e-Learning Council conducts business meeting at UOW
UOW Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton, recently welcomed members of the Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE) to Wollongong for a two-day business meeting.
The key objective behind Nexus is to define the relationship between learning and research at UOW. The aim is to identify ways of building on that relationship to improve the learning and research experiences for students and developing staff.
Faculty of Education lecturers at Bega Education Centre attending a professional development workshop with workshop leaders Sue Duchesne(Education) and Maureen Bell (CEDIR).
2007
November
Spotlight on Learning and Teaching … the UOW way
The first showcase in the Spotlight series was held in the foyer of the McKinnon building on 22nd November in conjunction with the Academic Integrity Symposium.
UOW offers up a ‘Smorgasbord of Educational Technologies’
A one-day mini conference held at the University of Wollongong on Wednesday 27 September presented an overview of the many different ways educational technologies are currently being used at the University of Wollongong to enhance eTeaching and eLearning.
Australian College of Educators Award Ray Stace, Manager, Educational Systems Development received an Australian College of Educators award for his sustained contribution to supporting teachers with technology. Read More... UOW News Article...
June
Workshop for Tutors, Bega
Pictured are some of the 14 attendees at a full day workshop for tutors at the Bega Education Centre on 26th June. It was facilitated by Maureen Bell
April
High School Students Launch 'Gali' Findings
A collaboration between the University of Wollongong’s Faculty of Science and three state high schools culminated today (Friday 27 April) with the launch of the Australian Schools Innovation in Science, Technology and Mathematics multi-media resource called Gali. Gali is the indigenous Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay word for water. Participating schools were Gunnedah High School, Singleton High School and St Johns Park High School.
Eighty students from the University of Wollongong’s new Graduate School of Medicine (GSM) are the first in Australia to be provided with an ePortfolio rated as “international best-practice” by industry experts. UOW is the country’s first university to purchase and implement the Blackboard Portfolio for Vista tool, which works in conjunction with the University’s existing Learning Management System, Blackboard Vista.
Applications are invited from suitable applicants with an interest in developing a leadership role for teaching within the faculty. Six $10,000 grants are available to support a project related to improving assessment practices. Applications close Thursday 23rd November. Click here for more details
September
OCTAL: Call for Nominations
Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (OCTAL)
Two busy ITT Teaching Skills sessions have been run so far this year, with a third due to be offered at the end of November. Click here for more details
July
Community Engagement Grant
Richard Caladine has been awarded a Community Engagement Grant for a project entitled "Community Education: Taking UOW to a broader community through web-casting" Click here for more details
EdNA Workshops, 13 & 14 July, Nowra & Wollongong
Connecting You With EdNA - Nowra Campus
Use EdNA's collaboration tools (EdNA Groups) - Nowra Campus
Connecting You With EdNA - Wollongong Campus
Use EdNA's collaboration tools (EdNA Groups) - Wollongong Campus
Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching
LEADERSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE - 2006
Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Outstanding Service for General Staff
Recently announced as joint recipients of the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Service for General Staff are Gloria Wood from CEDIR and Victor Ossington from ITS.
ITT graduation
Catherine Todd recently received her ITT Certificate from the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic). Cath is off to Dubai with a three year contract to teach at the UOW Dubai campus.
Carrick Institute Grants
Dr Anna Carew (CEDIR), in conjunction with Prof Tim McCarthy, A/Prof Paul Cooper and Dr Sharon Nightingale (Eng Fac), has secured $134k to investigate 'Teaching and Assessing Meta-attributes in Engineering'. This project will run over 18 months and include collaboration with Emeritus Professor Alan Bradley (Head of Accreditation, Engineers Australia) and key engineering education researchers at UQ, USyd and RMIT.
CEDIR recently completed a collection of animations for Eduardo Pol from the Faculty of Commerce under Faculty Service Agreement. The animation was completed by CEDIR's Flash Animator, Sandy Houston, project managed by Toni Southwell and learning designed by Russ Pennell. It ran for a six month period.
The project was aimed at first year level commerce students and was to visually present the complicated concept of a successful economy. Eduardo and the faculty of Commerce are very pleased with the result.
The Science Honours website was an FSA project involving Associate Professor Lesley Head (Science), Emily Purser (Student Services), and the production team within CEDIR.
This site can now be accessed from the Faculty homepage or direct via the link below.
The Science Honours website contains abundant resources for students and supervisors as they work together developing and managing projects, and writing and editing theses. There are lots of real life examples, of relevance to postgraduates as well as honours students.
March
CEDIR launches new eTeaching services website...
February
Educational Strategies Development Fund (ESDF)
A strategic development fund for teaching and learning was established by the University Education Committee in late 1994 using funds from the first Quality round. The University has supported the continuation of this initiative through the annual allocation of funding for Educational Strategic development.
The fund provides support for educational developments in keeping with the Learning and Teaching Strategic Plan. To this end the emphasis is on strategic value to the Faculty and the University and funding decisions are based as much on judgements about this (usually in consultation with the relevant Dean) as on the intrinsic merit of the proposal.
This website developed for CCS357 TV Cultures course in the Arts Faculty lets students share their research data with other students and write a report that utilises the collected data from the entire class. The students must utlise the ReMoTe website to complete their assessment tasks for the subject.
October
OCTAL Awards
CEDIR staff continue to support the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (OCTAL).
CEDIR staff, working with the Teaching Innovations Sub-committee and Secretariat, have sought feedback and suggestions from previous nominees, written new guidelines to streamline and clarify the process, prepared a web site and application kits, and publicised the awards across the campus.
Over the coming months, CEDIR staff will give advice and help nominees with their applications. Presentations will be organised to share the stories of last years winners.
