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* HERDSA Connect Blog: Embedding English language support before the census date to ensure student success
* Casual position: IT Consultant
* HERDSA Grant Scheme 2024 now open
* Release of new - HERDSA GUIDE – Enhancing Online Engagement in Higher Education
* HERDSA SoTL SIG updates
* New JANZSSA article — Just in Time, Just for You: Growing a Peer Learning Program
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HERDSA Connect Blog: Embedding English language support before the census date to ensure student success
Caroline Havery & Rosalie Goldsmith, 8 December, 2023
Caroline Havery & Rosalie Goldsmith reveal what they have learned by leading a whole-of-institution approach to early low stakes assessment of academic language and literacy skills.
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Casual position: IT Consultant
23rd December 2023
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) overarching purpose is to bring together and support those people who are engaged in teaching in higher education, in the study of learning, teaching and policy in higher education, and in the continuous improvement of higher education.
We are currently seeking the support of an IT Consultant to lead a review and recommendation process associated with the IT needs of our Executive Team, Members, Fellows and Associates, Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and our local network of HERDSA Branches.
This work entails a review of the internal IT audit recently conducted and the collation of a report outlining the IT needs and the proposed solution to address these needs for each of the HERDSA groups listed above.
Specifically, this role will:
Analyse and evaluate HERDSA’s Executive Team, Members, Fellows and Associates, Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and our local network branches technology and member engagement needs.
Develop a ‘recommendations report’ that aligns an appropriate IT solution with the specific needs of each of the HERDSA stakeholder groups, including costs and deployment arrangements.
We anticipate that this work would be managed over 1-2 days a week for approximately 6 – 8 weeks. This work can be managed remotely.
An hourly rate of between $60 - $80 will be negotiated with the IT Consultant at the time of appointment.
To express your interest in this role please forward a brief email and CV to Jay Cohen at: jay.cohen@adelaide.edu.au
Further information: jay.cohen@adelaide.edu.au
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HERDSA Grant Scheme 2024 now open
Grants close on 28th February 2024 at 5.00pm AEDT
HERDSA offers grants to HERDSA members to fund research and/or development projects on teaching and learning in higher education that directly align to the mission of HERDSA. In the 2024 round, up to six grants of AUD$5000 each are available. Priority for one grant will be given to applicants identifying as Indigenous/First Nations (e.g., Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Māori or Pacific Nations).
Applications close at the end of February 2024. Successful applicants will be informed at the end of May 2024. Grant applicants have one year to complete their projects. Grant progress reports are due end of January 2025 and final reports end of June 2025.
For detailed information see the guidelines document on the HERDSA website.
Further information: https://www.herdsa.org.au/herdsa-grants-scheme
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Release of new - HERDSA GUIDE – Enhancing Online Engagement in Higher Education
We are excited to announce the release of the HERDSA GUIDE – Enhancing Online Engagement in Higher Education. It’s anticipated the guide will be seminal to higher education, including those involved in teaching, designing, and delivering online education, in providing practical strategies for enhancing online student engagement including:
Teaching academics or instructors, looking for a lens through which to plan online teaching and learning;
Instructional or educational designers who are assisting instructors in planning for active student online engagement;
Teaching teams seeking a tool by which to audit their virtual classrooms and/ or for critical reflection;
Program teams auditing online engagement from a programmatic perspective; and
Faculty or central teaching and learning units who need a reference point.
Below is also a quote from Associate Professor Brown and a testimonial from Professor Sally Kift.
“With many in the higher education sector seeking practical applications, strategies, and suggestions for supporting engagement in online environments, this Guide is not only timely but well overdue as a key resource to support, inform, inspire practice, and allow for a deeper reflection, exploration, and appreciation of online student engagement.” – Associate Professor Alice Brown (School of Education, University of Southern Queensland)
“As the massive shift to online learning shows no sign of waning, this Guide makes a critical and timely contribution to our sector’s practice and framing of all aspects of online engagement, including its measurement. Authored by renowned experts, it empowers educators with effective techniques and practical tools to engage students in their online learning, acknowledging how fundamentally different online engagement is to that in traditional face-to-face environments.” - Professor Sally Kift (President, Australian Learning & Teaching Fellows; Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, Victoria University)
Further information: To order hard copy or eBook - https://www.herdsa.org.au/publications/guides/enhancing-online-engagemen...
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HERDSA SoTL SIG updates
The SoTL SIG has established a LinkedIn group to help with our communications, including events. Please join the HERDSA SoTL SIG group (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14343410/) and stay up to date with us there. We can also start building our networks through the group, which was one area identified in our November meeting as something we want from our SIG.
December Meeting
There will be no December meeting. The facilitators are currently analysing the SIG participants’ suggestions from the November meeting regarding “what you want from the SIG”. This analysis will inform the design of a sequence of strategies to meet these identified needs as we move into and through 2024.
January Meeting
The next SoTL SIG seminar is scheduled for Friday, 19 January 2024, 12.00–1.00 pm AEDT. Please register for this meeting (https://unisq.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpduuqqT8oE9eNBtwMqrc7Bvim1eNqfKsj), and don't forget to add it to your calendar! In this meeting, we will present the analysis from November's meeting and begin working on the results as a SIG. It's a collaborative effort, so we look forward to seeing you all there to join the conversation.
Please note that the SoTL SIG meetings are scheduled for the third Friday of each month from 12.00–1.00 pm (Sydney time).
For more details, please contact the HERDSA SoTL SIG at herdsa.sotl.sig@gmail.com
Further information: herdsa.sotl.sig@gmail.com
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New JANZSSA article — Just in Time, Just for You: Growing a Peer Learning Program
A new paper in the Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association (JANZSSA) describes the development, functioning, and growth of Edith Cowan University's successful just-in-time, just-for-me Peer Skills Advisers program.
The open access article by Miriam Sullivan, Genevieve Franulovich, Sharon Matthews and Andrew Kelly is available on the JANZSSA website.
Further information: https://janzssa.scholasticahq.com/article/90660-just-in-time-just-for-yo...
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