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This section provides reverse chronological details of conferences, workshops, seminars and other events (including those available as a live and/or replay webcast) which are likely to be of interest to the CETL community.
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Past events table
| 09-Sep-10 | Physics Higher Education Conference (PHEC), 9 – 10 September 2010, University of Strathclyde | The Physics Higher Education Conference provides opportunities to share approaches that enhance the student learning experience in physics and support a wide range of student backgrounds. |
| 06-Sep-10 | CETL-MSOR Conference 2010 - Continuing Excellence in Teaching and Learning | 2020 Vision: Maths and Stats in Higher Education over the next 10 years |
| 13-Jul-10 | Problem Based Learning Summer Workshop ‘Experiencing PBL’ 12-14 July 2010. | piCETL are pleased to announce the Eight Annual Summer PBL Workshop which will take place in Leicester on the 12-14 July 2010. |
| 06-Jul-10 | Call for abstracts: Engineering Education 2010 Conference: Inspiring the next generation of engineers. | This international conference aims to provide a platform to consider how we can inspire the next generation of engineers, from attracting more young people to consider the profession through to engaging students in universities and the workplace. |
| 15-Jun-10 | Developing professional identities through practice based learning | All Open University colleagues are warmly invited to attend this event which will take place in the Michael Young Building at Walton Hall |
| 28-Apr-10 | Technology enhanced assessment: an emerging aid to learning, 28th April 2010, RSC, Burlington House, London | This workshop will consider ways in which technology can help with the effective use of feedback from assessments |
| 17-Mar-10 | HEA Seminar: Employer Engagement and Development of Skills for Employability | A HEA Seminar at The Open University, Milton Keynes - Wednesday 17 March 2010 |
| 10-Mar-10 | Activity Theory and Practice Learning | PBPL's final conference, Activity Theory and Practice Learning, took place on 10th and 11th March 2010 |
| 28-Jan-10 | 'Entrepreneurial Leading out of the Recession' | Leadership Academy Event at The Open University, Milton Keynes |
| 15-Dec-09 | Annual Conference: 4 Open CETL Conference: The CETLs: Celebrating Teaching and Learning, 15 and 16 December 2009 | Celebrating the CETLs successes and exploring ways in which the work of the four Centres can be carried forward and embedded into practice across the University |
| 04-Nov-09 | A day in the life of a bilingual practitioner: ways of mediating knowledge | A PBPL Fellows event hosted by Carrie Cable, Senior Lecturer in Education wi the Faculty of Education and Language Studies at the Open University. |
| 28-Oct-09 | PBPL Book Launch ' Mental Heal Still Matters' | PBPL Book Launch hosted by Dr Jill Reynolds, Dr Jan Wallcraft and Professor Phil Thomas |
| 30-Sep-09 | Writing as Professional Practice in the University as Workplace | A PBPL Fellows event hosted by Dr Mary Lea, Senior Lecturer in Teaching and Learning wi the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University. |
| 09-Sep-09 | Work Integrated Learning in a Postgraduate Coursework Industry Linked Context | A PBPL Fellows event hosted by Patrick Keleher of the College of Engineering Central Queensland University Australia |
| 08-Sep-09 | CETL-MSOR Conference 2009 | Monday 7 & Tuesday 8 September 2009 at the Open University in Milton Keynes |
| 25-Aug-09 | Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Science's 2009 Annual Conference | Tuesday 25 to Thursday 27 August 2009, at the University of Kent at Canterbury |
| 17-Aug-09 | GIREP-EPEC 2009 International Conference | 17 - 21 August 2009, University of Leicester, Physics Community and Cooperation |
| 13-Jul-09 | Problem Based Learning Summer Workshop 2009 | We are pleased to announce the 6 annual Problem Based Learning ( PBL) summer workshop. |
| 24-Jun-09 | Desperately Seeking Fusion: bridging the theory-practice gap | A PBPL Fellows event hosted by Chris Kubiak |
| 16-Jun-09 | A Celebration of OU Offender Learning - 16 June 2009, 10:30 - 16:15, The Open University, Milton Keynes | This invitation only event forms part of The Open University's 40 Anniversary celebrations |
| 16-Jun-09 | The 3rd Science Learning and Teaching Conference | Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh 16-17 June 2009 |
| 01-Jun-09 | Activity Theory and Practice Learning Conference | The theme of the conference is the use of Cultural Historical Activity Theory for research and development of workplaces and its implications for researchers and practitioners of practice related learning |
| 20-May-09 | Mobile Learning: Devices, Practices & Preferences | A PBPL Fellows event hosted by John Pettit, Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, Will Woods, Daisy Mwanza-Simwami and Mariano Rico. |
| 21-Apr-09 | David Hestenes - Naive Beliefs about Physics and Education | As part of a co-sponsored visit organised by The Physical Sciences Subject Centre and piCETL, David Hestenes will present a seminar at The Open University on the 21st April 2009. |
| 02-Apr-09 | Learner Experience of eLearning in Practice Courses: Social Work, Technology, Business, Computing | A workshop from The Open University PB-LXP project and the JISC Learner Experience Programme |
| 25-Mar-09 | Learning from Service Users | PBPL Fellows Event hosted by Jill Reynolds |
| 19-Mar-09 | IOP HEG Seminar - Teaching Biological Physics | Modern biology provides many examples of fascinating physical phenomena |
| 03-Mar-09 | ESRC Seminar Series 2009: Developing a 'how things work' research agenda in education | Education practitioners, researchers, and sociocultural theorists are invited to join in a series of discussions which focus on ways that theory can inform our understanding of teaching and learning practices within various contexts. Seminar topics will aim to be cross-cutting in order to engage educators and education researchers from a wide range of subject areas and levels of education |
| 25-Feb-09 | Configuring Life Histories - what does it add to knowledge and ways of knowing? | A PBPL Fellows event hosted by Jonathan Hughes |
| 13-Feb-09 | Writing as Professional Practice | This session was hosted by the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) |
| 28-Jan-09 | Working wi Employers | A PBPL Fellows event hosted by Jan Brunwin |
| 10-Dec-08 | Jorum Forum event in Manchester - 10 December 2008 | The Jorum team will be running an open community event, the Jorum Forum, in Manchester on Wednesday 10 December (10:00 – 15.30), and we would like to invite practitioners who use or contribute to Jorum (http://www.jorum.ac.uk/) to learn more about Jorum’s progress and vision for the future, and to have input into ongoing developments. |
| 20-Nov-08 | ReLIVE08: Researching Learning in Virtual Environments, 20-21 November 2008 | We are pleased to invite you to the Researching Learning in Virtual Environments - ReLIVE08 Conference being hosted by The Open University, Milton Keynes on 20-21st November 2008. |
| 17-Nov-08 | The (Im)Possibility of Measuring Practice | A PBPL Fellows event hosted by Professor Paul Wainwright |
| 29-Oct-08 | PBPL Fellows series: Its Pivotal: Introducing the professional identity and values organisation tool | A PBPL Fellows event hosted by Barry Cooper |
| 15-Oct-08 | PBPL Annual Conference 2008: Assessment, experience and reflection | “Assessment is often thought of as an act of judging others. However, unless assessment engages learners, acknowledges their experience and enables them to be informed and reflexive judges of their own work, they are not being equipped for a changing future.” (Professor David Boud) |
| 08-Oct-08 | Leadership, innovation and communities of practice: A virtual and real workshop | A PBPL and Sou East Leadership Academy event supported by SEEDA |
| 24-Sep-08 | 3rd Open CETL Conference: Building Bridges, 24-25 September 2008 | The 3rd Open CETL Conference, “Building Bridges”, builds on two previous successful conferences attended by 280 colleagues from across the University. We promise an exciting conference programme, including keynote presentations from Geetha Narayanan, founder and Director of Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in India and Denise Kirkpatrick, PVC Learning and Teaching. The focus for this year’s conference is practitioner engagement. |
| 17-Sep-08 | The practice/teaching 'nexus' in art and design | A PBPL Fellows event hosted by Alison Shreeve |
| 08-Sep-08 | Shaping the future of maths and stats in higher education | CETL-MSOR conference, 8-9 September 2008, Lancaster University |
| 04-Sep-08 | The Physics Higher Education Conference 2008 | The Physics Higher Education Conference provides opportunities to share approaches that enhance the student learning experience in physics and support a wide range of student backgrounds. |
| 26-Aug-08 | Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Science's 2008 Annual Conference | The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Science's 2008 Annual Conference will take place from Tuesday 26 to Thursday 28 August 2008, at the Liverpool Hope University. |
| 18-Aug-08 | Physics Curriculum Design, Development and Validation | 8 International Conference of the International Group for Research in Physics Teaching and the 13 Workshop on Multimedia in Physics Teaching and Learning; GIREP-MPTL 2007, 18th-22nd August 2008 |
| 30-Jul-08 | Practice-based learning across the curriculum | A PBPL Fellows event hosted by Morag Harvey |
| 19-Jul-08 | American Association of Physics Teachers, 2008 Summer Meeting | 19th-23rd July 2008 |
| 18-Jul-08 | Writing and Professional Practice | The aim of this day was to create the opportunity for conversation between participants from a range of academic and professional contexts. Contributions were invited from those who had a particular interest in the relationship between writing and professional practice. We hoped to explore issues from a variety of different perspectives |
| 14-Jul-08 | Engineering Education 2008, 14-16 July 2008, Loughborough University | International conference on innovation, good practice and research in engineering education. |
| 14-Jul-08 | Mathematics Online Conference | Teaching mathematics wi online tutorials |
| 14-Jul-08 | Problem Based Learning Summer Workshop 2008 | The Physics Innovations Centre for Excellence (piCETL) would like to invite you to the six annual problem-based learning Summer Workshop |
| 09-Jul-08 | Symposium: E-Portfolios in professional and practice-based learning | This symposium focused on lessons learned within the Open University about the role of E-Portfolios in professional and practice-based learning, and the ways in which these lessons can be supplemented by experience from elsewhere in Higher Education in the UK |
| 24-Jun-08 | For central academics who love teaching, 10th, 17 or 24 June 2008 | Would you be interested to take part in a three-hour workshop during June, as part of an exploration into how central academics learn to be skilled creators of distance learning materials and courses? |
| 12-Jun-08 | Formal, informal and usable mathematical knowledge | Mathematical knowledge management (MKM) has arisen in the last few years in recognition of the fact that there are a range of sophisticated computer-based tools for mathematics. |
| 11-Jun-08 | New Technology Meeting | New technology is being developed on a regular basis and much of this quickly finds application in education. |
| 08-Jun-08 | Computation and Computer-Based Instruction | Gordon Conference on Physics Research and Education, 8th-13 June 2008 |
| 04-Jun-08 | Meeting the Needs of Offender Learners | This invitation only event, hosted by the Open CETL, will be a high level Colloquium to discuss progress and future policy for higher education for offenders in custody and the community. |
| 29-May-08 | Using systems diagramming to get a handle on your project | You are invited to participate in one or bo of two sessions on 29 May. |
| 28-May-08 | Why character matters in practice-based learning | A PBPL Fellows event hosted by Dr Ann Gallagher |
| 20-May-08 | Learning and Teaching in the Sciences 2008: practical tips and advice from recognised experts | The Student Learning Centre, in conjunction wi the Faculties of Science and Medicine and Biological Sciences, is pleased to announce the third annual 'Learning and Teaching in the Sciences' event. |
| 08-May-08 | Implementing Problem-Based Distance Learning | This talk will introduce the basic ideas of problem-based learning (PBL) using a typical structure as an example |
| 06-May-08 | Access for Disabled Students to Mathematics | In educational and professional science, engineering and mathematics situations we need to be able to represent often complex mathematics in electronic formats. |
| 06-May-08 | Exploring writing as professional practice | A workshop for academic staff and course team members working in practice-based fields at the Open University |
| 01-May-08 | Workshop on M-Learning & Calculus Education Software, Coventry | sigma CETL and the HEA Subject Network for Maths, Stats and OR are jointly organising a workshop on mobile learning and using software in calculus education on Thursday 1st May 2008 at Coventry University from 12:30pm to 4:30pm. |
| 30-Apr-08 | Learning as if doing things differently mattered | A PBPL Fellows event hosted by Caroline Ramsey |
| 24-Apr-08 | On-line collaboration in Science Experiments – developing a short course | The Science Faculty has accepted a proposal for a short course (10 points) in Science experiments |
| 08-Apr-08 | Creativity seminar | An opportunity to consider and discuss the promotion of creativity through Initial Teacher Education |
| 27-Mar-08 | Library Session - Information Tools, Techniques and Tips | Even the best search engines can access only about 16% of the available information on the World Wide Web |
| 26-Mar-08 | Responding to emotion in work-based learning | A PBPL Fellows event hosted by Lucy Rai |
| 19-Mar-08 | PBL in Chemistry: what is the problem? | Join us for an afternoon of presentations and discussions dedicated to implementing Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in the discipline of Chemistry. |
| 13-Mar-08 | Research as a guide for the development and validation of curriculum | It is by now well known that many students leave physics courses expressing essentially the same (incorrect) ideas wi which they entered. |
| 28-Feb-08 | Pedagogical research into aspects of teaching and learning (PRATLe): Pedagogy and Technology Design | Pedagogical and practitioner research can support teaching and elearning within a multitude of domains and for various different purposes. The PRATLe series of seminars seeks to bring together experts from contrasting domains to support your understanding of different approaches and perspectives of pedagogical and technology research. |
| 14-Feb-08 | Supplementing lectures and tutorials wi on-line teaching materials | Dr Matthew Juniper, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge |
| 31-Jan-08 | Choosing the right research method for you | This presentation will give a basic introduction to methods, bo qualitative and quantitative, in educational research, and aims to help you decide which method or methods are appropriate for your research project. |
| 19-Jan-08 | Enriching the Heal of Physics Education | American Association of Physics Teachers, 2008 Winter Meeting, 19th-23rd January 2008 |
| 17-Dec-07 | Electronic tutor marked assignments in symbolically rich disciplines | A workshop to share ideas and experiences of different approaches to eTMAs in symbollically rich disciplines. |
| 12-Dec-07 | Soft Condensed Matter and HEG AGM | IoP Higher Education Group discussion meeting |
| 11-Dec-07 | Talking practice - wi Etienne Wenger and Yrjö Engeström | This event is in memory of PBPL's late Principal and Director, Professor Peter Knight. It will include lectures from Etienne Wenger and Yrjö Engeström, presentation of the PBPL 'Best publication' and 'Teaching and learner support' awards plus the opportunity to find out more about PBPL funded projects. The lectures will be followed by discussion between the presenters during the afternoon. |
| 10-Dec-07 | Unspoken Interactions: exploring the role of emotions, interactions and embodied knowledge in practice-based subjects | This one day national symposium will seek to acknowledge emotions, interactions and embodied knowledge as key factors in improving teaching and learning experiences. |
| 05-Dec-07 | Research-Teaching Linkages in the Physical Sciences | HEA Subject Centre in Physical sciences meeting |
| 29-Nov-07 | Analyse your qualitative data | Introduction to Qualitative data analysis, hands-on support in analysing your data, technology advise & tips for supporting qualitative analysis |
| 29-Nov-07 | Resource packs in experimental science for teachers and trainee teachers to enable bo face-to-face and distance learning in practical work | Ben Mensah (University of the Cape Coast, Ghana) is visiting the COLMSCT CETL for 4 weeks from 15 November, as part of a British Council project that he is leading. |
| 21-Nov-07 | Peer Assessment in Physical Sciences | HEA Subject Centre in Physical sciences meeting |
| 11-Nov-07 | International Commission on Physics Education (ICPE); International Conference on Physics Education 2007 | Building Careers wi Physics - 11th-16 November 2007 |
| 18-Oct-07 | E-learning in Physics and Astronomy | E-learning, whether delivered through stand-alone packages or via a virtual learning environment such as Blackboard or Moodle, is playing an increasingly important part in the teaching of physics and astronomy in universities. |
| 15-Oct-07 | The 2nd Open CETL Conference, 15 - 16 October 2007 | The 2nd Open CETL Conference, “Pushing the Boundaries”, will address such broad issues as employer engagement, subject communities as student support, assessment for learning and elearning. |
| 10-Sep-07 | CETL–MSOR Conference 2007, 10 - 11 September 2007 | The aim of this conference is to promote, explore and disseminate emerging good practice and research findings in Mathematics and Statistics support, teaching, learning and assessment. |
| 06-Sep-07 | Physics Higher Education Conference | Organised by the Physical Sciences Centre and the Physics Innovations Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning |
| 28-Aug-07 | 8 Annual conference of the ICS HE Academy | The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Science's 2007 Annual Conference will take place from Tuesday 28 to Thursday 30 August 2007, in the Murray building at the University of Southampton. |
| 26-Aug-07 | GIREP-EPEC 2007 Conference: Frontiers of Physics Education | GIREP-EPEC Conferences to be held for the first time in Opatija, Croatia |
| 16-Jul-07 | Problem-Based Learning Summer Workshop 2007 | Three days of PBL-related activities including an introduction to educational research in practice, time to discuss your own implementation issues and PBL "Second Life" workshop wi expert Maggi Savin-Baden |
| 21-Jun-07 | Recent Changes to 16 - 19 Science Qualifications | STEM Seminar |
| 19-Jun-07 | The Science Learning and Teaching Conference 2007 | Towards excellent science teaching in university based education |
| 08-Jun-07 | Summer Workshop on Practice-based Learning | This workshop was open to anyone in the Milton Keynes area wi an interest in developing practice-based learning at work or in the community. |
| 28-Apr-07 | Physics Education Innovations in Practice 2007 | All Open University Associate Lecturers of courses that form part of the Physical Science programme are invited to attend the first Physics Education Innovations in Practice conference |
| 26-Apr-07 | Computer-Based Assessment in the broader physical sciences | A joint event hosted by the Open CETL and the Physical Sciences Subject Centre |
| 19-Apr-07 | Formal and informal organisational learning about teaching: how did you learn to teach? | A three-hour exploratory workshop |
| 10-Apr-07 | Mathematica 6: New technology for e-learning in maths and science | Maths Online seminar |
| 29-Mar-07 | Information Tools, Techniques and Tips | Even the best search engines can access only about 16% of the available information on the World Wide Web |
| 22-Feb-07 | Building Subject Communities | Bringing students and teachers together around their area of common interest |
| 25-Jan-07 | Introduction to questionnaires within the Open University and Qualitative Analysis | COLMSCT Expert Forum regarding conducting surveys and Invitation Workshop on Qualitative Analysis |
| 14-Dec-06 | Highlights from some International Conferences | This informal seminar is intended to bring you some highlights of two major conferences without having to travel! |
| 14-Dec-06 | 'How, when and where to publish or not to publish' that is the question | There are many ways in which to disseminate your research findings but they all require different writing styles |
| 07-Dec-06 | Developing a short course: 'Experiments online' | COLMSCT Invitation |
| 30-Nov-06 | Research methods - the Action Research model. Enhancing the impact of practitioner inquiry within the OU | COLMSCT Expert Forum on Action Research |
| 26-Oct-06 | The mobile society and The Open University | Exploration of opportunities for future impact of mobile technologies for teaching and leanring in The Open University |
| 21-Sep-06 | Computer Algebra and Computer Aided Assessment of Mathematics | This seminar will discuss CAA systems based on computer algebra. |
| 11-Aug-06 | Symposium on 'Developing managers not academics: towards a pedagogy of practice' | Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, USA |
| 08-Jun-06 | 1st Open CETL Conference: How will you change the Open University? | The conference aims to capture a wide range of experiences and identify recommendations to enhance and improve current teaching and learning practice. |
| 28-Mar-06 | A new generation of interactive computer marked assignments | This seminar highlights the proposed work of the E-Assessment for Learning Group and provide opportunity for the audience to rehearse issues surrounding the implementation of Moodle, in particular functionality requirements and to share any concerns they may have about the functionality of the VLE. |
| 21-Feb-06 | Challenging Perspectives on Assessment | A collection of short presentations intended to provoke debate about assessment |
| 26-Jan-06 | The Open University Virtual Learning Environment | Opportunity for OU staff to hear how the VLE development programme activities may facilitate new learning opportunities, support programmes of study, and assist teachers |
| 12-Dec-05 | Adding value through evaluation | This presentation argues that it is possible to engage in evaluative practice in such a way that we can not only see its value, but harness it for our own developmental purposes. |
| 29-Oct-05 | Practice-based professional learning conference | Held in Birmingham this invitation conference involved colleagues from the OU and other agencies committed to enhancing and extending practice-based learning |
Past events
(in reverse chronological order)
Physics Higher Education Conference (PHEC), 9th – 10th September 2010, University of Strathclyde
9th Sep 2010
The Physics Higher Education Conference provides opportunities to share approaches that enhance the student learning experience in physics and support a wide range of student backgrounds.
CETL-MSOR Conference 2010 - Continuing Excellence in Teaching and Learning
6th Sep 2010
2020 Vision: Maths and Stats in Higher Education over the next 10 years
Problem Based Learning Summer Workshop ‘Experiencing PBL’ 12-14 July 2010.
13th Jul 2010
piCETL are pleased to announce the Eight Annual Summer PBL Workshop which will take place in Leicester on the 12-14 July 2010.
Call for abstracts: Engineering Education 2010 Conference: Inspiring the next generation of engineers.
6th Jul 2010
This international conference aims to provide a platform to consider how we can inspire the next generation of engineers, from attracting more young people to consider the profession through to engaging students in universities and the workplace.
Technology enhanced assessment: an emerging aid to learning, 28th April 2010, RSC, Burlington House, London
28th Apr 2010
This workshop will consider ways in which technology can help with the effective use of feedback from assessments
Activity Theory and Practice Learning
10th Mar 2010
PBPL's final conference, Activity Theory and Practice Learning, took place on 10th and 11th March 2010
Annual Conference: 4th Open CETL Conference: The CETLs: Celebrating Teaching and Learning, 15th and 16th December 2009
15th Dec 2009
Celebrating the CETLs successes and exploring ways in which the work of the four Centres can be carried forward and embedded into practice across the University
CETL-MSOR Conference 2009
8th Sep 2009
Monday 7th & Tuesday 8th September 2009 at the Open University in Milton Keynes
Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Science's 2009 Annual Conference
25th Aug 2009
Tuesday 25th to Thursday 27th August 2009, at the University of Kent at Canterbury
GIREP-EPEC 2009 International Conference
17th Aug 2009
17 - 21 August 2009, University of Leicester, Physics Community and Cooperation
Problem Based Learning Summer Workshop 2009
13th Jul 2009
We are pleased to announce the 6th annual Problem Based Learning ( PBL) summer workshop.
Desperately Seeking Fusion: bridging the theory-practice gap
24th Jun 2009
A PBPL Fellows event hosted by Chris Kubiak
A Celebration of OU Offender Learning - 16th June 2009, 10:30 - 16:15, The Open University, Milton Keynes
16th Jun 2009
This invitation only event forms part of The Open University's 40th Anniversary celebrations
The 3rd Science Learning and Teaching Conference
16th Jun 2009
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh 16-17 June 2009
Activity Theory and Practice Learning Conference
1st Jun 2009
The theme of the conference is the use of Cultural Historical Activity Theory for research and development of workplaces and its implications for researchers and practitioners of practice related learning
Mobile Learning: Devices, Practices & Preferences
20th May 2009
A PBPL Fellows event hosted by John Pettit, Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, Will Woods, Daisy Mwanza-Simwami and Mariano Rico.
David Hestenes - Naive Beliefs about Physics and Education
21st Apr 2009
As part of a co-sponsored visit organised by The Physical Sciences Subject Centre and piCETL, David Hestenes will present a seminar at The Open University on the 21st April 2009.
Learner Experience of eLearning in Practice Courses: Social Work, Technology, Business, Computing
2nd Apr 2009
A workshop from The Open University PB-LXP project and the JISC Learner Experience Programme
IOP HEG Seminar - Teaching Biological Physics
19th Mar 2009
Modern biology provides many examples of fascinating physical phenomena that can be used to engage and educate physics students at various levels.
Configuring Life Histories - what does it add to knowledge and ways of knowing?
25th Feb 2009
A PBPL Fellows event hosted by Jonathan Hughes
Jorum Forum event in Manchester - 10th December 2008
10th Dec 2008
The Jorum team will be running an open community event, the Jorum Forum, in Manchester on Wednesday 10th December (10:00 – 15.30), and we would like to invite practitioners who use or contribute to Jorum (http://www.jorum.ac.uk/) to learn more about Jorum’s progress and vision for the future, and to have input into ongoing developments.
ReLIVE08: Researching Learning in Virtual Environments, 20-21 November 2008
20th Nov 2008
We are pleased to invite you to the Researching Learning in Virtual Environments - ReLIVE08 Conference being hosted by The Open University, Milton Keynes on 20-21st November 2008.
PBPL Fellows series: Its Pivotal: Introducing the professional identity and values organisation tool
29th Oct 2008
A PBPL Fellows event hosted by Barry Cooper
PBPL Annual Conference 2008: Assessment, experience and reflection
15th Oct 2008
“Assessment is often thought of as an act of judging others. However, unless assessment engages learners, acknowledges their experience and enables them to be informed and reflexive judges of their own work, they are not being equipped for a changing future.” (Professor David Boud)
Leadership, innovation and communities of practice: A virtual and real workshop
8th Oct 2008
A PBPL and South East Leadership Academy event supported by SEEDA
3rd Open CETL Conference: Building Bridges, 24-25th September 2008
24th Sep 2008
The 3rd Open CETL Conference, “Building Bridges”, builds on two previous successful conferences attended by 280 colleagues from across the University. We promise an exciting conference programme, including keynote presentations from Geetha Narayanan, founder and Director of Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology in India and Denise Kirkpatrick, PVC Learning and Teaching. The focus for this year’s conference is practitioner engagement.
The practice/teaching 'nexus' in art and design
17th Sep 2008
A PBPL Fellows event hosted by Alison Shreeve
Shaping the future of maths and stats in higher education
8th Sep 2008
CETL-MSOR conference, 8-9th September 2008, Lancaster University
Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Science's 2008 Annual Conference
26th Aug 2008
The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Science's 2008 Annual Conference will take place from Tuesday 26th to Thursday 28th August 2008, at the Liverpool Hope University.
Engineering Education 2008, 14-16th July 2008, Loughborough University
14th Jul 2008
International conference on innovation, good practice and research in engineering education.
Meeting the Needs of Offender Learners
4th Jun 2008
This invitation only event, hosted by the Open CETL, will be a high level Colloquium to discuss progress and future policy for higher education for offenders in custody and the community.
Pedagogical research into aspects of teaching and learning (PRATLe): Pedagogy and Technology Design
28th Feb 2008
Pedagogical and practitioner research can support teaching and elearning within a multitude of domains and for various different purposes. The PRATLe series of seminars seeks to bring together experts from contrasting domains to support your understanding of different approaches and perspectives of pedagogical and technology research.
The 2nd Open CETL Conference, 15th - 16th October 2007
15th Oct 2007
The 2nd Open CETL Conference, “Pushing the Boundaries”, will address such broad issues as employer engagement, subject communities as student support, assessment for learning and elearning.
1st Open CETL Conference: How will you change the Open University?
8th Jun 2006
The conference aims to capture a wide range of experiences and identify recommendations to enhance and improve current teaching and learning practice.
The Open University Virtual Learning Environment
26th Jan 2006
Opportunity for OU staff to hear how the VLE development programme activities may facilitate new learning opportunities, support programmes of study, and assist teachers