* Position vacant: Pro Vice Chancellor (Education) Murdoch University
* Call for papers: Postsecondary Learning and Teaching
* Two weeks left to register for I-MELT, the International conference on Models of Engaged Learning and Teaching
* Decoding Digital Literacy - staff survey
* An invitation to visit a blog about a road less travelled: One giant learning curve for humanity
* Higher Education in the Headlines

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Position vacant: Pro Vice Chancellor (Education) Murdoch University
Closing date: 29 November 2017 (11.59pm)

5 year fixed term full time position
A competitive salary commensurate with experience will be offered to the successful candidate
Ref: 1886A01/201884

Find your passion at Murdoch and join us at an exciting time of great innovation as we implement our new Strategic Plan.  Murdoch seeks to shape the world through the creative force of education and research.

The Deputy Vice Chancellor Education’s (DVCE) portfolio, leads the University’s academic programs and academic mission with respect to Learning and Teaching activities; academic policy development; implementation and the review and the maintenance of world class academic standards through robust course management, quality assurance, benchmarking and continuous improvement processes. 

The Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education) reports to the DVCE and supports the University’s student and education strategic plan to achieve our strategic goal to provide an outstanding education experience for every student leading to our graduates being innovators, fully prepared for their future careers. To achieve this goal, the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education) will work in close collaboration with other members of the University Senior Executive, School Deans, Directors, Staff, Students, External Partners and other key stakeholders to ensure that high-quality strategic initiatives are developed and successfully implemented.

The ideal candidate for this position will have effective collaboration and people skills, a strategic mindset, an excellent track record of delivering high quality outcomes and a drive to succeed. Candidates should have excellent understanding of the Australian and global higher education system and the challenges facing universities.

Think Murdoch

Murdoch University’s core goals are: to educate free thinkers who thrive in society and are sought after by employers; and, to provide life changing solutions for the world’s big challenges through our outstanding translational research and innovative practice.

We value workplace diversity and inclusion, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, women, and individuals with disability. Applicants who have support or access requirements, are encouraged to contact our People and Culture Office for further information and support.

To Apply

Please submit a cover letter, a CV and a statement addressing the selection criteria (found in the Position Description) via the Apply Online button below. Emailed applications will not be accepted. 

Position contact: Professor Romy Lawson, Deputy Vice Chancellor Education on +61 8 9360 7614 or at r.lawson@murdoch.edu.au

https://webapps7.murdoch.edu.au/pls/apex/f?p=2903:VIEW_JOB:0:::5:P5_ID:6451

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Call for papers: Postsecondary Learning and Teaching
1 December

Dear Colleagues:

It is with great pleasure to announce Vol 2 (2017) of Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching (PPLT): Proceedings of the 2017 University of Calgary Conference on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching. This year’s conference theme: Creating a Learning Culture: Conversations that Matter.

PPLT is an open-access, peer-reviewed publication of the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Calgary. Articles in PPLT advance the conference goal to provide an opportunity for academic staff, students, staff and post-doctoral scholars to share, critically examine and build on our collective knowledge related to the scholarship and practice of teaching and learning.

On behalf of the PPLT Editorial Team, we thank everyone for their interest in and contribution to this publication.

Sincerely,

Dr. Sandra Hirst

Guest Editor
Dr. Cheryl Jeffs

Editor (on Research and Scholarship Leave)
Brit Paris, MA

Editorial Board:
Dr. Anne Charles
Dr. Laurie Hill
Brianna Hilman, MEd
Dr. Mayi Arcellana-Panlilio

Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching (PPLT)
Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW  T2N 1N4

Calgary AB   CANADA

tipplt@ucalgary.ca

Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching
Vol 2 (2017)
Table of Contents
https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/pplt/issue/view/2781

Introduction
Starting Conversations that Matter (i-iii).  Sandra P Hirst, Cheryl Jeffs, Brit Paris

Articles
Using Mental Health and Wellness as a Framework for Course Design (1-9). Patricia Dyjur, Gabrielle Lindstrom, Nahum Arguera, Haboun Bair.
Lifelong Learning, Certification, and Nursing Practice: Their Interrelationship (10-15). Sandra P Hirst, Carole Lynne LeNavenec, Rebecca Stares.
The Role of Interactive Digital Simulations in Student Conversations About Visualizing Molecules (16-23). Yuen-ying Carpenter, Erin Rae Sullivan.
Convening Interdisciplinary Communities of Practice in an Institution of Higher Education (24-33). Rebecca Wilson-Mah, Jennifer Walinga.
Let’s Talk About Power: How Teacher Use of Power Shapes Relationships and Learning (34-41). Leslie Frances Reid, Jalal Kawash.
Impact of the Quick-Response Code Based In-Class Assignments on Students Engagement and Retention (42-50). Richard R. J. Goulding, Anna Maria Harlick, Richard Kelly, Karoliina Oksanen.
The Kinesiology Curriculum: Using Student Responses to Evaluate Course Content (51-56). Eshleen Kaur Grewal, Patricia K Doyle-Baker.|
Curious Conversations: Using Game-Based Learning to Develop Creative Culture within Technical Courses (57-63). Emily Marasco,  Wilian Gatti Junior, Beaumie Kim, Laleh Behjat, Marjan Eggermont.
iGEM Team Meetings: Settings for Conversations on Teaching & Learning (64-68). Mayi Arcellana-Panlilio, Elke Lohmeier-Vogel.

Call for proposals open till Dec 1, 2017
https://ocs.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TaylorInstitute/2018/schedConf/cfp

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Two weeks left to register for I-MELT, the International conference on Models of Engaged Learning and Teaching
6 December 2017

In the finalised I-MELT program www.i-melt.edu.au/program/ you will find an array of disciplines and contexts- from undergraduate to PhD and the schooling sector, from discipline-based coursework to Work Integrated Learning- in which the Models of Engaged Learning and Teaching have been put into practice.

All short papers are now available for the presentations and workshops www.i-melt.edu.au/papers/

In addition, the abstracts for the keynote speakers Mick Healey (UK), Jito Vanualailai (Fiji), Sylvia Tiala (USA) and Phil Levy (Australia) are available www.i-melt.edu.au/keynote/

So why not join us at the National Wine Centre Adelaide 11-13 December for a conference that will get you thinking more about ways to be highly engaged yourself in stimulating student learning?

Registrations close 6 December 2017 www.i-melt.edu.au/registration

I hope to see you there

John Willison
University of Adelaide
for the I-MELT organising committee

Further information john.willison@adelaide.edu.au

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Decoding Digital Literacy - staff survey
December 15, 2017

How do you perceive your digital literacy capacity and preparedness to teach in a technology enhanced environment? What are your perceptions of students’ preparedness to learn in a technology enhanced environment? I’m seeking answers to these questions as part of my ALT Fellowship, Unlocking the code to digital literacy at http://altf.org/fellowships/unlocking-the-code-to-digital-literacy/ (also see www.decodingdigitalliteracy.org). Work to date has resulted in a cross-disciplinary understanding of digital literacy. The next stage is to construct a digital literacy framework to underpin this understanding which will inform digital literacy skills development within curricula in the future. 

I invite you to contribute to this stage of my Fellowship by participating in the survey, Digital Literacy Staff Survey. A link to the survey and the Plain Language Statement (PLS) explaining the nature of the research is available at http://www.decodingdigitalliteracy.org/academic-staff-survey-resources.html. The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

I would like to distribute the survey as widely as possible and would appreciate your assistance in doing so. Even if you decide not to participate, please would you share this invitation with your academic colleagues and networks.

Further information jo.neilson@deakin.edu.au

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An invitation to visit a blog about a road less travelled: One giant learning curve for humanity

Here are some of the blog’s keywords: meaning perspective, cultural understanding, curriculum of becoming, emergent, global warming, goal-responsive thought, hermeneutic consciousness, higher self, lifework, personal epistemology, personal ontology and value system. The latest post is titled ‘Lived hermeneutics – a conceptual artefact as tool for personal and professional transformation and global wellbeing?’ It discusses ‘the role of an individual’s meaning perspective in the puzzle of how we think and how we can change the way we think’.
Go to http://bit.ly/2yVtxBp for a skim or read, or else subscribe for email notifications of new posts via the pop-up box (after a one minute delay).

The blog author, Anthony McKenzie, completed his doctoral project in 2014 on the topic, ‘Meaning making: A university curriculum framework for the twenty-first century’.

Further information Inquiries: adrmcke@gmail.com. Webpage: http://bit.ly/2zNf4uJ

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Higher Education in the Headlines

Peak bodies face ruin over fees | JOHN ROSS | Australian Higher Education | 22 November, 2017
A stoush over tuition assurance arrangements could end up in court, as peak bodies fight for their lives.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/peak-bodies-tda-and-acp...

The Scholars Behind the Quest for Reparations | Marc Parry | Chronicle of Higher Education | 17 November, 2017
They are propelling a reckoning with slavery’s legacy on campuses, in cities, at companies. What Hilary Beckles is doing represents the next step. It’s the marshaling of scholarship for a political aim: payback.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Scholars-Behind-the-Quest/241764

The Global University Employability Ranking 2017 | Simon Baker | Times Higher Education | 16 November, 2017
Using the results of the Global University Employability Survey, Simon Baker reveals which countries and institutions are rated best for graduate digital competency and links to industry, and which skills are most prized by employers
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/which-countries-and-univer...