Creativity in Educational Development

14 November 2013 - 15 November 2013
Location: Mercure Bristol Holland House Hotel

The 2013 Annual Conference takes place towards the end of an exciting year of SEDA@20 celebrations and will focus on ‘Creativity in Educational Development’.Themes

  • Engaging students creatively as partners        
  • Creativity in curriculum design        
  • Experiential learning        
  • Creativity in technology enhanced learning       
  •  Learning, teaching and developing through games and play        
  • Creative professional development        
  • Creative teaching, assessment and feedback        
  • Creative approaches to quality assurance and enhancement

Conference Venue

The conference takes place at the Mercure Bristol Holland House hotel which is 10 minutes from the city centre. Fully residential delegates will be accommodated on-site in ensuite bedrooms with the use of an indoor pool and fitness centre. SEDA Fellowships Annual CPD Event

This event will take place on Wednesday 13th November, the evening before the conference. For more information see: http://seda.ac.uk/index.php?p=14_2&e=448. The event can be booked through the main conference booking form.Link to Helen Webster’s Storify account of the conference.

The call for contributions is now closedThe 2013 Annual Conference takes place towards the end of an exciting year of SEDA@20 celebrations. The conference will focus on ‘Creativity in Educational Development’ and we invite proposals for sessions exploring this interesting aspect of educational development that has been somewhat neglected in both practitioner and research literature to date. We are interested in exploring definitions, research and reflections around the pedagogical worth of creativity within educational development; creative and novel solutions which address identified problems within any of the thematic areas below; and practical ideas for bringing a creative perspective to our roles as educational developers. We hope that this will be a conference where innovative, creative and cutting-edge ideas and activities are brought to the table for us to engage with, discuss and debate.Themes

  • Engaging students creatively as partners        
  • Creativity in curriculum design        
  • Experiential learning        
  • Creativity in technology enhanced learning       
  •  Learning, teaching and developing through games and play        
  • Creative professional development        
  • Creative teaching, assessment and feedback        
  • Creative approaches to quality assurance and enhancement

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. SEDA conferences traditionally include sessions which involve delegates in active participation and discussion, and consequently, this is a key requirement of all discussion paper and workshop proposals. 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. 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 and practical participation. 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.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 including title        

  • Contribution to scholarship and evaluation of educational development in further and higher education reflecting on the future of educational development
  • Appropriateness of session structure and specified timings in relation to session type
  • Value of session aims to the participants

Submitting your proposalProposals should be submitted electronically to SEDA at conferences@seda.ac.uk, using the proposal form , by Friday 3rd May 2013. 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.   

Prices

 

Early bird price*

Standard price

Full residential conference delegate (includes one night’s accommodation and all meals, including the conference dinner)

  £445

 £500

Non-residential day delegate Thursday 14th November (includes lunch and refreshments)

 £160

£185

Non-residential day delegate Friday 15th November (includes lunch and refreshments)

£160

£185

Bed and breakfast accommodation for the night of Wednesday 13th November

£100

£100

Conference dinner Thursday 14th November

 £35

 £40

* Early bird expires on Thursday 17th October 2013

Conference Programme Day One: Thursday 14th November 201309.15 – 09.45 Registration and tea & coffee 09.45 –10.00 Welcome and Introductions 10.00 – 11.00 Keynote Address: Cultivating Creative Learners in Higher Education: Is it too late? Professor Guy Claxton , University of Winchester  View Presentation 11.00 – 11.30 Break 11.30 – 13.00 Parallel Session 1

  1. Just do it: supporting Staff to Think Creatively about Curriculum Development Doug Carr
  2. The Dialogic Imagination (Bakhtin 1981): how student generated dialogue sheets can help people imagine new ways of working Julie Hall, Bridget Middlemas and Jo Peat
  3. Promoting academic innovation by valuing and enabling disruptive design Andrew Middleton  View Presentation 1 Presentation 2
  4. Creativity as catalyst for change Louise Naylor and Jan Sellers and Curriculum innovation through public arts: developing a ‘creative campus’ Jennie Winter

13.00– 14.00 Lunch14.00 – 14.45 Parallel Session 2

  1. Developing staff for marking and external examining: using the research and thinking creatively Sue Bloxham
  2. Designing bite sized staff development to increase participation, creativity and knowledge exchange Colin Gray View presentation
  3. Working with students to help them develop robust self-efficacy beliefs as a key component of their employability credentials Tracey Holker
  4. Creative uses of web-based technologies to develop student employability through self-evaluation Anna Hunter and Lorraine Dacre-Pool

14.50 – 15.35 Parallel Session 3

  1. How do we challenge PGCHE course participants to be more creative and innovative in their practice? Gail Langley
  2. Experiencing employability ourselves Ruth Lawton
  3. Writes of passage: developing an inclusive open journal in academic practice Keith Smyth, Karen Strickland, Panos Vlachopoulos and David Walker
  4. Is teaching excellence just about being creative? Pam Parker, Julie Attenborough, Maggie Cunningham, Wayne Holland and James Perkins

15.35 – 15.50 Break15.50 – 16.45

  • Find out more about SEDA ‘New to SEDA’: Is this your first SEDA conference? Join us to meet others and find out more about what SEDA can do for you
  • SEDA Professional Development Framework ‘surgery’: drop in to find out more about SEDA-PDF
  • An introduction to SEDA small grants: find out more about funding available from SEDA and access support with your application
  • Poster sessions

Forum theatre for staff development – Tamsin Lister and Karen Hamilton Internationalisation of the curriculum: a case study – Louisa Sheward and Jeannie DanielsGoing the distance: keeping participants engaged throughout an online development course Colin Gray17.00 – 18.00

  • Discover the artwork of ‘Banksy’: walking tour which visits international street art and explores Bristol’s creative quarter where there are many locations where Banksy painted. Limited places (sign up when booking) – [WEBLINK=9]http://www.wherethewall.com/tours[/WEBLINK]
  • Networking time

18.30 Evidencing the Value of Educational Developments (SEDA Special 34) Veronica Bamber19.15 Drinks reception20.00 Dinner Day Two: Friday 15th November 2013 09.15 – 09.30 Welcome to Day 209.30 – 10.25 Keynote Address: Creativity in Educational Development Norman Jackson A link to Norman’s presentation is available at: http://www.normanjackson.co.uk/seda.html10.25 – 10.45 Break10.45 – 12.15 Parallel Session 4

  1. Enabling creative professional conversations around academic leadership through dialogue sheets Fiona Campbell and Bridget Hanna
  2. Blazing a trail of creativity – using digital delivery to enhance learning on a professional qualification course Peter Lumsden and Erica Sheward 
  3. Thinking in 3D: using the methodologies of constructionism and Lego Serious Play (LSP) for educational development Alison James
  4. Never mind the text, where do the ideas come from? Creative approaches to writing using movement, colour and sound Bridget Middlemas, Louise Tondeur and Suparna Banerjee

12.20 – 13.15 Lunch 13.15 – 14.00 Parallel Session 5

  1. Technology enhanced teacher education: lessons from technology for classroom language teaching in higher education? Julie Watson
  2. Using LEGO® to aid reflection on practice through metaphors Chrissi Nerantzi
  3. Diagrams to discourse and discourse to diagrams: uses of visual representation in qualitative research to support staff development of digital literacies Sarra Saffron Powell and Tünde Varga-Atkins see presentation
  4. SEDA in Canada Celia Popvic

14.15 – 15.15 Closing Keynote Address: When do we Know we are Being Creative? Sarah-Jane Dikenson 15.15 – 15.30 Summing up and close15.35 – 15.45 Tea and Depart 16.00 – 17.30 Discover the artwork of ‘Banksy’: walking tour which visits international street art and explores Bristol’s creative quarter where there are many locations where Banksy painted.  Limited places (sign up when booking) – [WEBLINK=9]http://www.wherethewall.com/tours[/WEBLINK]