Conference AimThe conference aims to bring together colleagues involved in staff & educational development in higher education. We would also wish to encourage the participation of colleagues from all parts of HE involved in the strategic planning, management, implementation & evaluation of change in the areas of learning, teaching & assessment.Conference ThemesThe organising committee interpret the title “Supporting & Evaluating Change” to cover the following themes, & would welcome contributions particularly from these areas:
Conference ProgrammeThe format of the conference will comprise a keynote address & a plenary session on ‘the learners’ perspective’, along with a programme of parallel workshops, seminars & paper presentations. It will open with registration at 10.00am on Thursday 11th & close with refreshments at 4.00pm on Friday 12th. The keynote address will be given by Robert Stake, Professor of Education & Director of the Centre for Instructional Research & Curriculum Evaluation at the University of Illinois.Conference VenueThe venue for the Conference is Dublin Castle in the heart of Dublin & close to Trinity College. Dating back to 1204, as part of the city’s defensive system, much of the Castle has been rebuilt & is now used ceremonially by the Irish Government & as a major venue for national and international conferences.The Conference Dinner will be in the Banqueting Hall in Trinity College Dublin, a short walk from the Conference venue. Founded in 1592, Trinity College Dublin is the oldest university in Ireland. It is a popular tourist attraction as well as a world famous educational institution.Accommodation for delegates is in the Jury’s Christchurch Inn which is located a few minutes walk from Dublin Castle. There are also numerous hotels & hostels within easy reach of the conference venue, details of which can be found on the Irish Tourist Board’s website.
Conference Programme
Day 1 – Thursday 11th April 2002 (click here to view Day 2)
Parallel Session 1 (45 minute sessions)Thursday, 11.45 – 12.30pm
| Presenter(s) | Title | Format |
| Dr Siun Hanrahan, Bernadette Burns and Niamh Ann Kelly | Pedagogical Partnerships: strategies for delivering a practice-based education at a distance and their potential within a traditional educational context | Paper |
| Sylvia Huntley-Moore and John Panter | Preparing Heads of Departments to Manage Change | Workshop |
| Clare Millington | Supporting High-Quality and Scholarly e-Learning | Workshop |
| Liam O’Gogain | Meitheal: using the old Irish tradition of Meitheal to develop a resilient, adaptive, autopoetic learning community | Workshop |
| Dr Barbara Page | Developing Undergraduate Entrepreneurial Abilities with SMEs Using Problem-Based Learning | Workshop |
| Professor Phil Race | Putting the Learning into e-Learning – or are we ready to give up paper yet? | Paper |
| Rev Dr Roy Seden and Jane Clarke | Dispersed Professional Development: managing effective change in teaching and learning | Workshop |
| James Wisdom and Ranald Macdonald FSEDA | Evaluation within Educational Development Projects: descriptions of current practice | Workshop |
Parallel Session 2 (45 minute sessions)Thursday, 1.45 – 2.30pm
| Presenter(s) | Title | Format |
| Dr Andrew Comrie | Developing Reflective Dialogue: exploring concept and practice in using an e-portfolio | Paper |
| Dr Kate Day | Both Ends of the Telescope: enabling teaching staff to access student perspectives during educational development activities | Seminar |
| Frances Deepwell | Developing a Context Sensitive Evaluation Strategy: the SCATE framework | Workshop |
| Brenda Duggan | A More Democratic Approach for Class Critique in Design Education | Workshop |
| Jane Field | Evaluation Through Story Telling | Seminar |
| Dr Diana K Kelly | The Learning Paradigm: catalyst for organisational change | Seminar |
| Nona Lyons, Marian Murphy and Marian McCarthy | Advancing the Scholarship of Teaching, Part 2: Inquiring into, Documenting, and Representing the Scholarship of Teaching through a Portfolio Process: what possibilities? | Workshop |
Parallel Session 3 (45 minute paper sessions and 60 minute joint papers)Thursday, 2.45 – 3.45pm
| Presenter(s) | Title | Format |
| Helen Guerin and David Jennings | Virtual Teaching: a learning experience | Paper |
| Roger Latham and Jenny Rice | Can Offering Management Training Ease the Pain of Change? | Seminar |
| Dr Gerry McNamara, Dr Peter McKenna and Carmel Mulcahy | Evaluating Minority Participation at Dublin City University | Paper |
| Liz Broumley and Elisabet Weedonand Claus Pahl | Design and Development of Interactive Networked Lessons: lessons from staff and students andManaging Evolution and Change in Web-based Teaching and Learning Environments | Joint papers |
| Margaret BuckridgeandMike Laycock | Innovative approaches to learning, teaching and assessment andLabouring to Learn: a cross-institutional approach to work-based learning | Joint papers |
| Chew Swee Cheng and Jen Harvey, Roisin Donelly and Maria Lee | Using Technology to Support Student-Centred Learning: PBLOnline at the Temasek IT School andFirst Experiences with Online Learning using PBL: problem based or problematic? | Joint papers |
| Dr Helena Lim and Roz CollinsandSarah Moore and Jacinta Cunnen | Great Expectations: perceptual gaps in staff and student perspectives of learning in higher education andDefining Teaching Excellence Using Qualitative Alumni Feedback: another piece of the jigsaw | Joint papers |
| Dr Michael Shevlin, Dr Joan Hanafin and Dr Marie FlynnandDavid French and Chris Lewis | Including Young People with Disabilities: exploring the implications for third level education andDisabled Students and Teaching and Learning: an urgent priority for staff development | Joint papers |
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