17th Annual SEDA Conference

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Excellence in Teaching: recognising, enhancing, evaluating and achieving impact

15 November 2012 - 16 November 2012
Location: Aston Business School, Birmingham

The November 2012 conference, to be held at Aston Business School Birmingham, will focus on Excellence in Teaching: recognising, enhancing, evaluating and achieving impact.  This brings together many activities across the sector where the focus has been on enhancing the student experience. Themes:

  • Recognition and reward for teaching
  • Activities to enhance teaching
  • Sharing practices and approaches
  • Developing excellent teachers
  • Approaches to evaluating teaching
  • Measuring the impact of excellent teaching

Conference VenueThe conference will be held at the Aston Business School Conference Centre, which is located in Birmingham city centre, just a five minute taxi ride or fifteen minute walk from New Street Station. Fully residential delegates will be accommodated on-site in ensuite bedrooms.

Call for Contributions – Now ClosedThe November 2012 conference, to be held at Aston Business School Birmingham, will focus on Excellence in Teaching: recognising, enhancing, evaluating and achieving impact. We invite proposals for sessions exploring aspects of excellence in teaching. This brings together many activities across the sector where the focus has been on enhancing the student experience. Whilst many factors contribute to the student experience, teaching is the most significant. We are interested in your strategies to recognise and reward excellent teaching and activities you undertake to enhance teaching. The National Student Survey (NSS) is one approach to gaining some evaluation of teaching but we are keen for you to share your schemes for evaluating and measuring the impact of your excellent teaching. Session formatsThe emphasis should be on reflection, exploration and evaluation rather than merely describing what is happening. It is also a long-standing tradition at SEDA conferences to hold sessions which involve delegates in active participation and discussion, and consequently this is a key requirement of all Discussion paper and Workshop proposals. Proposals for posters, papers and workshops are invited which address the conference themes. Themes:

  • Recognition and reward for teaching
  • Activities to enhance teaching
  • Sharing practices and approaches
  • Developing excellent teachers
  • Approaches to evaluating teaching
  • Measuring the impact of excellent teaching  

Workshops: (45 or 90 minutes) with the emphasis on high levels of participation Discussion papers: (up to 25 minutes plus at least 20 minutes of questions and discussion) giving an account of research, evaluation, policy or practice with the emphasis on drawing out lessons for others and involving participants in engaging with your findings Posters: the maximum size should be A1. Posters will be available for participants to view throughout the conference. Additionally, there will be a timetabled poster session when presenters should be available to discuss the content with conference participants.   Submitting your proposalProposals should be submitted electronically to SEDA at conferences@seda.ac.uk, using the proposal form , by Monday 30th April 2012. It is normal practice to accept only one contribution per individual so as to provide the opportunity for as many people to contribute as possible. It is a requirement that all presenters register as conference delegates either for the whole event or for the day of their session. Criteria for acceptance of proposalsEach proposal will be reviewed for acceptance at the conference against the following criteria:

  • Relevance to the conference title and themes
  • Clarity and coherence of the proposal
  • Reflection and evaluation of ideas around the future of educational development, locally, institutionally, theoretically and nationally and internationally
  • Contribution to scholarship and evaluation of educational development in further and higher education
  • Clear opportunities for participants to actively engage in the session, and particularly in workshops to reflect on transferability to their own practice.  

Conference ProgrammeDay One: Thursday 15th November 2012 9.15 – 09.45 Registration and tea & coffee09.45 –10.00 Welcome and Introductions 10.00 – 11.00 Keynote Address: Professor Helen Higson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Aston University followed by Panel Discussion11.00 – 11.30 Break11.30 – 13.00 Parallel Session 1

  1. Developing excellence in teachers for the digital institution: using the Professional Associations’ Guide to the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) Carole Baume and David Baume
  2. The good teaching project: making good teaching explicit Jaki Lilly and Mark Warnes
  3. Inspirational teaching: does the person transcend the method? Alan Mortiboys
  4. Evaluation techniques of teaching: focus groups and the Nominal Group Technique Tünde Varga-Atkins
  5. Developing teachers at a distance using video and ‘patchwork texts’ Kim Whittlestone and Ayona Silva-Fletcher
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch13.30 – 14.00 Meeting for people new to SEDA. Come and find out about what SEDA does- bring your coffee along after your lunch14.00 – 14.45 Parallel Session 2
  1. When excellence isn’t enough – managing the teaching/learning relationship in an era of direct payments to higher education: a case study Julie Hall and Aisha Gill
  2. Small is beautiful – how highly targeted funding can have a much broader impact Simon Ball
  3. Recognising and enhancing academic practice through mentoring and coaching Angela Benzies and Elaine Mowat
  4. Technology for learning and teaching in the training of university teachers Christine Davies
  5. Enhancing teaching and learning through distributed leadership Sarah Edwards
14.50 – 15.35 Parallel Session 3
  1. Developing excellence: reconfiguring induction for academic staff as the first stage in a framework for continuing professional development Clara Davies
  2. Transfer of learning from professional development for education programme to the classroom: does it happen? Hui Leng Tan
  3. Enhancing excellent teaching through curriculum design Helen Beetham, Stephen Powell, Georgia Slade and Claire Eustance
  4. When are we talking teams? Recognising and adding value to team-working practices in teaching and learning Frances Deepwell
  5. Are we getting it RITE? Recognising and rewarding Research Inspired Teaching Excellence (RITE) in a research-led institution Sandy Cope
15.35 – 16.00 Break16.00 – 16.45 Parallel Session 4
  1. Breaking down barriers: ‘hanging out’ online Sue Beckingham and John Walton
  2. Rewarding teaching: developing the identity of Higher Education Academy Fellows Rajesh Dhimar and Nigel Purcell
  3. University teaching fellowship schemes: do they promote development in pedagogic research and development? Priska Schoenborn and Rebecca Turner
  4. ]Balancing development with assurance: opportunities and tensions in using the UK Professional Standards Framework (UK PSF) to recognise the quality of teaching and support of learning through an institutional professional standards framework  Sue Mathieson
  5. An approach to developing staff in partner colleges Alan Tree
17.00 – 18.00Getting Published with SEDAJames WisdomNetworking Poster Sessiona. Curating and connecting Anne Holeb. Personal odysseys: safely navigating professional development in a distributed learning community Caroline Marcangelo and Andy Whitec. Visualising values – values as metaphors, images and praxis Charles Neame and Chrissi Nerantzid. Shareville: a move to the city Lorna Saundere. SWOT analysis of a new CPD framework Louisa Sheward and Adrian Egglestone 19.00 Drinks Reception20.00 Dinner Day Two: Friday 16th November 2012 09.15 – 09.30 Welcome to Day 29.30 – 10.25 Keynote Address: What do students know about excellence? Oliver Williams, National Union of Students10.25 – 10.45 Break10.45 – 12.15 Parallel Session 5
  1. Students awarding great teachers Pam Parker, Sally Bradley, Ian Scott and Gary Pavlechko
  2. Inspiring teaching in higher education Alastair Irons and Siobhan Devlin
  3. Why are you here? The impact of conference participation on academic practice Fiona Campbell and Celia Popovic
  4. “It takes mOre than sprEading the woRd!” Approaches to support academics in their engagement with OER Joanna Wildand The ripple effect: developing a peer network for cascading digital skills practice Simon Allan and Mark Magas
  5. Standardised module evaluation for teaching excellence and enhancement: views of students and staff at a single UK higher education institution Christopher Wiley and Teaching for quality – experiences implementing a university-wide module evaluation form Suzy Jagger and Julie Hall
12.20 – 13.15 Lunch 13.15 – 14.00 Parallel Session 6
  1. Tribes and tribulations: developing early academics Helen Gale
  2. Let’s play – the value of game-based learning in academic development Chrissi Nerantzi and Craig Despard
  3. CANCELLED
  4. Recognising and rewarding teaching – evaluating a promotions-based approach Marita Grimwood and Stephen McHanwell
  5. Am I qualified yet? Investigating consistency in practice of instituitions’ APL and APEL provision and probationary requirements for teaching in higher education Rachael Carkett and Lynnette Matthews
14.15 – 15.15 Closing Keynote: Five birthday challenges for the educational development community Julie Hall, Roehampton University15.15 – 15.30 Summing up and close15.35 – 15.45 Tea and depart

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