2005 Past Events
Use the links in the summary table at the top of the page to find out more about each event further down the page.
| Date: | Event: |
6 October |
TLC seminar: Associate Professors Rae Frances & Bruce Scates
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| 15 September 2005 |
TLC seminar: Dr. Paul Francis
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| 26 July 2005 |
TLC seminar: Dr. Michael Harrap & Mr. Robin Murden
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| 12 & 13 May 2005 |
Learning and Teaching Forum 2005
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TLC seminar: "Team Teaching: Reflections and Practice "
Thursday 6 October, 2005
Team Teaching: Reflections and Practice (pdf, 58K)
Associate Professors Rae Frances and Bruce Scates won the national Australian Award for University Teaching (Humanities) in 2002. They were nominated for this award as a team - indeed, most of their careers they have worked as a job-sharing couple. Team teaching offers unique opportunities for peer review and genuinely reflexive teaching but it also presents challenges. Bruce and Rae offered a frank discussion of their shared strategies for successful university teaching.
TLC seminar: Using Games to Teach Science, Dr. Paul Francis
Thursday 15 September, 2005
Using Gamed to Teach Science (pdf, 74kb)
Research is sociable and a lot of fun - but all too often, students perceive science as little more than rote learning. I've been trying to change this perception by using games to teach science. I use role-playing games in lectures, where students play the role of rival teams of researchers, competing to crack some scientific mystery. I've also been experimenting with on-line video games and text adventure games. Sometimes the results are spectacular, sometimes disastrous - I'll tell all!
TLC seminar: Dr. Michael Harrap & Mr. Robin Murden "Making Movies – The Making of AirKraft 1 2 3 "
Tuesday 26 July 2005
Around the turn of the century, Robin and Michael embarked on an ambitious program to make a 3 part video series designed for university students studying introductory flight mechanics and aircraft performance. Needless to say Robin and Michael faced a variety of challenges making this series. During a NIDA acting workshop for example, Michael was required to pretend he was a wild animal in front of a group of hard-hatted construction workers. In another scene, Robin was required to relieve himself against a post in front of 200 sheep - an action later condemned at highest levels within the University. Robin and Michael described why they embarked on this series and described how the series was created - from scripting to post production - with plenty of anecdotes along the way. Attendees were provided with examples of scripts and storyboards neede for effective video production.
Learning and Teaching Forum 12th & 13th May, 2005
Thursday 12 May
1-1.30pm Introduction by Michele Scoufis
1.30-4.30pm Preparing your teaching portfolio
In this workshop participants explored aspects of compiling/writing a teaching portfolio - learning and teaching philosophy, kinds of evidence, self-reflection - and how a teaching portfolio might be used, how to get support from colleagues in reviewing and improving a portfolio. Participants were encouraged to team up with a "coach" to help review their portfolio.
9-12pm Evaluating Your Teaching
While it is an essential component of evaluating your teaching at UNSW, CATEI represents only one form of (summative) student evidence. This workshop not only explored how you might profitably use CATEI to improve your teaching, but what other forms of evidence you might use from students, peers, and self-reflection.
2-4pm Plenary session
This session offered the opportunity for everyone to discuss the issues arising from the previous two workshops in the special context of ADFA and with reference to the place of teaching in the new UNSW promotions policies.
Content Coordinator: m.copeland@adfa.edu.au, Educational Technlogy Services.