2009 Casual Academic Workshops

10 – 14 August 2009

This series of workshops has been designed to give Casual Academic Staff useful professional development opportunities early in the Spring semester. A total of nine workshops are offered, grouped under three broad themes:

• Face to face teaching
  Three workshops workshops will focus on this theme:
  1. Tutorial fundamentals
  2. Making active learning work in tutorials
  3. Improving engagement and learning in lectures
• Technology & learning
  Three workshops will focus on this theme:
  
  1. Getting started with UTSOnline
  2. Exploring emerging technologies
  3. Podcasting
• Assessment, evaluation and other issues of teaching & learning
  Three workshops will focus on this theme:
  1. Assessment, marking and feedback
  2. Collecting evidence and gaining recognition for learning and teaching
  3. Strategies for developing student writing

The schedule has been planned so that you can come along for a whole day (three workshops) or attend sessions in one particular timeslot over a number of days that best suits you and still experience a variety of workshops.

Each Academic that enrols in the program can be paid (at the Other Academic Activity 1 rate) to attend up to 3 workshops. All workshops will be filled on a first come/first served basis. If space allows, you may enrol in additional workshops on an unpaid basis.

We are also planning a repeat of last years extremely popular Casual Academic Conference on 25 & 26 September. This will include faculty-based sessions and a range of presentations on innovative and interesting aspects of teaching and learning by Casual Academics. Please mark these dates in your diaries and consider whether you would like to present something about your teaching at the Conference. A call for abstracts will be sent after the workshops in mid-August.

For more information about Casual Academic Workshop Week contact:

• Nicola Parker, 9514 1665 or
• Peter Kandlbinder, 9514 2314

 2009 Workshop Timetable