Tuesday 28 June 2011 |
| 1:30pm
- 4:00pm |
Registration Open |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Pre-Conference MasterClass
Invitation only |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Pre-Conference Workshop – Sally Rogan and Melissa Zaccagnini
PASS Workshop |
| 3.30pm - 4.00pm |
(Workshop and Workshop Delegates only) |
Day 1 - Wednesday 29 June 2011 |
| 7:30am |
Registration
open |
| 8:45am |
Official Conference
opening -
Professor Gary Martin,
Vice Chancellor: Murdoch University |
Venue: Esplanade Hotel, Southern Cross Gala Ballroom |
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Opening and Introduction of Keynote Speaker – Professor Ron Oliver, Pro-Vice-Chancellor: Teaching & Learning, Edith Cowan University |
| 9:00am |
Keynote Session 1
Professor
Mantz Yorke
Keynote Paper |
| 10:00am |
Morning
Tea |
Venu: Esplanade Hotel, South Cross Lobby |
| Room |
Sirius Room |
Pleiades Room |
Orion Room |
Rottness Room |
Garden Room |
Carnac Room |
| 10:30am |
1A |
1B |
1C |
1D |
1E |
1F |
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Curriculum scholars: embedding learning and teaching scholarship in first year academic identities |
Building bridges: a practical guide to developing and implementing a subject specific peer to peer academic mentoring program for first year higher education students. |
Planning sustainable peer learning programs: An application and reflection |
Supporting high school students from refugee backgrounds to successfully transition to higher education |
Student mentor programs in Australia: What we know and what we do not know. |
Pop Rocks! Engaging first year geology students by deconstructing and correcting scientific misconceptions in popular culture |
| Peter Jones & Kate Galloway James Cook University |
Ronika Power, Beverley Miles, Angela Voerman & Alyce Peruzzi Macquarie University |
Andrea Adam, Jane Skalicky & Natalie Brown University of Tasmania |
Ruth Tregale & Anges Bosanquet Macquarie University |
Jim Elliot, Susan Beltman & Ebonee Lynch Curtin University |
Leslie Almberg Curtin University |
| Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Academic And Professional Partnerships For An Enhanced FYHE |
Assessing FY Student |
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| 11:00am |
10 minute changeover |
| 11:10am |
2A |
2B |
2C |
2D |
2E |
2F |
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Building a Pacific health workforce in New Zealand: what can we do at first year level at University? |
When all else fails: a skills based relational academic recovery program designed for success |
No time to lose: Negative impact on law student well being may begin in year one. |
Effective teaching and support of low socioeconomic students |
Using Academic and Social Integration to Predict Mental Health Outcomes and Help Seeking Behaviour amongst University Students: The results from first wave of data collection |
Re living First Year |
| Faafetai Sopoaga & Jacques Van De Meer University of Otago |
Pamela Martin Lynch Murdoch University |
Molly Townes O'Brien, Kath Hall & Stephen Hall ANU College of Law |
Liz Smith - Charles Sturt University, Karen Nelson & Sally Kift - Queensland University of Technology, Judy Nagy & Marcia Devlin - Deakin |
Andrew Telley & Andrea Chester RMIT University |
Gillian Colclough, Lindy Kimmins, Marcus Harmes & Lindsasy Henderson University of Southern Queensland |
| Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Academic And Professional Partnerships For An Enhanced FYHE |
Assessing FY Student In Learning |
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| 11:40am |
10 minute change over |
| 11:50am |
3A |
3B |
3C |
3D |
3E |
3F |
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Mentoring matters: Embedding peer support frameworks into first year undergraduate programs |
Academic Skills and Scholarship for Nurses: Preparing for student success |
Approaches to First Year Transition Pedagogy in Australian Business Schools |
Supporting rural and outer metropolitan students entering high stakes courses. |
Integrating academic writing and information research skills in the first year subject unit MGC1010 Introduction to Management. |
Designing assessment to promote first year and disciplinary novice success in critical thinking |
| Lynne Cohen, Bronwyn Harman, Melanie Lauva, Alex Rassau, Justin Brown & Carol Crevacore Edith Cowan University |
Karin Medew, Tanya Harden, Lisa Wirihana & Glo Bielenberg Queensland University of Technology |
Anja Morton Southern Cross University |
Annette Mercer & Sue Pougnault The University of Western Australia |
Veronica Png Monash University |
Sara Hammer University of Southern Queensland |
| Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Academic And Professional Partnerships For An Enhanced FYHE |
Assessing FY Student In Learning |
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| 12:20pm |
Lunch |
| 1:20pm |
4A |
4B |
4C |
4D |
4E |
4F |
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Training tutors in a super sized first year unit – an examination of strategies to develop long term partners |
A Pacific based approach to supporting the wider participation of Pacific peoples in higher education |
A Transition Program in First Year Law: Adopting the First Year Curriculum Principles |
Designing outreach programs for student success in the classroom and beyond. |
Starting university with CLASS: An academic skills development program designed for student success |
Mathematics for first year success |
| Annette Watkins Curtin University |
Malia Talakai, Stephen Matai'a, Deborah Faaiua & Venusi Taumoepeau Unitec Institute of Technology |
Amanda Stickley Queensland University of Technology |
Gabrielle O'Brien Queensland University of Technology |
Shalini Watson, Christine Symons, Catherine Craig Baird Curtin University |
Keith McNaught & Gerard Hoyne Gresham, Patricia Dooey, Robina Smith & University of Notre Dame |
| Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Academic And Professional Partnerships For An Enhanced FYHE |
Assessing FY Student In Learning |
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| 1:50pm |
10 minute change over |
| 2:00pm |
5A |
5B |
5C |
5D |
5E |
5F |
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Transition and the art of engagement |
Old lessons relearned: effective mentorship of students from disadvantaged backgrounds |
University with training wheels': A case study of a secondary school's approach to student learning' |
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Improving first year students' chance of swimming not sinking: All hands on deck |
The impact of supplementary on line resources on university academic performance: A study of first year economics students |
| Anita Harris Australian College of Applied Psychology |
Gerry Rayner & Juliey Beckman Monash University |
Patty Kamvounias University of Sydney |
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Merrilyn Hooley, Lynn Morrison, Melinda Thomas & Elizabeth Marrs Deakin University |
Elisa Birch University of Western Australia |
| Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
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Academic And Professional Partnerships For An Enhanced FYHE |
Assessing FY Student In Learning |
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| 2:30pm |
10 minute change over |
| 2:40pm |
6A |
6B |
6C |
6D |
6E |
6F |
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Encouraging preparedness for first year subjects involving quantitative concepts and skills |
Don't crush my dream': A thematic analysis of appeal letters written by students who have been asked to 'show cause' for academic poor performance |
Supporting International Students' Transition: Have a Chat |
The teaching of critical thinking in FYHE: Can it be taught effectively as a generalist academic skill? |
Transforming the FYE in Health Sciences: Development and evaluation of an interprofessional first year curriculum |
Modelling personal improvement: using a survey to shape linguistic and employment confidence in first year international NESB students |
| Helen Middleton, Marian Kemp, Doug Fletcher & Helen Cole Murdoch University |
Louise Reynolds Flinders University |
Carolyn Woodley Victoria University |
Jessamyn Clarke University of Southern Queensland |
Melissa Davis, Sue Jones & Margo Brewer Curtin University |
Isabelle Bennett & Laurel Dyson University of Technology, Sydney |
| Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Academic And Professional Partnerships For An Enhanced FYHE |
Assessing FY Student In Learning |
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| 3:10pm |
Afternoon Tea |
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Venue: Esplanade Hotel, South Cross Lobby |
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Poster Viewing Session
Poster Abstracts |
duration of the afternoon break |
| 4:00pm |
7A |
7B |
7C |
7D |
7E |
7F |
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Flag and Follow: A whole of institution approach to early identification and intervention for students potentially at risk |
'Excel on campus', a programme designed to increase international students' participation in learning. |
Trends and outcomes from five years of surveying first year university students about ICT and social media at an Australian university |
Thriving in transition |
I am not alone! A reflective activity for first year students |
Critical evidence of students' unreliability when using Lectopia in tertiary second/foreign language education environments |
| Claire Brown Victoria University |
Xiaodan Gao Victoria University of Wellington |
Lisa Cluett & Judy Skene University of Western Australia |
Martin Harris University of Tasmania |
Dawn Gleeson & Lynette O"Neill University of Melbourne |
Hiroshi Hasegawa Curtin University |
| Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Academic And Professional Partnerships For An Enhanced FYHE |
Assessing FY Student In Learning |
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| 4:30pm |
10 minute change over |
| 10:40pm |
8A |
8B |
8C |
8D |
8E |
8F |
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One more tier to prevent many tears? An evaluation of students' perceptions of the impact of QUT Library's Study Solutions model (2nd tier) of learning and study support on their confidence, ability to transfer learning and their capacity to assist peers. |
Creating confidence: exploring the effectiveness of a pre study resource as a 'front loading' strategy in a foundation nursing science course |
Feedforward in the First Year Experience of Online and Distributed Learning Environments |
Online early childhood education mentoring: Peer support strategies for success |
Contextualising learning for a real world university: how an inverted curriculum in the first year can help better student retention. |
Reconnecting Rural and Isolated
Youth with Higher Education |
| Kathryn Derrington, Gabrielle Hayes, Helen Batchelor & Judith Peacock Queensland University of Technology |
Bernadette McCabe, Megan Kek & Joanna Turner University of Southern Queensland |
David Baker & Danielle Zuvela Griffith University |
Alan Calder James Cook University & Victoria Menzies Queensland University of Technology |
Sylvia Edwards & Peter O'Shea Queensland University of Technology |
Ellen Jansen & Cor Suhre University of Groningen |
| Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Academic And Professional Partnerships For An Enhanced FYHE |
Intentional FYHE To Capstone Experiences |
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| 5:10pm |
End of Session for Day 1 |
Day 2 - Thursday 30 June 2011 |
| Room |
Sirius Room |
Pleiades Room |
Orion Room |
Rottness Room |
Garden Room |
Carnac Room |
| 9:00am |
9A |
9B |
9C |
9D |
9E |
9F |
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Measuring student success and student risk: the use of administrative data to evaluate the longitudinal outcomes of potentially at risk student groups |
MAPs to Success: Improving the First Year Experience of Alternative Entry Mature Age Students |
I can't see my First Year Students, so how do I expect them to learn? |
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"If you make a difference, you have changed someone's life": Outcomes from a university student mentor program |
Embedding communication skills across the curriculum: Helping students into their degrees and out into the workplace |
| Jane Rienks University of Tasmania |
Lianna Christensen & Sarah Evamy University of Western Australia |
Niall Dixon & Damian Gordon Dublin Institute of Technology |
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Jim Elliot, Susan Beltman & Ebonee Lynch Curtin University |
Siri Barrett Lennard, Denise Chalmers & Nancy Longnecker Uinversity of Western Australia |
| Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
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Academic And Professional Partnerships For An Enhanced FYHE |
Intentional FYHE To Capstone Experiences |
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| 9:30am |
10 minute change over |
| 9:40am |
10A |
10B |
10C |
10D |
10E |
10F |
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The Development of Organisational Transformational Intelligence to Achieve Transformed Situated Agency: The Key to Study Success. |
'Wanna be' tertiary transfer students: The experience of two transitions |
Pulling and pushing talents. Identifying factors in an honours programme context that need management. |
FYHE 'Speed Dating!': Active and Transferable Teaching Approaches for Student Engagement |
Oh the places you'll go… |
Reflective Practice in Allied Health |
| Willem Van Schoor - University of South Africa |
Louise Reynolds Flinders University |
Cor Suhre University of Groningen |
Claire Macken, Madeleine Dupuche & Patricia Perlen Deakin University |
Teresa Dluzewska, Katherine Lindsay & Kirby Dianne The University of Newcastle |
Dawn Anderson, Abigail Lewis Edith Cowan University & Naomi Findlay University of Newcastle |
| Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Scaling Up Curricular And Co Curricular Approches |
Academic And Professional Partnerships For An Enhanced FYHE |
Intentional FYHE To Capstone Experiences |
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| 10:40am |
Morning Tea |
Venue: Esplanade Hotel,
South Cross Lobby |
| 10:40am |
11A |
11B |
11C |
11D |
11E |
11F |
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First Year Student Feedback in the Age of Social Media: A Case Study from the Queensland University of Technology |
UStart@UOW and UStart2@UOW: A comprehensive approach to supporting commencing students from low socio economic backgrounds |
The Curriculum Jigsaw Studying Business@CSU |
Collaborative capacity building: Applying third generation principles in scaffolding first year university student success |
Enhancing the FYHE experience through professional partnership: Embedding academic and library skills in a first year psychology unit |
Using constructive alignment in the redesign of a first year teacher education subject that incorporates community service learning |
| Patrice Meixsell Draper & Nicky McCallister Queensland University of Technology |
Sarah O'Shea, Pauline Lysaght & Yvonne Kerr Zelma Bone Charles Sturt University The University of Wollongong |
Zelma Bone - Charles Sturt University |
Graham Daniel, Lesley Stoneman & Peter Greening Charles Sturt University |
Merriyn Hooley, Lynn Morrison, Melinda Thomas & Elizabeth Marrs Deakin University |
Sharn Donnison & Debra Edwards La Trobe University |
| Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Scaling Up Curricular And Co Curricular Approches |
Academic And Professional Partnerships For An Enhanced FYHE |
Work Intergrated Learning For FY Students |
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| 11:10am |
10 minute change over |
| 11:20am |
12A |
12B |
12C |
12D |
12E |
12F |
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The role of First Year Co ordinators in the lives of First Year Students |
Invisible scissors: helping to cut the apron strings by engaging families and friends in the first year experience |
The FYE Journey and the Leap to Hyperspace: Enhancing the first year experience in higher How to navigate a fledgling FYE structure into education: Curriculum innovation and the a sustainable, stand alone programme that student learning journey makes pedagogical and economic sense |
Enhancing the first year esperience in higher education: Curriculum innovation and the studetn learning journey |
Integrating First Year Education: Two Models |
Up close and personal - creating a simulated client experience for first year law students |
Jane Warren, Wendy Nielsen, Tricia Forrester Cathie Shanahan, Cheryl Burgess & Andrew & Pauline Lysaght University of Wollongong Yardy The University of Newcastle |
Cathie Shanahan, Cheryl Burgess and Andrew Yardy - University of Newcastle |
Margaret Henley University of Auckland |
Terry De Jong, Marguerite Cullity & Joanna Ashton Edith Cowan University |
Fiona Henderson, Dana Chahal, Sepideh Fotovatian & Amanda Carr Victoria University |
Ann Apps, Nicola Ross and Sher Campbell - The University of Newcastle |
| Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Scaling Up Curricular And Co Curricular Approches |
Academic And Professional Partnerships For An Enhanced FYHE |
Work Intergrated Learning For FY Students |
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| 11:50am |
10 minute change over |
| 12:00pm |
13A |
13B |
13C |
13D |
13E |
13F |
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Interprofessional education for health and social care professionals: Starting the journey in First Year |
Acknowledging social justice and equity through good practice for monitoring student learning engagement in FYE |
Games students play: Engaging first
year undergraduate students in foundation material through the use of a
digital game |
Gifted First Year Engineering Students: High School Curriculum Reflections |
Collaborative Communities: embedding academic and information literacy skills into the first year of a refreshed BA program. |
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| Melissa Davis Margo Brewer & Sue Jones Curtin University |
Tracy Creagh Queensland University of Technology |
Susan Salter, Tracy Douglas, Jane
Pittaway, Karen Swabey & Mike Capstick - University of Tasmania |
Jolanta Szymakowski University of Western Helen Hooper & Kylie Bartlett James Cook Australia University |
Helen Hooper and Kylie Bartlett - James Cook University |
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| Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Innovative Technologies For
Enhancing FY Engagement |
Scaling Up Curricular And Co Curricular Approches |
Academic And Professional Partnerships For An Enhanced FYHE |
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| 12:30pm |
Lunch |
| 1:30pm |
14A |
14B |
14C |
14D |
14E |
14F |
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Aligning your philosophical ideals with your teaching and their learning. |
Increasing connectedness and motivation amongst first year biology students through an authentic group work project |
Indigenising the unit Engaging in the Humanities |
Teaching Non Adversarial Practice in the First Year of Law: A Proposed Strategy for Addressing High Levels of Psychological Distress in Law Students |
The significance of being first: A consideration of cultural capital in relation to 'first in family' student's choices of university and program. |
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| Dona Martin La Trobe University |
Tracey Kuit & Karen Fildes The University of Woollongong |
Cathy Cupitt Curtin University |
Rachael Field & Kathy Douglas Queensland University of Technology |
Sharon King Flinders University, Ann Luzeckyj University of South Australia, Sheila Scutter James Cook University & Russell Brinkworth Adelaide University |
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| Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Scaling Up Curricular And Co Curricular Approches |
Academic And Professional Partnerships For An Enhanced FYHE |
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| 2:00pm |
10 minute change over |
| 2:10pm |
15A |
15B |
15C |
15D |
15E |
15F |
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Taking a bold step: Embedding a university wide LLN strategy across two sectors at Victoria University |
A hard waka to paddle: providing culturally appropriate and effective learning support for first year Mâori and Pasifika Arts students |
Using a Tablet PC to facilitate the engagement and success of students |
Towards a transition pedagogy: a case study of a regional Australian university's approach to enhancing the first year experience |
Student as advisors in an intervention program for at risk students: The QUT experience |
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| Gina Curro Victoria University |
Margaret Henley & Moana Oh University of Auckland |
Sherie Elliot CQ University Australia |
Liz Smith Charles Sturt University |
Carol Quinn, Joanna Bennett, Julia Humphreys & John Clarke Queensland University of Technology |
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| Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Scaling Up Curricular And Co Curricular Approches |
Academic And Professional Partnerships For An Enhanced FYHE |
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| 2:00pm |
10 minute change over |
| 2:10pm |
16A |
16B |
16C |
16D |
16E |
16F |
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Online interactive learning tutorials: addressing plagiarism, referencing and graphical presentation |
The loneliness of relocating: Does the transition to university pose a significant health risk for rural and isolated students? |
Ameliorating the Transition to University: Supporting First Year Students through Service Learning in a Leadership Development Program |
The Threshold Learning Outcome on self management for the Bachelor of Laws degree: A proposed focus for teaching strategies in the first year law curriculum |
Embedding academic – professional collaborations that build student confidence for essay writing student perceptions and quality outcomes |
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| Ann Peterson, David Neil, Kathleen Brander, Deidre Seeto & Dominic McGrath The University of Queensland |
Sharon King, Robyne Garrett, Alison Wrench & Nicole Lewis University of South Australia |
Lane Perry & Billy O'Steen University of Canterbury |
Anna Huggins University of New South Wales |
Gerry Rayner & Juliey Beckman Monash University |
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| Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Strategies For Supporting Wider Participantion In HE |
Institutional Innovation and the FYE |
Scaling Up Curricular And Co Curricular Approches |
Academic And Professional Partnerships For An Enhanced FYHE |
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| 3:20pm |
Afternoon
Tea |
| 3:50pm |
Keynote Introduction - |
W/Professor Bill Louden
Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor The University of Western Australia |
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Keynote Presentation
Keynote Abstract |
Professor Steve Larkin
Pro-Vice-Chancellor Indiginenous Leadership
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| 4:50pm |
Conference
Close & 2011 Conference annoucement |
Venue: Esplanade Hotel,
Southern Cross Gala Ballroom |
| 5:00pm |
End of Session for Day 2 |
| 7:00pm - late |
Conference Dinner |
Theme:
Prison Chic |
Venue: Fremantle Prison |
Day 3 - Friday 1 July 2011 |
| 9:00am |
ALTC - Advancing Research |
TBA |
| 10:30am |
Morning
Tea |
Venue: Esplanade Hotel,
South Cross Lobby |
| 11:00am |
Post-Conference Workshop -
Managing the Assessment Lifecycle: Principals and Practices in the first year |
Professor Keithia Wilson
Professor - School of Psychology
Griffith University |
TBA |
| 12:30pm |
Lunch |
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