***THERE ARE NOW ONLY PLACES AVAILABLE FOR DAY-ONLY DELEGATES ON FRIDAY 20TH NOVEMBER 2015***SEDA 20th Annual Conference 2015 Handbook We know that the very essence of scholarship is central not only to the content of our teaching, but also pedagogic development, and it provides an evidence based for pedagogic and academic practice.As Boyer (1990) reminds us, ‘pedagogical procedures must be carefully planned, continuously examined, and relate directly to the subject taught.teaching at its best means not only transmitting knowledge, but transforming and extending it as well.what we urgently need to day is a more inclusive view of what it means to be a scholar.’The value of scholarship also underpins the SEDA values ‘scholarship encourages learners and developers to adopt an informed, critical and analytic approach across their practice’. By drawing on alternative perspectives, theories, models, policies and research, scholarship involves us in questioning and challenging our practice. We use existing scholarly knowledge to underpin and develop our practice and that of others. It also underpins the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) namely A5 ‘engage in continuing professional development in subjects/disciplines and their pedagogy, incorporating research, scholarship and the evaluation of professional practices’ and V3 ‘use of evidence-informed approaches and the outcomes from research, scholarship and continuing professional development.’As educational developers, we are keen to support the scholarship of ourselves, and our colleagues, in exploring through reflection, scholarship and working with our communities so that we can develop not only ourselves and our colleagues but also the formal and informal processes we may use at different levels, personal, collective, institutional and even national and international.Themes
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS CLOSEDWe know that the very essence of scholarship is central not only to the content of our teaching, but also pedagogic development, and it provides an evidence based for pedagogic and academic practice.As Boyer (1990) reminds us, �pedagogical procedures must be carefully planned, continuously examined, and relate directly to the subject taught�..teaching at its best means not only transmitting knowledge, but transforming and extending it as well�.what we urgently need to day is a more inclusive view of what it means to be a scholar.�The value of scholarship also underpins the SEDA values �scholarship encourages learners and developers to adopt an informed, critical and analytic approach across their practice�. By drawing on alternative perspectives, theories, models, policies and research, scholarship involves us in questioning and challenging our practice. We use existing scholarly knowledge to underpin and develop our practice and that of others. -. It also underpins the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) namely A5 �engage in continuing professional development in subjects/disciplines and their pedagogy, incorporating research, scholarship and the evaluation of professional practices� and V3 �use of evidence-informed approaches and the outcomes from research, scholarship and continuing professional development.�As educational developers, we are keen to support the scholarship of ourselves, and our colleagues, in exploring through reflection, scholarship and working with our communities so that we can develop not only ourselves and our colleagues but also the formal and informal processes we may use at different levels, personal, collective, institutional and even national and international.Themes
Session formatsProposals for posters, discussion papers and workshops are invited which address the conference themes. The emphasis should be on reflection, exploration, scholarship and evaluation rather than merely a description of activities and technologies. SEDA conferences include sessions which involve delegates in active participation, discussion and development. This is a requirement of all discussion papers and workshop proposals. Activities should go beyond discussion of topics, and should involve critique, analysis, development and action planning by and with participants. Discussion papers: (up to 25 minutes presentation plus at least 20 minutes of questions and discussion / exploration), giving an account of research, evaluation, policy or practice, with the emphasis on drawing out lessons for and with others and involving participants in engaging with your findings. Sessions which integrate presentation and discussion, rather than presentation followed by Q&A, will generally be preferred.Workshops: (45 or 90 minutes) with the emphasis on a more detailed exploration of a research-informed issue or resource and including high levels of creativity, innovative thinking, critique, practical participation and action planning.Posters and demonstrations: the maximum size of a poster 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.Criteria for acceptance of proposalsEach proposal will be reviewed for acceptance at the conference against the following criteria:
Submitting your proposalIt 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.
Keith Smyth,�Professor of Pedagogy, University of the Highlands and Islands @smythkrs
Professor Keith Smyth is Professor of Pedagogy at the University of the Highlands and Islands, where he leads UHI�s new Learning and Teaching Academy, and works across the UHI partnership on strategic learning and teaching developments, funded projects, and supporting staff to engage in educational scholarship and research. Prior to joining UHI in 2014 Keith was a Senior Teaching Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Higher Education at Edinburgh Napier University, where he was Programme Leader for the professionally accredited, award-winning MSc Blended and Online Education.
Keith has been involved in a range of projects and initiatives focused on embedding and supporting scholarship in various dimensions of academic practice and development, including within the context of taught postgraduate programmes and open online courses. Keith is also one of the founding editors of the online open access Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice.
Keith�s interest in open online scholarship extends to his own work, including the 3E Framework for technology-enhanced learning he developed while at Edinburgh Napier, and which has been implemented in over 40 educational institutions since being published under Creative Commons.
Keith can be found online at Twitter @smythkrs and on his blog http://3eeducation.org/.
Dr Dilly Fung PFHEA,�Director,�UCL Centre for Advancing Learning and Teaching (CALT), University College London @DevonDilly
Dr Dilly Fung is Director of the Centre for Advancing Learning and Teaching at University College London and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is leading a series of ambitious initiatives designed to advance research-based education at UCL, including the innovative �Connected Curriculum� project, which aims to bring research and education much closer together for students and for staff at all levels of study, and to promote outward-looking, audience-focused assessments. Other key areas include UCL Arena, an HEA-accredited CPD scheme focused on research-based education, and UCL ChangeMakers, an initiative designed to give students opportunities to lead on transformational projects.
Drawing on her interdisciplinary roots in English, Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Education and on her long teaching career in both FE and HE, Dilly is interested in ideas of what we might mean by �good� education in a diverse and challenging world: what are the relationships between �good� education, research, educational scholarship and academic leadership? She is currently researching institutional approaches to leading curriculum change and working with her team and with colleagues from universities in Australia and Canada to plan an international conference, �Connecting the Higher Education Curriculum� (London, July 2017). She is also completing an HEA-funded study, �Rewarding Educators and Education Leaders in Research-intensive Universities�, which analyses ways in which job families and career opportunities are changing in the sector and explores the differences between �teaching excellence� and �education leadership�.
Gina Wisker,�Head of the Centre for Learning and Teaching and Professor of Higher Education and Contemporary Literature, University of Brighton @GinaWisker
Gina is Professor of Higher Education�& Contemporary Literature and Head of Brighton�s Centre for Learning and Teaching. She is part of the management team for the SOTL research project and also conducted interviews. Gina�s principal research interests are in learning and teaching, specialising in postgraduate study and supervision and she has published The Postgraduate Research Handbook, The Good Supervisor and Getting Published. Gina also teaches, supervises, researches and publishes in twentieth-century women’s writing, particularly postcolonial writing and popular fictions. Gina has been chair and co-chair of the Heads of Education Development Group, is chief editor of the SEDA journal Innovations in Education and Teaching International and is currently chair of SEDA Scholarship and Research committee, and the Contemporary Women�s Writing Association. Gina is a Principal Fellow of the HEA, a Senior Fellow of SEDA, and a National Teaching Fellow.
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PRICES
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Full residential conference delegate (includes one night�s accommodation and all meals, including the conference dinner) |
£450 |
�£520 |
| Student Concessionary Full residential conference delegate (includes one night�s accommodation and all meals, including the conference dinner)�Available to Full Time Students Only | £380 | £440 |
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Non-residential day delegate Thursday 19th November (includes lunch and refreshments) |
£165 |
£190 |
| Student Concessionary Non-residential day delegate Thursday 19th November (includes lunch and refreshments)�Available to Full Time Students Only | £145 | £170 |
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Non-residential day delegate Friday 20th November (includes lunch and refreshments) |
£165 |
£190 |
| Student Concessionary Non-residential day delegate Friday 20th November (includes lunch and refreshments)Available to Full Time Students Only | £145 | £170 |
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Bed and breakfast accommodation for the night of Wednesday 18th November |
£99 |
£99 |
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Conference dinner Thursday 19th November |
£40 |
�£45 |
* Early bird has now closedBookings can be made with credit cards, debit cards and by invoice by going to this link.
We will be holding our Annual Fellowships CPD Event the evening prior to the Conference
Day One
09.15 � 09.45 Registration and tea & coffee – DYLAN THOMAS PRE FUNCTION ROOM09.45 �10.00 Welcome and Introductions – THOMAS SUITE10.00 � 11.00 Opening Keynote Address – ‘Practice, Praxis, Place: Locating educational development in the scholarship of learning and teaching’ – THOMAS SUITEProfessor Keith Smyth, Professor of Pedagogy, University of the Highlands and Islands11.00 � 11.30 Break11.30 � 12.15 Parallel Session 1
12.30 � 14.00 Lunch – TIDES GRILL14.00 � 14.45 Parallel Session 2
14.50 � 15.35 Parallel Session 3
15.35 � 16.00 Break – DYLAN THOMAS PRE FUNCTION ROOM16.00 � 16.45 Parallel Session 4
17.00 � 17.45 Network Getting Published with SEDA James Wisdom (Chair, SEDA Educational Developments Magazine Editorial Committee) – DYLAN SUITEIntroducing SEDA Fellowships Marita Grimwood (SEDA Fellowships Co-ordinator) – THOMAS SUITENew to SEDA? Come and find out more Yaz el Hakim and Pam Parker, SEDA Co-Chairs – DAHL SUITEWriting for SEDA’s academic journal; Innovations in Education and Teaching International (IETI) Gina Wisker, Editor and Celia Popovic, Deputy Editor – THE PENARTH SUITEPoster Session – DYLAN THOMAS PRE FUNCTION ROOM
19.15 Drinks Reception – DYLAN THOMAS PRE FUNCTION ROOM20.00 Dinner – THE DYLAN THOMAS SUITEDay Two09.15 � 09.30 Welcome to day 2 – THOMAS SUITE09.30 � 10.25 Keynote Address – ‘Strength-based Scholarship: Pushing the Boundaries of Scholarship and Self’ – THOMAS SUITEDr Dilly Fung, UCL Centre for Advancing Learning and Teaching (CALT), University College London10.25 � 10.45 Break and Book Launch:Enhancing Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Engaging with the Dimensions of Practice Edited by John Lea (McGraw Hill) – DYLAN THOMAS PRE FUNCTION ROOM10.45 � 12.15 Parallel Session 5
12.20 � 13.15 Lunch – TIDES GRILL13.15 � 14.00 Parallel Session 6
14.00 � 14.15 Break – DYLAN THOMAS PRE FUNCTION ROOM14.15 � 15.15 Closing Keynote – Risk and Agency: Nurturing and valuing scholarship and research in learning, teaching and educational development – THOMAS SUITEProfessor Gina Wisker SFSEDA, Head of the Centre for Learning and Teaching and Professor of Higher Education and Contemporary Literature, University of Brighton15.15 � 15.30 Summing up and close – THOMAS SUITE
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