* HERDSA Online Engagement SIG lunchbox
* Roger Landbeck Professional Development Fund now open for applications
* CRADLE Seminar Series - Authentic assessment in undergraduate science: A critical realist perspective
* Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC Semester 2
* New online first articles in Higher Education Research and Development

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HERDSA Online Engagement SIG lunchbox
Wednesday June 14, 12.00-1.00pm (AEST)

Are you interested in transforming non-engaged/disengaged learners into ‘engaged learners’. Our last session discussed methods of identifying non-engaged students in the online learning environment using learning analytics. In this session, we will focus on defining engaged, non-engaged and disengaged students and explore ways to transform these students into ‘engaged learners’. We’ll also briefly touch on the concept of nudging and how this can be applied to re-engage low/non-engaged online students.
Click here to register (please use eventbrite link below).

Further information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/understandings-engagement-non-engagement-an...

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Roger Landbeck Professional Development Fund now open for applications
31 July 2023

The Roger Landbeck Professional Development Fund (RLPDF) aims at supporting early career researchers from the Oceania region in their development as researchers and in connecting with their home communities. The fund aims at supporting the creation of hubs of sharing or communities of practice among early career researchers. It recognizes the importance of two-directional knowledge flows between researchers and communities and honours the knowledge of those communities.

In the 2023 round two grants of up to AUD 5,000 (including GST for expenses accruing in Australia) are available. The call for applications closes on 31 July 2023.

Further information: https://www.herdsa.org.au/roger-landbeck-professional-development-fund

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CRADLE Seminar Series - Authentic assessment in undergraduate science: A critical realist perspective
12 July 2023, 2pm

This seminar is presented by visiting academic Associate Professor Mags Blackie, Centre for Higher Education Research, Rhodes University, South Africa and Deakin's Dr Robyn Yucel, Deakin Learning Futures.

Designing authentic assessment for generalist degree programs such as the Bachelor of Science is challenging. Assessment should be authentic to the task types and contexts where graduates will apply their knowledge and skills in their future work and community interactions. Assessment tasks such as laboratory reports are authentic to scientific research; however, given the diversification of science graduate destinations, the vast majority of B.Sc. graduates in Australia (Palmer et al. 2018) and South Africa (Blackie 2019) do not engage in scientific research practice in their future careers. What can students draw from scientific practice that is transferable to contexts other than scientific research, and how can this be authentically assessed?

In this seminar, we argue that students can develop an understanding of the nature, process and culture of science through reflecting on the practice of science and the epistemic status of the knowledge it produces (Blackie 2022; Yucel in press). A critical perspective on the scientific enterprise challenges the dominant mode of teaching which implies that science is an untouchable canon of knowledge (Blackie 2022). Roy Bhaskar’s critical realist framework of ontological realism, epistemological relativism, and judgemental rationality (Bhaskar 1975) supports a nuanced perspective on science that aligns with the views of scientists (Yucel 2018) and is thus useful to inform the teaching and learning of a critical perspective on science. This seminar focuses on how science academics could draw on their own scientific research to inform the design of authentic assessment that build students’ understanding of the nature, process, and culture of science. Drawing on data generated through conversation with science academics, we will show the importance of reflecting on practice to inform teaching and assessment in science.

This presentation will be held at Deakin Downtown, Level 12, Tower 2, 727 Collins Street, Docklands and online.

Further information: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/cradle-seminar-series-authentic-assessme...

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Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC Semester 2
17 July 2023 – 10 December 2023

Semester 1 saw 893 registrations. If you missed out then Semester 2, 2023 enrolments have opened for the Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching MOOC. There are 24 modules to choose from!

You can choose which modules you explore and when, but we recommend one of the four pathways: new to teaching, enhancing student learning, enhancing your teaching practice or leading learning and teaching. Study is self-paced in two-hour modules that can be completed over a semester.

MOOC content is available to universities to share and adapt under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license. The course is presented under the auspices of the Council of Australasian University Leaders in Learning and Teaching (CAULLT) and is led by A/Prof Agnes Bosanquet (Macquarie University) and A/Prof Marina Harvey.

Enrol here: https://canvas.instructure.com/enroll/PYKL9G

Further information: agnes.bosanquet@mq.edu.au

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New online first articles in Higher Education Research and Development

Groupwork and collaborative learning: Chinese university students’ struggles and strategies, Shuqin Xu, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2023.2215174

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts: a case study of the nexuses between teaching, research and service, Evelyn Muthama & Sioux McKenna, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2023.2215182

Undergraduate perceptions of graduate teaching assistants: competence, relatedness, and autonomy in practice, Jendayi B. Dillard, Katherine Sadek & Katherine Muenks, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2023.2215169

See also:
Journal peer review: Higher Education Research & Development, BERA blog post by HERD Co-Editor Jisun Jung, https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/journal-peer-review-higher-education-researc...

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/herdjournal

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