International online assessment conference sponsored by REAP

Running from the 29th - 31st May 2007, the Re-engineering Assessment Practices (REAP) project run here at Strathclyde is sponsoring an international online conference on assessment design for learner responsibility

You are invited to contribute to an innovative online international conference exploring the relationship between the theory and practice of assessment and feedback in higher and further education.

The conference is part of the Re-engineering Assessment Practices project (www.reap.ac.uk), a £1m initiative funded by the Scottish Funding Council under its e-Learning Transformation initiative. REAP is a collaboration across University of Strathclyde, University of Glasgow and Glasgow Caledonian University. REAP is evaluating the impact of new assessment practices supported by technology at course, faculty and institutional level.

CONFERENCE THEMES:
Focusing on assessment FOR learning in tertiary education the conference has three themes to be addressed through keynotes, case studies and structured discussions.

• Theme 1: Assessment and the first year experience
  
• Theme 2: Great designs for assessment
  
• Theme 3: Institutional strategies (designs) for assessment

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

• Mantz Yorke, Visiting Professor in the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, UK
• David Boud, Professor of Adult Education and Dean of the University Graduate School at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
  
• Trudy Banta, Professor of Higher Education and Vice Chancellor of Planning and Institutional Improvement at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, USA

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Registration is free but all participants must register between 10-18th May 2007.

More information is available from the conference site at: www.reap.ac.uk or contact Dr Rachel Harris, Inspire Research Ltd, reapconference@inspire-research.co.uk

5th Annual Conference on Teaching & Learning

The 5th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning will take place at NUI Galway in Ireland on the 7th and 8th of June 2007. The theme for this year is "Learning Technologies: From Pilot to Mainstream".

Keynote speakers for this conference include:

• Prof. Stephen Heppell, government consultant on eLearning and the internet;
• Prof. Ray Land, director of the Centre for Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement at the University of Strathclyde;
• Prof. Michael Kerres, chair in Educational Media & Knowledge Management at the University of Duisburg-Essen;
• Prof. Wim van Petegem, director of the AVNet (learning technology service) at the Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven.

Aimed at academic and learning support staff in HE, this conference will focus on practical issues in the implementation and use of a range of technologies, providing insight into emerging "good practice", real world challenges and future potential. Our emphasis will be on teaching and learning, rather than technical issues and through a series of presentations, discussions and practical sessions we hope to be able to share experience and nurture networks of practitioners."

For more information, visit the conference website: http://www.conference.ie

Re-introduction

Due to problems with the move from Blogger to Blogger2, the Educational Development in Scotland blog was lost in the ether for some time. Apologies for all who visited during this 'downtime'.

The blog is once again accessible and I will again be posting regularly. Thanks for your patience!

Stuart