L&T seminar series

What worked? By teaching staff, for teaching staff Pan – University Informal Community Good feedback Best practice examples What didn’t work? Many campuses Staff-led topics Discussion forum Community of practice Focus on research Some presentations

Where next? Keep momentum going Want to keep the focus on academic staff-led Allow development of communities of practice Allow opportunities for research Research clusters lead seminars Visiting speakers Topics to be decided by group, not speakers Opportunity with ascilite 2014 in Dunedin

Communities of Practice Seminar series

Example communities Earthquake resilience in teaching New teaching spaces Historical thinking and digital technology Digitising labs New technologies in large class teaching Online courses Research into teaching

Practicalities When to meet – frequency, length, day Aims Structure Topics L&T proposal(s)?? Visiting speakers? organisation

Dr Rob Phillips Visiting from 12 – 14 th March Booked AM101 Thursday 13 th March afternoon (1 – 5pm) Friday 14 th March morning (9 – 1pm) “Planning research into contemporary learning environments” Phillips, R. A., McNaught, C., & Kennedy, G. (2011). Evaluating e-learning: Guiding research and practice. New York and London: Routledge. Phillips, R. A. (1997) The Developer's Handbook to Interactive Multimedia - A Practical Guide for Educational Applications, Kogan Page, London. Phillips, R. A. (2005). Challenging the Primacy of Lectures: the Dissonance between Theory and Practice in University Teaching. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2(1), 1.