students with Specific Learning Disability?
Fiona Watkins
University of Northampton
Location: Portland Building 1.44
Helping students to learn how to critically evaluate a source: How effective are the tools we use?
Edward Powell and Sonia Hood
University of Reading
Location: Portland Building 1.66
14.30 – 14.45
Break
14.45 – 15.45
ALDinHE Professional Development Sessions 1 – View session abstracts
ALDinHE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS 1
From the Conference and Beyond: Collaborative Writing with JLDHE and the LD Community
Journal Editorial Board
Location: Portland Building 1.66
ALDinHE Professional Recognition Scheme (CeP/CeLP)
Sheryl Mansfield and Kate Coulson (Professional Recognition Working Group)
Location: Portland Building 1.67
You, me and ALDinHE: how we keep the conversation going
Alistair Morey and Maddy Mossman (Co-Chairs Events Working Group)
Portland Building 1.51
15.55 – 16.15
Guided meditation with Debbie Holley
Location: Portland Building 1.66
19.30 – Late
Social Programme – View social programme
Conference dinner – Spinnaker Tower
Wednesday 14th June
TIME
9.00 – 9.30
ACTIVITY
Registration, refreshments
9.30 – 9.45
Welcome and Introduction
9.45 – 11.00
Practitioner Mini-keynotes – View abstracts for practitioner mini-keynotes
Practitioner Mini-keynotes
Hey you! They’re calling you Tinkerbell! What are you going to do about it?
Steve White and Helen Webster
University of Southampton and University of Oxford
Mentoring in Learning Development
Silvina Bishopp-Martin, Ursula Canton, Jane McKay, Chenée Psaros, Alicja Syska and Sam Thomas
ALDinHE Peer Mentoring Working Group
Learning Development and English for Academic Purposes: Opportunities and Challenges in Collaboration
Emily Webb
University of Leeds
How diagnostic tools based around academic skills could be used to support students’ independent learning
Ivelina Cramphorn
University of Northampton
Green and Academic literacies: Embedding Sustainability into Learning Development Practice
Rhiannon Parry Thompson
University of Portsmouth
Expanding your provision across the whole institution
Andrew Struan, Jennifer Boyle and Scott Ramsay
University of Glasgow
What’s in a name? Study Skills? Academic Skills? Academic Literacies? Does it really matter and to whom does it matter?
Maddy Mossman
University of Leeds
The Black Award Gap
Kate Coulson
University of Northampton
Professional identity and the LD Project podcast
Carina Buckley and Alicja Syska
Solent University Southampton and University of Plymouth
The problem of inclusion and invisibility: working with disabled students in HE
Julian Ingle
University of Portsmouth
Location: Portland Building 2.33a-c
11.00 – 11.15
Break
11.15 – 12.15
PARALLEL SESSIONS 6 – View abstracts for parallel sessions 6
PAPERS (25 minutes each)
11.15 – 11.40
Together in electric dreams: Inventing an online asynchronous Community of Practice for Learning Developers working with health students
Anne-Marie Langford and Karen Hudson
University of Northampton and University of Essex
Location: Portland Building 1.44
11.50 – 12.15
Academic skills for everyone? Interactive vs accessible and open access vs personalisation
Chris O’Reilly and Adam Bradley
University of Sussex
Location: Portland Building 1.44
Mattering vs Belonging and the impact of Academic Advisors: Online Professional part-time students – a case study
Jacqui Thijm
University College of Estate Management
Location: Portland Building 1.51
Manual notetaking and its effect on increasing student engagement and knowledge retention
Ellen Spender, Sue Evans, Lesley Davies, and Tracey Williams
Swansea University
Location: Portland Building 1.51
Ways of rethinking inclusion for disabled students in Higher Education
Julian Ingle
University of Portsmouth
Location: Portland Building 1.66
Transforming transitions: Learning and Researcher Developers and a whole-institution approach to successful transition
Andrew Struan, Scott Ramsay and Jennifer Boyle
University of Glasgow
Location: Portland Building 1.66
Learning Development Mentor provision – How it’s going
Sheryl Mansfield, Sam Thomas, Helena Beeson
University of Northampton
Location: Portland Building 2.33b
Enhancing employability and engagement with the University through the Student Experience Leaders (SEL) Scheme
Sibel Kaya, Clio Spanou, Barry Poulter, Robert Payne, Steven Briggs, and Julie Brunton
University of Bedfordshire
Location: Portland Building 2.33b
Fostering belonging: An inter-disciplinary journal club
Katie Winter and Jennifer McLay
University of Surrey
Location: Portland Building 2.33a
How a learning skills course addressed transition, diversity and inclusion, and a sense of belonging for mature students seeking entrance to university – Reflections of a Canadian Learning Specialist
Heather Grierson
University of Guelph
Location: Portland Building 2.33a
Great expectations: four writing tendencies for actionable self-knowledge
Carina Buckley and Alicja Syska
Solent University and University of Plymouth
Location: Portland Building 1.67
Bridging the Transition Gap
Liv Jonassen Newcastle University
Location: Portland Building 1.67
Skill Audit – The journey of exploring how diagnostic assessment could be used to promote reflective learning
Ivelina Cramphorn University of Northampton
Location: Portland Building 2.33c
12.15 – 13.00
Lunch
13.00 – 14.00
PARALLEL SESSIONS 7 – View session abstracts for parallel sessions 7
13.00 – 14.00
Workshops (60 minutes)
WORKSHOPS (60 minutes)
Increasing neurodiversity awareness through a Community of Practice
Jennie Dettmer and Karen Welton
University of Hertfordshire and Arts University Plymouth
Wild card session
Location: Portland Building 1.44
Making an impact through sketchnoting – bringing the visuals to the table
Anne-Kathrin Reck
University of Portsmouth
Location: Portland Building 1.66
Academic Integrity and the role of Learning Development
Ed Bickle, Stephanie Allen, Marian Mayer
Bournemouth University
Location: Portland Building 2.33a
Apps in LD: gifts or gimmicks?
Amy West
University of Northampton
Wild card session
Location: Portland Building 2.33b
A manifesto for the metaverse: opportunities and challenges for learning development
Carina Buckley, Debbie Holley and Lee Fallin
Solent University, Bournemouth University, and University of Hull
Location: Portland Building 2.33c
Assignments are getting more visual – introducing strategies for developing visual literacy in our students
Jacqui Bartram
University of Hull
Location: Portland Building 1.67
14.00 – 14.15
Break
14.15 – 15.15
ALDinHE Professional Development Sessions 2 – View session abstracts
ALDinHE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS 2
Developing through Mentoring or Being Mentored: ALDinHE’s new Mentoring Scheme and Certified Mentor Recognition
Mentoring WG
Location: Portland Building 1.66
Higher recognition for Learning Developers – NTF and PFHEA discussion session
Carina Buckley (Treasurer) and Debbie Holley
Location: Portland Building 1.67
Co-creating LearnHigher: Demystifying and shaping what we do
Helena Beeston, Jennie Dettmer, Lee Fallin, Laura Key and Sumeetra Ramakrishnan
(LearnHigher Working Group)
Portland Building 1.51
15.20 – 15.45
Conference closing session and refreshments