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* Season's Greetings - President, HERDSA
* HERDSA Connect Blog: Embedding English language support before the census date to ensure student success
* Closing soon: Casual position: IT Consultant
* EOI HERDSA SOTL Consultant
* HERDSA Grant Scheme 2024 now open
* Release of new - HERDSA GUIDE – Enhancing Online Engagement in Higher Education
* Enhancing Online Assessments in Business Higher Education: A Call for Insight!
* New online first articles in Higher Education Research and Development
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Season's Greetings - President, HERDSA
Dear HERDSA Members and Colleagues
2023 has been another successful year for HERDSA and its membership, making new memories, connections and most importantly celebrating our individual and team successes.
I would like to thank all members and colleagues for their ongoing support and contributions to HERDSA events and programs this past year. Take time out to reflect with gratitude on your successes, the challenges you have overcome, lessons learned, as you plan for next year.
On behalf of the HERDSA Executive, Seasons Greetings! I wish you all a joyous Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2024.
Celebrate with your family, friends and loved ones!
Let us also remember those experiencing struggle and strife and wish them courage and strength to overcome.
Take care and Stay safe!
Kogi Naidoo (HERDSA President)
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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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Closing soon: 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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EOI HERDSA SOTL Consultant
EOI closes Monday January 22nd, 2024
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.
The HERDSA SOTL Modules form a unique resource and contribution to HERDSA members, offering a series of modules that introduces users to the nature, purpose, and process of scholarship of teaching and learning, and act as a capacity building resource to assist in developing and refining SOTL knowledge and skills. In 2024 the HERDSA Modules will undergo a process of review and redevelopment to ensure currency and reflect contemporary learning approaches.
We are currently seeking the support of a specialised Consultant to lead this process, which includes:
i) A review and evaluation of current SOTL Modules;
ii) Specific recommendations for redevelopment of SOTL Modules;
iii) Implementation of recommendations through SOTL Module redevelopment, including integration into an LMS platform;
Specifically, this role will require knowledge and expertise in:
▪ Quality standards such as Technology Enhanced Learning Accreditation Standards (TELAS) or the Quality Matters framework.
▪ Online student engagement strategies and Online Learning Design
▪ SOTL discipline knowledge
▪ Development of interactive learning resources, scaffolding, User Experience Design (UX) and constructive alignment.
We anticipate that this work will move through two stages:
Stage 1: Review, evaluation, and recommendations (report) (est. completion March, 2024)
Stage 2: Module redevelopment (est. completion August, 24)
This work can be managed remotely.
An hourly rate of between $70 – 80 will be allocated for this work, depending on qualifications and experience.
Further information: To express your interest in this role please forward a brief email and CV to Alice Brown at: Alice.Brown@usq.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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Enhancing Online Assessments in Business Higher Education: A Call for Insight!
Are you a student, educator, learning designer, policy maker, accreditation body representative, or employer connected to Business higher education in Australia? We need your perspective!
Join our important survey to shape the future of online assessments in business higher education. Your insights will help assess the impact of generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, and other key factors influencing the quality of these assessments.
Just 5-10 minutes of your time can contribute to a significant study aimed at validating a framework for high-quality online assessments in Australian higher education.
Your privacy is paramount. All responses are anonymous, confidential, and non-identifying. Participation is voluntary, and you can withdraw anytime before submission. Let your voice be heard and make a difference in the realm of higher education.
Students who submit the survey will be invited to go in the draw to win one of 5 vouchers, each worth $50.
Be a part of this pivotal research and please share with colleagues in any of the above categories including your present or past students.
University of Sydney HREC Approval No 2021/800.
Further information: http://tiny.cc/onlineassessment
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New online first articles in Higher Education Research and Development
A multi-institution study of the impacts of concurrent work and study among university students in Australia, Mark Brosnan, Dawn Bennett, Kim Kercher, Tyler Wilson & Justin W.L. Keogh, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2023.2287722
Lessons learned from enabling large-scale assessment change: a collaborative autoethnographic study, Sam Elkington, Lydia Arnold, Edd Pitt & Carmen Tomas, https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2023.2287730
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In the spirit of reconciliation HERDSA acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australasia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.