| The Conference |
Participants will have opportunities to explore and discuss the challenges
of change, from a variety of perspectives, in four strands that reflect
different dimensions of change, all of which are important for education as
we enter the new millenium.
In Changing learning contexts we will reflect on the ways in which students,
teachers, and curricula have changed in terms of aspects such as the impact
of new information technologies, location time and the characteristics of
students.
Changes in the workplace will look beyond schools and universities to the
locations where we, as school or university teachers, industry instructors
or trainers, and facilitators make a unique contribution to lifelong
learning and wellbeing of the nation in a variety of ways.
In a climate of change we need to be aware of ways in which Supporting
change will benefit all stakeholders. This strand will explore strategies
to support change from the personal to the systemic level.
Finally, our decision making should be informed by high quality research
that links to theory to practice.
This will require new ideas and Changing research paradigms that will assist
us to reconceptualise practice and develop more effective teaching and
learning strategies.
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| Keynote Speakers |
Dr Anne Moore, Virginia Polytechnic, USA
Ian Jukes, Thornburg Centre for Professional Development, USA
Prof Sue Johnston, University of New England, Australia
Assoc Prof Ron Oliver, Edith Cowan University, Australia
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| Papers and themes |
There will be a variety of presentation types available
- Full papers (40min)
- Short presentations (20min)
- Poster presentation
- Workshops. Invitations are sought for the conduct of 1/2 day
workshops that may run concurrently with the conference.
The closing date for Submission of abstracts was Friday 18 February 2000.
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| Strands |
Papers are sought for the following strands, but not restricted
to the suggested topics:
Changing learning contexts
- New environments for learning
- Virtual institutions / classrooms
- Characteristics of teachers / learners
- Teaching and learning contexts / strategies
- Authentic activity / tasks
- Roles and responsibilities of teacher and learners
- Diversity of students
- Harnessing new technologies to improve the quality of education
- Student / teacher roles and interactions
Changes in the workplace
- New skills for new work
- Life long learning
- Redefinition of role of work/worker
- New forms of communication
- New information technologies
- Digital and non text information
- Development of industry/education partnerships
- Outcomes based performance evaluation
Supporting change
- Staff development
- Preparing students for the new millenium
- Extension of graduate outcomes
- Innovations in teaching to support learning
- Focus on collaborations for learning
- Personal development and change
- Creating partnerships for learning
- Changing curricula
- Adapting assessment techniques
- Understanding the Information Society
Changing research paradigms
- New research methodologies
- Investigations of impact of teaching and learning in context
- Role of technology
- Investigations of students lives as full time, part time, on site or remote
- Policy for change
- Investigating classroom home and workplace learning
- Linking learning institutions - national and international
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Invitation
to submit
abstracts |
Conference publications
All abstracts accepted for presentation will be published as conference abstracts and also made available on the HERDSA and ASET websites. There will be an opportunity to submit papers for fully refereed conference publications through either:
Please refer to Guidelines for submission of abstracts for essential details (the closing date for submission of abstracts was Friday 18 February). The guidelines for submission of papers for refereed publication were sent to authors of abstracts with their notification of acceptance for presentation at the conference. The template document (for Word 97 or later, 69 kB) is available for download: ASET-HERDSA 2000 template for authors.
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Further
information |
If you wish to attend the conference but do not intend to present a paper, or are uncertain about a presentation, please submit our online form, Request for conference registration information, to place yourself on the Secretariat's mailing list for conference details and registration form.
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| Conference Secretariat |
USQ Meetings and Events
University of Southern Queensland
PO Box 282 Darling Heights
Toowoomba Qld 4350
Telephone: +61 (0) 7 4631 2840
Mobile: 0412 068 699
Email: kessels@usq.edu.au
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| Grants and prizes |
HERDSA Conference Grants for Postgraduate Students
Two grants (one of $500 for a local student, and one of $1000 for a student incurring significant travel costs) were available to assist postgraduate students to attend and participate in the conference (applications closed 7 March 2000).
HERDSA Prize for the Best Paper by a New Researcher
A prize of $500 will be awarded to a new researcher or researchers who produce the best conference paper making a significant contribution to research in the field of higher education. For further information see Prize for the best paper by a new researcher (applications closed 19 May 2000).
ASET Conference Grants for Postgraduate Students - see Conference Grants (applications closed 26 May 2000).
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| City of Toowoomba |
Renowned as the Garden City because of its beautiful parks and gardens,
scenic views and rich history, Toowoomba is a major provincial city of
approximately 90,000 people only 90 minutes drive from Brisbane, the State's
capital. Due to its warm temperate climate for most of the year,
spectacular displays of seasonal flowers plunges the city into a hive of colour.
For the visitor, Toowoomba's attractions are varied with facilities such as
golf courses, aquatic centres, tours of gardens and nurseries, visits to
local galleries and antique shops, bush walks around the famous Range as
well as fine wine and dining.
See USQ's page About Toowoomba.
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| Conference venue |
The University of Southern Queensland Campus is situated on 76.5 ha of rolling gardens and offers delegates a relaxed campus atmosphere with excellent conference facilities. The Allison Dickson Lecture Theatre offers state of the art technology and will be the focal point of the conference. See About USQ.
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| Conference accomodation |
There will be ample accomodation available both on campus
and at nearby locations. Booking details will be provided in the
Registration Brochure.
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| Conference Executive Committee |
Assoc Prof John Lidstone, QUT, j.lidstone@qut.edu.au
Lesley Richardson, USQ, lesleyr@usq.edu.au
Dr Nicola Yelland, QUT, n.yelland@qut.edu.au
Geoffrey Roberts, QUT, g.roberts@qut.edu.au
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| A related conference |
After ASET-HERDSA 2000 you are invited to consider attending 4th Pacific Rim, First Year in Higher Education Conference 2000, Creating Futures for a New Millennium, at Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, 5-7 July 2000 (call for papers deadline 29 Feb). A 10% discount is available to participants who register at both conferences. The address is
http://www.qut.edu.au/daa/asdu/fye/home.htm
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