Conference ThemeThe theme of the conference is how, in a period of accelerating change for Higher Education provision, we can ensure change is underpinned by good educational and professional values. With change coming so fast for HE providers, it is very easy to ignore important underlying values and to be swept along by events. So how can we ensure the centrality of, and even further develop and implement, our values as educators and facilitators of learning as we face increasing pressure to adapt?
Key values identified by SEDA are a commitment to:
The ConferenceThe format of the conference will comprise keynote address, parallel sessions of workshops, seminars and paper presentations. The aim, as ever, will be to share practice, research, evaluation and experience in all aspects of staff and educational development in an open and constructive atmosphere.The ParticipantsThe conference will be of particular interest to all those who act as agents of educational change in HE provision and anyone who has a commitment to enhancing the quality of Higher Education. This includes:
Conference VenueThis year’s conference will be held at a new venue, the Birmingham Centre Novotel. It is located on Broad Street in the heart of the City Centre, close to Symphony Hall and the canal-side restaurants and bars of Brindley Place. Fully residential delegates will be accommodated on-site and all bedrooms have en-suite facilities. The SEDA conference will have sole use of the hotel’s conference facilities.
Birmingham is well served by the motorway network and there is parking available on-site. New Street station is a short taxi ride away, with regular rail link to Birmingham International Airport.
Conference Programme
Tuesday 18th November – Day 1 (click here for Day 2)
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9.30 – 10.30am
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Arrival and Registration
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10.30 – 11.00am
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Welcome: John Peters – Chair, SEDA Conference Committee, Kristine Mason O’Connor – Co-Chair SEDA
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11.00 – 11.45am
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Opening interactive Plenary: “Values in Action” David Baume
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12.00 – 12.45pm
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Parallel Session 1 (papers/workshops)
1. Reflections on Delivery of CPD – How the SEDA PDF framework might workRuth Pilkington
2. Networking the scholarship of educational development: the SEDA Research Committee/NetworkRanald Macdonald
3. Enhancing the quality and outcomes of disabled students’ learning in higher educationTerry Wareham
4. Identify the effects of diversity on staff: results of a survey at Northumbria UniversityPat Gannon-Leary
5. Implementing a university e-learning strategy:supporting change within academic schoolsRhona Sharpe and Greg Benfield
6. The Development and Use of an E-learning suitability scoreSimon Horsman
7. New lecturers, old universityLynn Roberts and Ian Willis
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12.45 – 1.45pm
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LUNCH
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1.45 – 3.15pm
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Parallel Session 2 and 3 (workshops)
8. Student use of staff feedback: analyzing diverse comments to support individual learningNeil Duncan
9. Habit is not to be flung out of the window, but coaxed Downstairs a step at a time (Mark Twain): How can we educational developers effectively coax change down our institutional stairs?Veronica Bamber
10 Making space for Modern LearningAngela Dove
11. Supporting Student Retention across a UniversityGwen van der Velden, Dr Jan Sellers and Caroline Cash
12. Continued Reflection on Professional PracticeJohn Cowan and Jenny Westwood
13. The Manager as DeveloperCarole Baume
14. Practitioner enquiry as professional development – is this Action research?Dr Maggie Coats
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3.15 – 3.45pm
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Refreshments
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3.45 – 4.30pm
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Parallel Session 4 (papers/workshops)
15. A Faculty Book Group on Spiritual Aspects of Teaching and Learning : experiences, learnings and reflectionsMiriam R Diamond
16. The Stepping Stones ProjectHilary Bentley, Dr Jenny Davies and Dr Jo Allan
17. 53 Interesting ways of avoiding change (and what to do about it)Steve Outram
18. The Different Models of Learning Support for Students with specific learning difficulty (Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD in HE)Kate Dresser
19. Do we value subjective assessment?Dr Stan Head, Professor Stephen May, Dr Matthew Pead, and Paul Probyn
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3.45 – 5.30pm
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Parallel Session 4 and 5 (papers/workshops)
20. Models of Leadership DevelopmentProfessor Alimo-Metcalfe and John Alban Metcalfe
The LCCI – an instrument for making leadership less intimidating to academicsJohn Alban-Metcalfe and Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe
The Construction of the Diversity InventoryJuliette Alban-Metcalfe, John Alban Metcalfe and Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe
21. Values in the ELT programmes: their rule and assessmentStephen Bostock, Paul Bailey and Jan Smith
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4.45 – 5.30pm
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Parallel Session 5 (papers/workshops)
22. Pedagogical PatternsDr Colin Price
23. Transforming the core: How the DEVERSE project is developing attitudes of inclusivity among non-disabled studentsAnne Tynan and Judith Jesky
24. “Why do I have to be in a group with him?” Exploring why staff often have even more trouble with group work than their students do!Alison Britton
25. Teaching communication skills to veterinary undergraduatesNina Turnbull, Belinda Yamagishi and Stephen May
26. Lift off with the Space Project – Quality Assured alternative assessments to support inclusivityJudith Waterfield
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5.45 – 6.30pm
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Discussion
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7.00 – 8.00pm
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Drinks Reception – to include a 5 minute presentation from each of the following: SEDA Fellowships
SEDA PDF
SEDA Authors
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8.00pm
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CONFERENCE DINNER
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