HERDSA Notices 09 November 2016

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* HERDSA/ACEN Rekindled Conference Friday 2 Dec
* MELT workshops in each state: Models of Engaged Learning and Teaching
* International Education Association of Australia Excellence Awards 2016
* Educational Developers' Cookbook
* Higher Education in the Headlines

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HERDSA/ACEN Rekindled Conference
Friday 2 December

The Victorian HERDSA Branch in collaboration with ACEN and Monash University invite you to an event revisiting a selection of the 2016 HERDSA and ACEN conference presentations. Topics covered will include professional and employability skills, work-integrated learning, and industry and community collaboration and engagement. This event will take place on Dec 2 at Monash University Caulfield Campus from 9am-1pm.

Please register via this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/F825ZZ9

For a full program or further information, please contact Bella Ross at bella.ross@monash.edu.

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MELT workshops in each state: Models of Engaged Learning and Teaching
25 November 2016

Would you like graduates of your programs to have developed deep understandings of subject matter and research or problem solving mindedness?  Do you want to foreground critical thinking and use technology to support its development, not have technology drive the agenda? How can you help students to connect together the skills associated with problem solving, critical thinking, clinical reasoning and researching in ways that enable these skills to mutually reinforce across multiple semesters of a degree?

The MELT workshop on the Models of Engaged Learning and Teaching will help you address these questions. The MELT reflect and are based on organic adaptations of the Research Skill Development (RSD) framework to numerous other models, including the Work Skill Development framework (for WIL) and Optimising Problem Solving pentagon (made by students for students in Engineering). The workshop facilitates the development of your own MELT that fits your context. Join us at one of the state-based events run over the next few months:

Queensland: 25 November, University of Queensland http://tiny.cc/okqjgy
South Australia: 30 November, University of Adelaide http://tiny.cc/6asagy
Victoria: 1 December, Monash University http://tiny.cc/w5shgy
New South Wales: 2 December, University of New South Wales http://tiny.cc/adnigy

You may consider passing on this information to colleagues who may be interested.

Events are also being planned in Western Australia, Tasmania and the ACT.

Please register through the links above. If you have any questions, contact me on john.willison@adelaide.edu.au

I hope you can join us at one of these events.

John Willison
University of Adelaide
National Senior Teaching Fellowship

Further information: https://reskidev.wordpress.com/

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International Education Association of Australia Excellence Awards 2016

The IEAA recognised the 'cream of the crop' of Australia’s international education sector at the opening plenary of the Australian International Education Conference (AIEC) in Melbourne in October.

Further information: http://www.ieaa.org.au/news/ieaa-excellence-awards-2016

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Educational Developers' Cookbook

Dear HERDSA colleagues

I am an educational developer in Canada. I recently sent out an invitation to SEDA (mainly UK) and EDC (mainly Canada) colleagues to take part in creating an online 'Cookbook' for Educational Developers. I would like to extend this invitation to HERDSA. I would be delighted if any of you would like to send me 'recipes' for inclusion. The full details are in the email below - the work so far can be see here: http://teachingcommons.yorku.ca/educational-developers-cookbook/ Even if you don't wish to send me anything feel free to use the resource.

I know this might not be an original idea-  but I was thinking about Christmas traditions and how now that my children have grown too old to go to school I no longer get asked to contribute to the school recipe book. I'm sure I'm not alone in knowing about these - everyone contributes a recipe, a starter, a main course or a dessert, then it gets collated and we all buy a copy to raise money for chalk or whatever is needed....

Well here is my suggestion - how about an educational developer's recipe book - open to everyone to contribute. Starters will be ice breakers, main course will be ideas for running workshops or events, desserts will be ways to get feedback/evaluation.

I shall collate and present the outcome on a website free to all - you can protect your work with Creative Commons licences. We won't raise funds for chalk but we will end up with a collection of ideas for all to share. The collection so far can be viewed here:

http://teachingcommons.yorku.ca/educational-developers-cookbook/

So if you are interested - please send me your 'recipes' using the template that can be found on the cookbook site. Send your completed templates to cpopovic@yorku.ca

I can't promise it will be finished by Christmas but will continue to add to the collection as long as you send me your ideas!

Best wishes

Celia Popovic
York University, Toronto, Canada

Further information: cpopovic@yorku.ca

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Higher Education in the Headlines

VET fix ‘rushed, has problems’ | JULIE HARE, KYLAR LOUSSIKIAN | Australian Higher Eduction | 09 November, 2016
The end of the calamitous VET FEE-HELP loans program is imminent with legislation for a new scheme expected this week.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/rushed-vet-feehelp-prog...

The Bumpy Road to Free College | Karin Fischer | Chronicle of Higher Eduction | 4 November, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s plan would require the federal government and the states to find a new way to work together. How would that play out? The federal highway system might hold some answers.
http://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Bumpy-Road-to-Free-College/238217

UK warned of brain drain to rivals if it exits EU research | John Morgan | Times Higher Eduction | 3 November, 2016
Reports of UK-based researchers already thinking of moving overseas after Brexit vote
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-warned-brain-drain-rivals-i...