The SFDN Board is thrilled to invite you to a writing retreat from April 1-3, 2020 in a very special and inspiring location – the WhitePod Eco-luxury Hotel in Monthey in Valais.
Save your place now by email to our General Secretary Rachel Plews.
September 13, 2019 Site Visit Glion Institute of Higher Education, Bulle – Registration: Email to Rachel.plews@hepl.ch
December 3, 2019 11h – 12h Online Webinar – To tweet or not to tweet? Twitter’s potential for educational developers – Karin Brown
Registration: https://rachelplews.typeform.com/to/cN6tz5
January 21, 2020 11h – 12h Online Webinar – Holistic academic development: Is it time to think more broadly about the academic development project? Ariane Dumont
Registration: https://rachelplews.typeform.com/to/smbZ4r
March 12, 2020 11h-12h Online webinar – EXPLICIT LABS: enabling students to identify the inquiry and scientific thinking skills of practical work – Siara IsaacRegistration: https://rachelplews.typeform.com/to/F3ihi5
March 23, 2020 11h-12h Online Webinar – Designing peer assessment exercises – Peter Jentges
Registration: https://rachelplews.typeform.com/to/toOaT8
April 21, 2020 Site Visit University of Geneva
Registration: Email to Rachel.plews@hepl.ch
June 10, 2020 SAVE THE DATE! Workshop at EPFL with Kasturi Behari-Leak University of Capetown (Keynote at ICED2020)
June 17, 2020 SAVE THE DATE (During ICED 2020)!SFDN General Assembly
The SFDN Board is working on a SFDN Writing Retreat for the Spring 2020 semester. Stay tuned for more details!
The University of Sydney Business School is a globally impactful Business School with over 14000 students at our state of the art campus in the centre of Sydney and is a key faculty within the University of Sydney. We are delivering a new initiative called Connected Learning at Scale which is designed to transform the teaching and learning experience for our students through innovative delivery models, agile uses of technology and cutting edge approaches to connected pedagogy, all located within our large core face-to-face programs. This project will be using innovative approaches to educational transformation that will engage our students in connected approaches to education, support learning through the community, engage in critical conversations around learning and teaching spaces and support our approach to designing innovative pedagogies that may include students as producers, gamification/playful learning and other emerging models and practices. Both of these posts are key parts of a large new team being recruited at the USBS.
*Post 1 – Researcher – Learning, Technology and Innovation (Level A research academic A$73-98k pa plus superannuation, loadings and other benefits) (3 year contract)*
This post will provide critical data to inform the on-going design and development of these projects, including learning analytics, learning technology design and implementation and student and staff use of technology. The post will support the development and implementation of rigorous frameworks for critical evaluation of pedagogical and technological change projects happening at the School. They will co-ordinate the ethics application process as well as reporting on ethics compliance. They will undertake data collection and analysis across a range of student and staff cohorts to provide the team with insights into the effectiveness of the project in transforming the student experience.
For more information, including descriptions and how to apply, see http://tiny.cc/mmbw5y
*Post 2 – Senior Lecturer – Educational Development (education focused) (Level C academic A$127-147k pa plus superannuation, loadings and other benefits) (3 year contract)*
The Senior Lecturer Educational Development will have a leading role in a new faculty strategic initiative that will transform the student experience in core units for our internationally regarded undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Commerce. Addressing the challenges of teaching and learning at scale, this project will be the central hub for strategic pedagogical change, working with academic staff, professional staff support teams, students and the wider University to ensure the successful delivery of this initiative. The successful candidate will work closely with the faculty, senior leadership and other members of the team to effectively co-ordinate and implement complex educational change projects. They will design teaching and learning enhancements, curriculum innovation, staff training, academic reward and community engagement initiatives to better support the ongoing development of our teaching and learning community. They will provide leadership for the successful evaluation of the projects including supporting rigorous pedagogical and evaluative research and the dissemination of these findings to the School, the University and the wider sector.
For more information, including descriptions and how to apply, see http://tiny.cc/ndcw5y
For an informal conversation in the first instance, including conversations about potential visa sponsorship, you can contact Peter Bryant (peter.j.bryant@sydney.edu.au) or Elaine Huber (elaine.huber@sydney.edu.au)
Applications
close 30th May 2019
Further information: elaine.huber@sydney.edu.au
Join the Swiss chapter of the Association international de pédagogie universitaire for a half day event in Lausanne. Jean-Pierre ROUCH from the University of Toulouse will lead a conference in the morning, with workshops to follow. Click here for the program details.
| Call for Proposals Extended Deadline: Monday, April 15 @ 11:59pm |
| Submit a Proposal Conference Theme The spirit of civic engagement is woven in the fabric of Atlanta. The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is an imposing presence, as are the Center for Civil and Human Rights, President Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Library and Museum, and the AIDS Quilt. At a time when we are witnessing a return of willful ignorance in the United States and even around the world, this is the ideal backdrop for engaging in powerful discussions about the role of SoTL in the world. If ignorance is the problem, thoughtful conversations about education and the role of SoTL are part of the solution. |
A l’automne 2019, la Faculté des sciences et de médecine de l’Université de Fribourg ouvre, en collaboration avec
l’hôpital fribourgeois (HFR), un programme d’études de degré master en médecine humaine. Hormis l’accent porté
sur la médecine de famille, le programme se caractérise par un dispositif d’évaluation formatrice innovant
(« assessment for learning »), construit sur une large palette d’évaluations formatives et visant à développer les
compétences d’autonomie et de pratique réflexive des étudiant-e-s.
Pour accompagner la mise en place des dispositifs d’assessment, la section Médecine engage
une collaboratrice scientifique ou un collaborateur scientifique (60%)
Tâches et Compétences
En tant que collaborateur/trice scientifique au Med-Office de la section Médecine, vous êtes intégré-e à l’équipe
en charge des examens et collaborez étroitement avec l’Unité de pédagogie médicale (Prof. Raphaël Bonvin) et les
personnes en charge de la mise en place du curriculum.
Vous assumez notamment les tâches suivantes :
− Développement et mise en place d’un dispositif d’évaluation formative, comprenant le support pédagogique
aux enseignant-e-s, l’accompagnement dans l’élaboration des instruments, la supervision du déroulement des
sessions d’évaluation, l’évaluation des résultats et le feed-back aux étudiant-e-s
− Mise en place d’un système de progress testing
− Conduite d’analyses quantitatives et qualitatives des résultats des évaluations (édumétrie) visant à évaluer la
performance du programme et à en assurer la qualité
− Accompagnement des procédures de promotion sommatives, menées sur la base du portfolio de l’étudiant-e
Exigences
Vous avez achevé une formation universitaire, de niveau master (médecine humaine, psychologie, sociologie,
sciences de l’éducation ou autre). Vous êtes familière / familier avec les approches psychométriques et vous êtes
au bénéfice de compétences en matière de recherche qualitative. Vous montrez un intérêt particulier pour les
questions en lien avec l’évaluation, la formation et la pédagogie médicales.
Taux d’occupation
60%
Compétences linguistiques
Français ou allemand avec de très bonnes connaissances de l’autre langue
Maîtrise de l’anglais scientifique
Entrée en fonction
1er juillet 2019 ou à convenir
Renseignements
Université de Fribourg, section Médecine
Dear SFDN Members
The following webinar may be of interest to some of you.
EUA webinar: Approaches to cooperation and exchange in learning and teaching on a European level
28 March 2019
Time: 14:00 To 15:00
This webinar will explore how university cooperation and peer-learning on learning and teaching can be implemented at a European and national level and provide information on outcomes of one of such activities: EUA’s Learning & Teaching Thematic Peer Groups.
See: https://eua.eu/events/89-eua-webinar-approaches-to-cooperation-and-exchange-in-learning-and-teaching-on-a-european-level.html Best wishes
Dear SFDN members,
Enrolments for the free 2019 Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC are now open athttps://www.canvas.net/browse/swinburne/courses/contemporary-approaches-university-teaching. This course will run until 23 June, with enrolments open until 7 June.
Contemporary approaches to university teaching provides key introductory learning and teaching concepts and strategies for those in their first few years of university teaching. The self-paced MOOC is comprised of 11 expert-developed modules and several specialty modules and resources.
In 2018, 1,851 staff from 50 countries enrolled in the Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC. One Australian college, 15 Australian and two New Zealand universities are using the MOOC, as well as the Malaysian campus of one of the Australian universities. Ten of the Australian universities have imported the MOOC and have or will shortly customise the MOOC to suit their institution’s context. To see how other universities are using the MOOC, visit the ‘How universities are using the MOOC’ section on the Fellowship website https://www.caullt.edu.au/project-resources/olt-fellowship-and-mooc-available/
Further information: kfraser@swin.edu.au
https://writinganalytics.zhaw.ch/ Digital technologies transform writing and reading fundamentally and lead to new forms of literacy, media use, writing habits and competence profiles. Keeping pace with these developments is a challenge for not only writers in academic settings but also writing teachers. There are simply too many innovations and too little guidance to help select what might be useful for writing classes or seminars. Similarly, for writing researchers, is it a great challenge to react to new research needs and provide adequate methodologies and research strategies. New research settings, media, data collection opportunities and analytic methods have to be created and applied, which, in turn, lead to new research perspectives, discourse communities and exchange forums. In light of these challenges, this conference aims to bring together various disciplines, covering composition and writing research, corpus and computer linguistics, media studies, psychology and educational technology, to provide a setting where knowledge, research results and methodological concepts can be exchanged.
La Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana(SUPSI) at has opened a job offer for an educational developer in the field of higher education development (open until February 28, 2019).
Please refer to this website for further information on the position and on the application process:
http://www.supsi.ch/home/supsi/lavora-con-noi/2019-02-28-bando589.html
Educational Developers Caucus (EDC) Conference 2019
Positive Resilience and the Future of ED(C)
February 19th to 22nd 2019.
SFDN colleagues are invited to join virtually at the EDC fully online Conference.
Details: https://edc-conference.com/home/2019-conference/
Please register. https://edc-conference.com/home/2019-conference/registration/
Keynotes: On Tuesday February 19th Joan McArthur Blair and Jeanie Cockell will get the ball rolling with their keynote address – Appreciative Resilience and Educational Development.
Throughout the 4 days there will be workshops and showcase items (available asynchronously as well as synchronously) for your enjoyment and intellectual stimulation. Full details can be found here: https://edc-conference.com/home/2019-conference/schedule/
Dear SFDN Member,F
Registration for SFDN 2019 Conference at ETHZ, February 22nd is now open, please follow the link :
https://ethzurich.eventsair.com/sfdn-conference-2019/registration/Site/Register
We welcome you to our annual conference and look forward to your participation.
The SFDN Board