Learning-Teaching-Research Nexus

2009 Nexus events

Monday 7 September 2009, 12 noon - 1:30pm in Building 20, Level 1

What does the Teaching-Research Nexus mean? How does one activate a TRN in one's practice?

Presenter and workshop leader:
Dr Meg O'Reilly, Southern Cross University
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Wednesday 30 September 2009, 1:30-2:30 in 20.5

Focus on Teaching Symposium event

Opening:
Prof Sandra Wills

Speakers:
Ms Judith Marychurch (Faculty of Law), Expert Witnesses: Developing Communication Skills through Reflective Engagement with Research Findings
Mrs Lee Moerman, Mr Paul Moore and Ms Emily Purser (Faculty of Commerce/ASD), Aligning Research, Teaching and Learning through Concept Mapping
Mr Grant Ellmers - (Faculty of Creative Arts), Reflection to Support the Articulation of Knowledge and Learning: the Creative Experience

2008 Nexus events series

Wednesday 26 March 2008, 12:30-1:30 in 20.5

Launch of 2008 project

Opening:
Prof Lee Astheimer and Prof Sandra Wills

Keynote:
Prof Tom Angelo (Victoria University of Wellington), Where the Bloody 'L' Is It? Locating Learning in the Teaching - Research Nexus

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Wednesday October 8, 12:30-1:30 in 20.5

Research-infused Learning – Starting from Square One:

How to infuse current research into undergraduate programs from first year through to Honours

Keynote:
Prof Judy Raper, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Research-Community-Infused Learning

Speakers:
Dr Shirley Agostinho (Education), Bringing Researchers into First Year Classes
Prof Fazel Naghdy (Informatics), Building Enquiry into an Undergraduate Subject
Dr Kathie Cooper (Commerce), Real Cases and Investigations in Accounting

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Wednesday October 22, 12 noon – 1:30 pm in 20.5

The New Research Generation

Involving undergraduate students in real research and real academic debates

Keynote:
A/Prof Angela Brew (University of Sydney), Enhancing Undergraduate Engagement through Research and Inquiry


Speakers:
A/Prof Chris Barker (Arts), Researching Ourselves, Researching Others - Learning through Investigation
Prof Aditya Ghose (Informatics), Cafe DSL - Students in the Scholarly Community
Dr Mark Nelson (Informatics), Real Research Projects for Advanced Maths Students (Second and Third Year)
Prof Sandra Jones (HBS), The Learning-Teaching-Research Nexus in the Centre for Health Initiatives

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Wednesday October 29 12:30-2 in 20.4

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Keynote:
A/Prof Jan Orrell (Educational Consultant and Adjunct Associate Professor at Flinders University School of Education), Scholarship of Teaching - Whose Interests Does it Serve?

Speakers:
Mr Marcus O’Donnell (Creative Arts), Collaborative Scholarship of Teaching
Dr Mohan Chinnappan (Education), Model-Eliciting as a Teaching Strategy
Mr John Littrich (Law) You're Doing it Every day, You May as Well Write About It
Dr Gerry Lefoe (Centre for Educational Development and Interactive Resources), Faculty Scholars: Leading a Scholarly Approach to Teaching

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Thursday 6 November, 12:30-2 pm in 20.4

The Learning-Teaching-Research Nexus – Implications for the Curriculum

Keynote:
Prof Chris Cook (Engineering), Practical Examples of the Learning-Teaching-Research Nexus

Speakers:
Dr Kate Bowles and Dr Chris Moore (Faculty of Arts), It's Not About Us: Social Networking for Student Researchers
Dr James Wallman (Science), Immersing Students in the Research Experience in Biological Science
Dr Lisa Kervin (Education), Making Research Relevant - Multiple Strategies in an Undergraduate Program
Dr Margaret Wallace (HBS), Ways of Knowing in Undergraduate Nursing - Embedding Research Literacy in the Curricula

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Wednesday 12 November, 12:30-2 pm in 20.5

Teaching Students to be Researchers – the Power of Enquiry-based Learning

Keynote:
Prof Kerri-Lee Krause (Griffith University), Teaching-Research Links: Opportunities and Challenges

Speakers:
Prof Tim McCarthy (Engineering), Bridges to Learning - Student Enquiry in ENGG101
A/Prof Chris Gibson (Science), Research and Play in a Rich Data Source: Experiential Learning in Population Geography 
Associate Professor John McQuilton (Arts), Linking Academic Research with Undergraduate Teaching

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Last reviewed: 29 September, 2009