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* Higher Education in the Headlines

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

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 (20 more tickets just released, capped at 80)
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: http://tiny.cc/v9pvgy

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Latest ODLAA Conference News
We on the ODLAA Conference organising committee are excited about how the upcoming ODLAA conference is shaping up. As well as our wonderful keynotes a fine selection of insightful papers from delegates around the world, there will also be a number of engaging workshops, in which delegates can participate and interact. This conference will be hands-on rather than talking-heads.
 
Conference Workshops Update
Workshop sessions will be scheduled throughout the conference program, including the opening Sunday afternoon. The final workshop sessions and conference program will be finalised soon, but here's a sneak preview of some of the workshops:

• Olaf Zawacki-Richter (EDEN and Germany) on Exploring Frameworks for Research in Open, Flexible and Distance Learning
• Sandra Wills (CSU) Moving an institution to online at scale. What does it really mean for a university to really be an “online” university?
• Jingjing Zang (Beijing Normal University) on Social Network Analysis as a tool for Learning Analytics.
• Dr Stefan Popenici  (CSHE, University of Melbourne) on Engaging Students in Online Learning
• Carina Bossu (University of Tasmania) on Enabling open education in Australia

How to register
You can register online at: odlaa.org
 
Early bird registrations close on 5th December, so make sure you register soon to receive the discounted early bird rate.

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Higher Education in the Headlines

Bid to enforce uni entry levels | JULIE HARE | Australian Higher Eduction | 16 November, 2016
The national regulator should be called on to enforce university admission standards, a new report says.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/simon-birminghams-educa...

A New Front of Activism | Robin Wilson  | Chronicle of Higher Eduction | 11 November, 2016
When making their case for tenure, minority professors say they feel penalized for one of the reasons they were hired: being different. If colleges are to succeed at diversifying the faculty, this might be the sticking point.
http://www.chronicle.com/article/A-New-Front-of-Activism/238319

EU to ‘improve and maximise’ impact of research | Holly Else | | Times Higher Eduction | 10 November, 2016
Critics fear focus on research impact in next funding programme could lead to a REF-type exercise
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/eu-improve-and-maximise-impact...