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ALDinHE 2021: The Learning Development Conference – Day 1
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ALDinHE 2021: The Learning Development Conference – Day 2
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ALDinHE 2021: The Learning Development Conference – Day 3
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The 2020-21 Symposium-Over-Time
In the past, ICALLD has hosted an international symposium every two years (see here for details on some of these events). This year, in response to a changing and demanding global context, the members of the ICALLD committee decided to host a “symposium-over-time.” As such, there will be a series of one-hour professional development opportunities over the majority of the 2020-21 academic year, held approximately every two months. Hosts will come, in turn, from each of the member associations. (Note that because of the time differences across countries, the actual date shifts).
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LD@3 How learning developers can support teaching about climate change?
Session abstract: This LD@3 session discusses our recent #Take5 blog post about the implications teaching climate change in higher education for learning developers. The issue of climate change has gained prominence in higher education recently, following declarations of a ‘climate emergency’ by several universities, evidence of widespread demand among young people to be taught about climate change, and the launch of QAA and AdvanceHE guidance on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). We have been working together on research to explore how climate change is taught, and recently published our findings focused on geography degree programmes. We are now looking at how other disciplines are embedding …
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LD@3 Essay Writing Activity Cards for Creative Disciplines
Session abstract: The Study Skills team at Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) in collaboration with a Graphic Design staff and students have developed a set of activity cards to help scaffold students’ essay writing from planning through to editing. These are evidence-based activities drawn from in-course subject-specific and open, cross-disciplinary workshops undertaken at AUB and are translated into principles-based activities. They are designed to provide frameworks for academic research, writing and style based specifically in creative disciplines. Students work in pairs or small groups by following a set of prompts within a selected stage of the writing process. The activity cards …
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LD@3 Assessing the impact of study skills sessions
Session abstract: In an attempt to evaluate the impact of study skills sessions on students’ marks a descriptive statistics approach was developed in 2017. This approach focusses on subject-specific study skills sessions embedded in the curriculum that are related directly to individual assessment tasks. The descriptive statistics analysis is based on establishing mark categories, and exploring chronological changes in the proportion for each category. Over the past three academic years, this approach has been used to analyse data on students’ attainment at all levels of study and across various academic subjects. Colleagues from academic schools welcome the change from discussing …
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Evaluating the impact of Tertiary Learning Advice Consultations on student learning and development – A discussion of a recent pilot study
ATLAANZ ICALLD symposium-over-time | 25 June – 10.00-11.30am (NZ time) – 11.00pm (GMT) You are cordially invited to the next instalment of ICALLD’s Symposium over time, led by ALDinHE’s New Zealand partner, ATLAANZ. Student Learning Te Taiako regularly evaluates Tertiary Learning Advice Consultations (TLACs), workshops and programmes, by conducting student surveys and focus groups, together with staff peer-observations and one-minute papers. In response to recent calls to go beyond attendance data and perceived student satisfaction to ‘meaure’ impact, we have begun using Hamilton et al.’s (2019) ICALLD evaluation model. In this session, we will report on this latest phase of our evaluation project, which …
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Evaluating the impact of Tertiary Learning Advice Consultations on student learning and development – A discussion of a recent pilot study
ATLAANZ ICALLD symposium-over-time | 25th June – 10.00-11.30am (NZ time) / 24th June – 11.00pm (GMT) You are cordially invited to the next instalment of ICALLD’s Symposium over time, led by ALDinHE’s New Zealand partner, ATLAANZ. Student Learning Te Taiako regularly evaluates Tertiary Learning Advice Consultations (TLACs), workshops and programmes, by conducting student surveys and focus groups, together with staff peer-observations and one-minute papers. In response to recent calls to go beyond attendance data and perceived student satisfaction to ‘meaure’ impact, we have begun using Hamilton et al.’s (2019) ICALLD evaluation model. In this session, we will report on this latest phase of our …
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LD@3 What helps students learn? Understanding factors that impact transfer in a literature searching webinar
Session abstract: This presentation explores the finding of a small-scale qualitative research project aimed at understanding factors that impact transfer of learning in a literature searching webinar for doctoral students. The findings showed that lack of previous training and practice time, in and after the session, impacted negatively on transfer of learning from the webinar. Evidence pointed to the important to providing opportunities for learners to practice newly learned skills to maximise learning transfer. Focusing tools such as a PowerPoint presentation, class handouts and recordings of the session were found to have supported transfer during and after the session. Active …
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Detecting Contract Cheating Using Investigative Text Analysis
Abstract: The QAA (2020) report prioritised detection over prevention of contract cheating. This workshop fulfils two objectives: building on the work of Crockett and Best (2020), it briefly presents empirical research identifying text-based indicators of commercially outsourced academic writing (‘contract cheating’), and assesses the potential of using investigative text analysis to raise suspicions of contract cheating. Inspired by Dawson and Sutherland-Smith (2019), the workshop will be in 3 sections. Firstly, attendees will be asked to assess six academic essay extracts as either commercial or student written. Second is the presentation of a linguistic model and resources for detection of commercial …
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Inclusive Practice in Learning Development
As Learning Developers, how can we foster a teaching environment where all students feel included regardless of their prior learning experience or background? How do we break down barriers to learning for our students and ensure that no student is left behind? We hope that our half-day interactive workshop on Inclusive Practice in Learning Development, Friday 10th September 1-4pm can provide some answers to these questions. Using anonymised examples from delegates’ own practice, we hope to learn from each other’s experiences and current inclusive practice and work together to design our own manifesto for inclusive learning in Learning Development. If you are able to attend the workshop please book using …