* Election for HERDSA Executive 2017-2019 is now open
* Thinking of going to HERDSA 2017?  Like to learn more about facilitating curriculum transformation?
* Call for expressions of interest: Connectedness Learning mentoring + chapters for edited collection
* Come to Kruger National Park in South Africa for an excellent MSTE conference!
* 3rd International Higher Education Curriculum Design & Academic Leadership Symposia
* New book on First in Family students in higher education just released
* Published: IEEE-ToE Special Section on Maker Learning in Computer Science and Engineering Education
* Higher Education in the Headlines

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Election for HERDSA Executive 2017-2019 is now open
13 April 2017

All HERDSA members are encouraged to cast their vote for HERDSA Executive for 2017-2019. To vote, complete the ballot form at http://herdsa.org.au/executive-election-2017 selecting the eight (8) candidates you would like to represent you on the HERDSA Executive. You must log into the HERDSA web site and be a financial member of HERDSA to view the ballot form and a cast a vote. 

The voting will be open for four weeks and will close at 5pm on 13 April 2017.

Jennifer Ungaro
HERDSA Returning Officer

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Thinking of going to HERDSA 2017?  Like to learn more about facilitating curriculum transformation?

Aiming for student engagement is the goal of each teacher and in higher education we are increasingly able to access tools to support our practice: adopting and improving means of evaluation including taking up learning analytics; as well as professional development that builds capacity and addresses flexible delivery and innovative assessment practices.

At HERDSA 2017, the sub-theme Facilitating Curriculum Transformation will open up these critical areas to deep scrutiny.

Need support, encouragement or new insights?  Then HERDSA 2017 is the conference for you!

http://www.herdsa2017.org/showcase.php

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Call for expressions of interest: Connectedness Learning mentoring + chapters for edited collection
EOIs due 28 April 2017

Ruth Bridgstock warmly invites written EOIs from educators wishing to explore Connectedness Learning and the Networked Approach in greater depth in their learning and teaching contexts. Following on from her National Senior Teaching Fellowship Graduate Employability 2.0, Ruth is looking for 6-7 teams to mentor in working with the GE2.0 toolkit in different ways during 2017. Each team will have the opportunity to share their work in progress at a GE2.0 roundtable in late 2017 / early 2018 (attendance will be subsidised), and will contribute a case study chapter to an edited book with a high level educational publisher.

Focus topics may include one or more of:
work integrated learning, alumni engagement, students as partners, connected and networked learning, learning through social media, informal learning, industry and community partnerships, student networking, online professional identity development, co-curricular awards, teaching stakeholder engagement, transdisciplinary teaching, research-teaching nexus, teacher professional connectedness, intra- and cross-institutional collaboration, social capital.

Further information https://tinyurl.com/connectednesscall

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Come to Kruger National Park in South Africa for an excellent MSTE conference!
Abstracts are due by 5 May 2017. Conference dates are 22-26 October 2017.

The ISTE International Conference on Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (MSTE) provides a forum for practitioners from South Africa and other countries to interact and exchange ideas on issues relating to teaching and learning of mathematics, science and technology at all educational levels in South Africa and beyond. 

Since the inception of the conference in 2010, it has been hosted by the Institute for Science and Technology Education (ISTE) at the University of South Africa, the largest university on the African continent. The conference provides an ambient environment for intellectual and academic interaction with colleagues from South Africa and overseas, and also the much-needed platform to showcase local research to an international audience. 

The alluring atmosphere of the Kruger National Park and the magic of the African wildlife makes the experience an unforgettable one. The conference has hosted participants from all the continents of the world and has continued to reach out to a more diverse audience. Of the 200 abstracts received, about 100 are accepted for presentation, and about 50 papers are accepted after rigorous peer review for publication in the conference proceedings.

The conference continues to retain the theme “Towards Effective Teaching and Meaningful Learning in Mathematics, Science and Technology”, as this constitutes the core of the research focus at ISTE. 

Further information http://www.unisa.ac.za/iste-conference

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3rd International Higher Education Curriculum Design & Academic Leadership Symposia
1st June 2017

The Curriculum Designer and Academic Leader as Activist 
7th to 8th December 2017 Hamilton, New Zealand

Call for Papers, Posters & Mini Workshops...
relating to higher education curriculum design, learning, assessment and evaluation. 
Research and scholarly paper proposals and mini workshops invited. 
organised by The New Zealand Curriculum Design Institute and the FREE Trust

Submissions required by the 1st June 2017. 
All proposals and posters will be blind peer reviewed. Proposal acceptances will be notified by 1st June 2017. Full research or scholarly papers will be due by the 1st September 2017 if accepted for peer reviewed publication at the conference.
Inquiries and submissions to Trust@nzcdi.ac.nz
Pre-Symposia Workshops on the 6th December 2017 

For more information: https://www.nzcdi.ac.nz/new-page-12/

Sponsors:
FREEDOM Institute of Higher Education
Te Wānanga O Rangatiratanga

Creating thought and action leaders for the world..

Further information https://www.nzcdi.ac.nz/new-page-12/

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New book on First in Family students in higher education just released
31 July 2017

Abstract, paper or event deadline:First-in-Family Students, University Experience and Family Life, by S. O'Shea, J. May, C. Stone & J. Delahunty

A new book examining the university experiences of first-in-family students and how their decisions to return to education impact upon their family members and significant others, has just been published, with details at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137582836

HERDSA members are being offered a 20% discount for the purchase of this book valid until 31st July 2017. 

This price is available to individuals only. To order your copy at a 20% discount, visit www.palgrave.com and quote coupon code PM17TWENTY, or email your order to customerservice@springer.com

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Published: IEEE-ToE Special Section on Maker Learning in Computer Science and Engineering Education

A special section of the IEEE Transactions on Education (ToE), on the topic of "Maker Learning in Computer Science and Engineering Education", guest edited by Mark J.W. Lee, has been published and is available via IEEE Xplore at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=13 . The guest editorial to the special section is freely accessible at http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TE.2016.2637738 . 

A special 'sister' issue of the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies (TLT) on "Learning through Wearable Technologies and the Internet of Things" was published late last year. The TLT issue is at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=7782803 .

Further information http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=13

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Higher Education in the Headlines

‘Conflict’ raised in Seek deal | JULIE HARE | Australian Higher Education | 22 March, 2017
Swinburne University has sold another 30 per cent of its stake in Seek for $118 million.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/swinburne-seek-deal-rai...

How Colleges Can Open Powerful Educational Experiences to Everyone | Shannon Najmabadi  | Chronicle of Higher Education | 17 March, 2017
Experiential-learning opportunities help students apply the classroom to the real world, but many of them don't get the chance.
http://www.chronicle.com/article/How-Colleges-Can-Open-Powerful/239462

‘Elite’ status all risk, no benefit, for universities, says study | David Matthews | Times Higher Education | 16 March, 2017
Findings from the German Excellence Initiative raise questions over impact of TEF
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/elite-status-all-risk-no-benef...