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Program

The conference offers a comprehensive program giving delegates a complete professional development opportunity. This in depth agenda includes:

• Pre conference workshops
• Keynote addresses from world-renowned academics
• Small concurrent case studies, best practice examples and discussion groups
• Student panel forums

All workshops and conference sessions will be held at Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus.

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Keynote Presentations

Thursday 13 July 2006
Keynote Address - Student Engagement: Deep, Surface or Strategic? Mantze Yorke - Visiting Professor, Lanacaster University	paper	presentation
Keynote Address - Raising Expectations: A New Vision for Learning in the 21st Century John Dearn - University of Canberra	paper	presentation
*Friday 14 July 2006*
Keynote Address - The Changed Relationship Between Policy and Pedagogy: The Implications for Engaging Students John Dewar - Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), Griffith University	paper	presentation

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Workshops

Wednesday 12 July 2006
Workshop - Gen Y - A New Breed of Students Col McCowan - Manager Careers & Employment Service, Queensland University of Technology	paper	presentation
Workshop - Engaging With 'The Self' Mantze Yorke – Visiting Professor, Lancaster University	paper	presentation
Workshop - Strategies for Student Engagement: Reflections from the Coalface Stuart Levy - Monash University	paper	presentation
Workshop - Pedagogies of Engagement John Dearn - University of Canberra	paper	presentation

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Refereed Papers

Thursday 13 July 2006
Refereed paper “Early targeting of First Year Learning Expectations” – Cecilia Andrews	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “From ‘LOST’ to engaging in uni life: How a pilot student mentoring program is assisting first year students” – Joanne Boyd	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Making it Mainstream; engaging students who articulate from Vocational Education and Training (VET)” – Janice Catterall	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Engaging Students in the implementation of criterion referenced assessment in first year law” – Natalie Cuffe & Sheryl Jackson	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Preliminary essay plans: promoting academic engagement in a first year communication course” – Eleanor Kiernan	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Engaging First year students: a collaborative approach implemented in a first year nursing course” – Jill Lawrence	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Use and perceptions of use of a blended learning resource: are students engaging with the materials?” – Osu Lilje	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Engaging First Year students through relationship marketing” – Maxine Mitchell	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Engaging from a distance and on-campus with an introductory biology unit” – Frances Quinn	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Dive in 2006: A CD – ROM in “Student Speak” for First Year Students” – Russell Walton	paper	presentation

Friday 14 July 2006
Refereed paper “FIRST: Finding the “I”. Revealing Students Tensions and experiences during their first year at the University of Queensland” – Lynn Burnett	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Engaging first year students at a metropolitan university: electronic mentoring an effective strategy?” – Hazel Dewart	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Using online collaboration to personalise the first year experience and actively engage students in their education” – Paul Richard Ebert	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Engaging First Year Students with an effective learning environment: Combining Laurillard’s Conversational Framework and Active Learning with Blended Delivery” –Rachael Field & Barbara Kent	paper	presentation
Refereed Paper “A matter of time: Temporal influences on engagement of first year university students” – Louise Horstmanshof	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “A blueprint for enhanced transition: taking an holistic approach to managing student transition into a large university” – Sally Kift	paper	presentation
Refereed paper "Engaging and Retaining Students through Team Teaching: Reflections on initiatives at Monash University, Australia and Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, UK" - Stuart Levy	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Designing a First Year Accounting Curse from the Student Perspective” – Frances Miley	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Contextualising student engagement: Orientation and beyond in teacher education” – Sharon Pittaway	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Bridging courses: Good learning environments for engaging students?” – Justin Read & Adrian George	paper	presentation
Refereed paper "Why Tutors Matter" -Clare Rhoden & Natalie Dowling	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Easing the transition to university study: ideas and practice” – Judy Skene	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Assessment: a tool for development and engagement in the first year of university study” – Janet Taylor	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “A merging of Eurocentric and Indigenous teaching models to address retention and success of students.” – Susan Watene	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Mainstreaming Tablet Classrooms Engaging First Year Students” - Greg Williams	paper	presentation
Refereed paper “Improving quality of teaching is part of improving retention: A study of first year students in an Australian University” - Craig Zimitat	paper	presentation

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Nuts & Bolts

Thursday 13 July 2006
Nuts & bolts “Transition Begins Before Day One: An Innovative Partnership to build Knowledge about University Life in Year 12 Students and their Parents” –Jayne Brown & Narelle Palmer	submission	presentation
Nuts & bolts “Supporting Retention: A systematic Intervention and Monitoring Programme” –John Carlson	submission	presentation
Nuts & bolts "Linking study skills courses and content: A joint venture between Student Services and Health Faculty" – Jackie Hammill	submission	presentation
Nuts & bolts “Engaging Secondary Students in the University Experience” – Kylie McKenzie	submission	presentation
Nuts & bolts “Engaging Maori and Asian Students in the use of the Self Access Learning” – Jennifer Naeem	submission	presentation
Nuts & bolts “UTAS Catalyst Program – Embedding First Year Support in Faculties” –Alison Poot, Sharon Pittaway & Kellie Brandenburg	submission	presentation
Nuts & bolts “Indigeneity, Engaging Students and the Articulation of Relationships” –Sally Steedman, Aqura Gordon, Jayne King & Miriama Scott	submission	presentation
SPECIAL SESSION "The First Year Experience Collaboration for a Carrick Grant" – Craig Zimitat, Kerri-Lee Krause	submission	presentation
SYMPOSIUM Connectedness: Engaging students through collaboration within and across the Higher Eduction sector – The FYE QLD Network	submission	presentation

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Friday 14 July 2006
Nuts & Bolts "Information & Literacy in Context: the way forward" – Deborah Ambery	submission	presentation
Nuts & bolts “If you can’t beat ‘em, podcast ‘em” – Alan Calder	submission	presentation
Nuts & bolts “Tailor-making a transition program to cater for student diversity” – Dawn Gleeson, Michelle Livett, Heather Thomas “Start at the very beginning: Engaging Students in Orientation Week activities” –Stephanie Davison	submission submission	presentation presentation
Nuts & bolts “Transition Portal: ‘ Just in Time’ message for commencing students” –Wendy Harper & Julia Humphreys	submission	presentation
Nuts & bolts “Office to Assist student involvement and success (OASIS) – Christine Holmes	submission	presentation
Nuts & bolts “Towards and Academic Community – Orientation and Beyond” –Sandie Rudman & Judith Dickson	submission	presentation
Nuts & bolts “Transition @ UB – A Collaborative Approach” –Jeannie King & Valerie Runyan	submission	presentation
Nuts & bolts “You can take a horse to water: students’ self evaluation of their literacy skills, implications for support” –Karen Scouller	submission	presentation
Nuts & bolts “Scarfie Col: easing the isolation of the non-hall first year” –Andrew Wicken	submission	presentation

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Round Table Discussions

Thursday 13 July 2006
Round table “If you were asked to run a workshop called ‘Teaching First Year Students’, What would it look like” –Allan Goody & Judy Skene	submission	presentation
Round table "Student Centred Policy: Institutional Mission, Policy and Resource Allocation for the First Year” –Bill Johnston	submission	presentation
Round Table “Should peers be the face of first year learning?” –Valda Miller, Elwyn Oldfield, Mia O’Brien, Clair Hughes & Paul Ebert	submission	presentation

Friday 14 July 2006
Round Table “Appreciating Issues from Students perspectives” – Josie Healy & Rena Frohmann	submission	presentation
Round table “The FYE Soft Cell: Spaces for Participatory Reflection” –Tilly Hinton, Lynn Burnett	submission	presentation
Round Table “Emotional Well-being of first year University Students: The challenge of engaging the whole person” – Mir Rabiul Islam, Libbie Douglass	submission	presentation

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Posters

Poster "Major Problems Confronting First-year College Students in the Arabian Gulf Universities" - Abdulaziz Alsunbul	submission
Poster "First year Biology at Flinders University: Transition from a traditional lecture-based course to an interactive concept-based course" - Karen Burke da Silva, David Wood	submission
Poster "Does starting on an academic note make a difference?" - Simone Buzwell, Caroline Owen	submission
Poster Does ‘feeling you belong’ matter? Integration and health in first year university students - Hazel Dewart	submission

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