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Peppering up your ‘SoTL’ methodologies 

This session is open to all academics from different disciplines, who are interested in learning more about the scholarship of teaching and learning. The session provides an opportunity to gain insights from four colleagues who have employed SoTL methodologies for thier research projects. These include: collaborative autoethnography, case study, phenomenology and mixed methods approaches, ethics, strengths and weaknesses of approaches and examples 

Chair:  A.Prof Kathie Ardzejewska (University of Notre Dame)


From Classroom Innovation to Scholarly Insight: A Journey through the 5C’s of SoTL Research in Teaching and Learning

Join us for an interactive workshop where we'll guide you through the 5C’s - Common Ground, Complication, Concern, Course of Action, and Contribution - to help you conceptualize, develop, and potentially publish your Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research project. Whether you're exploring innovative practices, addressing identified challenges, seeking improvement, or delving into student feedback and engagement, this session will empower you to contribute valuable insights to the educational community.


What next with the Universities Accord? 

This webinar is jointly organised by the Melbourne CSHE and the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA), HERDSA Victoria.

Since the Australian Universities Accord Final Report was released in February there has been much speculation about which of the 47 recommendations would be implemented. We have seen some announcements, including in the May Budget, but much remains unclear. 


Understanding Australian higher education: the private sector

At this coffee catch up we'll discuss private higher education in Australia. 10% of Australian higher education students choose to study at Institutes of Higher Education.  The sector comprises 134 teaching-focussed specialist Institutes; QILT data evidences that they earn consistently higher student satisfaction than their public counterparts. What do you want to know about private HE? What's is like to work in the sector? The intention of the session is to build members' awareness of the Australian higher education sector generally and the private sector specifically.


2024 TATAL Webinar 

What is Talking about Teaching and Learning (TATAL)? How does it work? What can participants get out of it? This webinar provides an overview of the TATAL initiative. Now in its 16th year, TATAL continues to help teachers, researchers, academic developers, administrators and institutional leaders (as well as others) engage in supportive, collegial discussions about teaching and learning in higher education. Find out more about TATAL in this HERDSA webinar.


Indigenous relationality as an antidote to neoliberalism: Making a case for relationships-first pedagogy in Higher Education

Drawing upon practice and research within a university Aboriginal Centre and School of Indigenous Knowledge, this webinar invites attendees to engage with the challenge of over-regulation of learning and teaching in higher education, impacting both the student and the teacher experience.


Education for All

This presentation will outline the utility of using Mass Open Online Courses  (MOOC) as a mechanism for supporting equity and diversity in tertiary education though the medium of advances in technology enhanced leaning. Specifically, it will cover:


From Classroom Innovation to Scholarly Insight: A Journey through the 5C’s of SoTL Research in Teaching and Learning

Join us for an interactive workshop where we'll guide you through the 5C’s - Common Ground, Complication, Concern, Course of Action, and Contribution - to help you conceptualize, develop, and potentially publish your Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research project. Whether you're exploring innovative practices, addressing identified challenges, seeking improvement, or delving into student feedback and engagement, this session will empower you to contribute valuable insights to the educational community.


Workshops for Crafting and Refining a 2024 HERDSA Conference Abstract

The HERDSA Branch Chairs and Special Interest Groups (SIGs) invite you to a series of online workshops focused on the generation of an abstract for the 2024 HERDSA conference. An initial workshop (14th Nov) will focus on starting an abstract. This session will be subdivided into people who have never put together a HERDSA abstract (novices) and people experienced with HERDSA abstracts (advanced) - with consideration of presentation formats and conference themes. The second workshop (30th Jan) will focus on finalising your abstract for submission, with some peer reviewing. 


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