Learning and Teaching Workshops

To ensure our staff are able to familiarise themselves with processes involved in particular activities, we organise a number of workshops throughout the year, some of which are recorded for later viewing.

Topics (you will require your CQUniversity login to access these pages)

Cultural diversity at CQUniversity presented by Dr Alison Owens (CQUniversity Sydney Campus) (2006-2007)

Preparing an ALTC grant application facilitated by Professor Alex Radloff (Applied Behaviour Management, Melbourne) (21 05 2010)

D-cubed - Doing dissemination: Exploring theory and practice facilitated by Ms Tilly Hinton (University of the Sunshine Coast) (30 06 2010)

Applying principles for good teaching practice at CQU - Can we? Should we? Professor Alex Radloff Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Services) CQUniversity Australia (1 05 2006)

Preparing a Faculty/Deputy Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching application (Tier 2) facilitated by Ms Marlene Page (Grants and Awards Officer) and Ms Kate Ames (Head of Program, Professional Communication) (09 09 2011)

Learning & Teaching Presentations

As part of CQUniversity's commitment to quality outcomes in Learning and Teaching, the University runs a regular series of lunchtime seminars focusing on educational research, scholarship in learning and teaching, or critical issues affecting learning and teaching. All staff are welcome to attend.

For information on upcoming presentations, view the Staff Development Calendar

Most seminars are presented by staff from across CQUniversity who are involved in teaching. If you are interested in presenting a seminar, please contact Academic Staff Development.

Most presentations are recorded and are available to view as mediastreams. Listed below are presentations to CQUniversity staff (categorised by theme and in order of most recent first).

Sort by: Theme, Date, Presenter

Leadership

The changing nature of academic work in the Higher Education sector - Professor Sharon Bell (LH Martin Institute) (18 06 2010)
Academic Leadership - Professor Sharon Bell (LH Martin Institute) (18 06 2010)
Compacts Forum (organised by CQUni branch of NTEU) - Mr Paul Kniest (NTEU) (02 06 2010)
21st Century University Leadership: Are we there yet? - Ms Jo Miller, Associate Professor Peter Reaburn (29 03 2010)
Research Mentoring: Who's leading? Who's following? - Professor Kerry Mummery (13 11 2009)
Action Researched: The play! - Dr Jocene Vallack (14 09 2009)
University Leadership and the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) - Mr Robert Fisher (16 06 2009)
From a train wreck to quality management: A snapshot of the alternatives - Mr Scot Aldred (20 04 2009)
Review of Academic governance - Ms Leone Hinton, Ms Jo Miller (23 03 2009)
Leadership: A view from the Middle - Professor Gabriel Donleavy (16 03 2009)
University Leadership - a view from the top - Professor Angela Delves (01 12 2008)
Culture, Leadership and change - Mr Graham Black (24 11 2008)
The leadership/morale nexus - Dr John Fitzsimmons (29 09 2008)
Leadership during change - Dr Marilyn Fisher (01 09 2008)
Some alternate foundations for leadership in Learning & Teaching at CQUniversity - Mr David Jones (25 08 2008)
Effective leadership in Higher Education - what does the research say? - Professor Alex Radloff, Dr Peter Reaburn (04 08 2008)
University Leadership: Insights from applying Systems theory and Critical theory - Mr Jay Somasundaram (30 06 2008)
Leadership to improve the climate at work - Dr Pierre Viljoen (26 05 2008)
Leadership styles in Higher Education - a person for all seasons? - Professor Alex Radloff & Dr Peter Reaburn (28 04 2008)
Are we on the same page? Bridging the gap between Divisional and Program leadership - Dr Peter Reaburn (31 03 2008)
Former Head of School perspective on Leadership in Learning and Teaching - Dr Peter Reaburn (05 11 2007)

Assessment

Embedding the assessment of generic skills: A focus on assessment and feedback designed to enhance student learning outcomes - Associate Professor Kim Watty (University of Melbourne) (11 06 2010)
Embedding the assessment of generic skills in assessment design: What is so new? - Associate Professor Kim Watty (University of Melbourne) (06 10 2008)
International students: does attendance as an indicator of involvement correlate with assessment performance? - Ms Leone Hinton (16 06 2008)
The assessment of Academic achievement - formative and summative - Professor D Royce Sadler (Griffith University) (23 11 2007)
Listening to the Student Voice: Enhancing Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practice. - Mrs Mary McLeod (16 07 2007)
Quality feedback on assessment - Associate Professor Ken Purnell, Ms Beth Tennent, Associate Professor David Cardnell (26 03 2007)
e-Assessment - Associate Professor Geoffrey Crisp (University of Adelaide) (20 10 2006)
Assessment Beyond Intuition - Associate Professor Jan Orrell (13 09 2006)
Mapping and interrogating assessment practices - Dr Bobby Harreveld, Dr Teresa Moore & Professor Patrick Danaher (08 08 2005)
Self and peer-assessment: Making online group work more equitable - Mr Terry Waters-Marsh (01 08 2005)
Multiple choice tests for formative assessment - Mr Tim Roberts (18 07 2005)

Technology in Learning & Teaching

NeXus is here. There are five modules and they have a plan - Mr Bill Gonch, Mr John Voss, Ms Elizabeth Tansley (07 06 2010)
Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Learning and Teaching - Dr Michelle Selinger (05 11 2009)
Making the most of ISL for teaching - Mr Chris Lucas (28 10 2009)
Information Management - Ms Danya Hodgetts (11 09 2009)
The Indicators Project - Mr Kenneth Clark, Mr Colin Beer (27 07 2009)
Mathematica: a teaching and learning visualisation tool - Mr Noel Patson (09 06 2009)
Supporting learning and teaching through the effective use of learning technologies - Professor Ron Oliver (Edith Cowan University (08 09 2008)
No Power, No Point - the perils of PowerPoint - Professor Rob Reed (19 05 2008)
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 - slideshows made easy - Ms Ingrid Kennedy (17 03 2008)
Immersive 3D technologies: What is possible and how can they be used for learning and teaching at CQUniversity - Mr David Jones (02 11 2007)
Carrick Institute Design Forum report - September 2007 - Learning Spaces - Mr Dave Patterson, Mr Gene Robinson (19 10 2007)
The Net Generation in Australian Universities - Dr Kathleen Gray (University of Melbourne) (28 08 2007)
Web 2.0 authorship and academic integrity - Dr Kathleen Gray (University of Melbourne) (27 08 2007)
Online video and audio - who, what, where and why - Mr Peter Lawrence (06 08 2007)
Too Many Options - Which video/audio delivery method is right for you. - Mr Colin Beer, Ms Colette Le Page, Mr Peter Lawrence, Mr Chris Lucas (21 05 2007)
Blackboard is driving me crazy! - Ms Jillian Litster (14 05 2007)
Blogs, reflection, plagiarism and e-learning 2.0: A progress report and call for interest - Mr David Jones (11 09 2006)
Acknowledgement - Dr Kathleen Gray (01 08 2006)
Learning Commons and Lumiere's Ghost - Dr David Gillette (USA - CalPoly) (23 06 2006)
Strategic issues for online technologies Colloquium - Professor Diana Laurillard (UK) (13 06 2006)
Designing for personalised learning: What are our ambitions? - Professor Diana Laurillard (UK) (13 06 2006)
Students, reflective journals, Blogs and BAM! - Mr David Jones (15 05 2006)
Audience...press your Clicker! - Mrs Robyn Alcock (17 10 2005)
Mediastreaming and i-Brainz at CQUniversity - Ms Colette Le Page (03 10 2005)
Improving learning outcomes with Blackboard - Mr Roy Kennedy (25 07 2005)
The quest for learning: Interesting ways of using the web for teaching - Dr Yvonne Toft (11 07 2005)
Developing a CD-ROM for industry educators - Dr Kerry Reid-Searl (10 10 2005)
Building blocks for the future of IT in learning and teaching - Mr David Jones (21 10 2004)

MOODLE

Moodle Consistency Project - Rollout - Professor Rob Reed and Scott Lawton (25 11 2010)
MOODLE Top Ten Presentations - Professor Rob Reed (11 10 2010)
Surveys in Moodle - Mr Paul Morris (30 11 2009)
An update on CQUniversity's transition to Moodle - LMSIP, FABIE, FSEH & CDDU Representatives (19 10 2009)
Course and Tool Functionality Overview in Moodle - Ms Leonie Barnett (28 09 2009)
Course Showcase (BIOL 12105) - Associate Professor Steve McKillup (31 08 2009)
MOODLE rollout training and support update - Mr Jeff Santamaria, Mr Damien Clark (20 07 2009)
The MOODLE-build journey so far - Mr Ken Howah, Mr Scott Lawton (22 06 2009)

Learning & Teaching Grants

Investigating failure rates - Mr Jay Somasundaram, Professor Gabriel Donleavy, Ms Beth Tennent, Mr Peter Cherry (17 11 2008)
Preparing a Learning and Teaching Grant Working Seminar - Ms Leone Hinton (28 07 2008)
Teaching law to non-law students: Facilitating increased levels of understanding in legal research and problem solving skills - Findings of Research Project - Mr Eric Holm (16 11 2007)
Inside Stories: Education Journeys from Indigenous Voices in Custody - Ms Kylie Radel, Mrs Vicki Pascoe (08 10 2007)
Portfolios - making it better for students? - Ms Julie Bradshaw (10 09 2007)
Pedagogies of maths destruction? - Mr Jonathan Makuwira (28 05 2007)
Preparing students for a successful learning experience using a self diagnostic e-resource - Dr Lauren Young, Ms Debbie Orr (13 11 2006)
The formation of professional identity: First year Nursing Students definitions of Nursing - Ms Diane Goldsworthy, Ms Jenny Anastasi (16 10 2006)
Judging quality assessment through substantive conversations between markers - Associate Professor Ken Purnell, Ms Reyna Zipf (09 10 2006)
e-Design - Ms Dolene Rossi (02 10 2006)
Perceptions of online discussion by pre-service teachers - Ms Rosie Thrupp, John Hunt (25 09 2006)
Online teaching: Tales of the unexpected - Ms Dolene Rossi, Ms Leone Hinton (19 09 2005)
Setting up an ejournal - Dr Jo Luck, Mr David Jones, Ms Phillipa Sturgess (05 09 2005)
Carrick Institute Programs and Priorities - Dr Elizabeth McDonald (13 03 2008)

Awards and recognition

Using peer review to develop a teaching portfolio - Dr Sylvia Ward (23 11 2009)
Learning and Teaching Practices: Contributions to student learning - Ms Jennifer Kofoed (07 09 2009)
Leading innovative Teaching Practice and Course Design - Dr Kerry Reid-Searl (24 08 2009)
Gathering evidence for awards and promotion - Dr Marilyn Fisher (10 08 2009)
External Peer Review of Teaching for Promotion Purposes - Professor Geoff Crisp (University of Adelaide) (03 08 2009)
Award winning teaching practices - Dr Kerry Reid-Searl (11 08 2008)
Gathering evidence for rewards, awards and promotions - Ms Leone Hinton (21 07 2008)
What's the value of gathering evidence on learning and teaching? - Ms Leone Hinton (07 04 2008)
Local and National Teaching, Citations and Program Awards - Ms Leone Hinton (14 08 2007)
Gathering evidence for rewards, awards and review - Ms Leone Hinton (13 08 2007)
TEP - The Excellent Preparation - Mrs Laurel Hunt (Mr Jonathan Makuwira, Dr Laurence Armstrong, Ms Kylie Radel, Mrs Vicki Pascoe) (07 05 2007)
Resilience and the Educator - Dr Cecily Knight (30 04 2007)
Promoting the development of technical and professional graduate attributes among engineering students through the creation of innovative links between courses and industry - Dr Nasser Hosseinzadeh (23 04 2007)
It's all about finding your feet - Mr Dale Trott (02 04 2007)
Writing and reflecting about teaching - Ms Leone Hinton (07 08 2006)
Carrick Awards - Beginning the application process - Ms Julie Willans, Ms Susan Yates, Dr Jeanne McConachie (29 05 2006)

Quality

Attrition and retention forum - dashboards and surveys - Mr Ken Diefenbach, Mr Bill Gonch and Professor Rob Reed (30 11 2010)
Attrition and retention - from words to actions - Professor Rob Reed (05 10 2010)
Copyright 101 or how to avoid explosive returns - Mrs Catherine Wattiaux (19 07 2010)
Teaching evaluations: Your role and what's in it for you! - Ms Leone Hinton (10 05 2010)
Using data to enhance the quality of courses - Mr Ken Diefenbach, Mr Scot Aldred, A/Prof Steve McKillup, Ms Jan Thomson (15 03 2010)
Curriculum mapping for course review - Professor Beverley Oliver (Curtin University of Technology) (26 02 2010)
Student Feedback Discussion: What do you want? What do you do with it? What does the institution require? - Ms Leone Hinton (16 11 2009)
Quality in Postgraduate Research - Professor Jennelle Kyd (14 07 2008)
The Australian Higher Education Quality Assurance Framework - Ms Jo Miller (12 05 2008)

Teaching Practice

Sustainability and the curriculum - Dr Bob Newby (01 11 2010)
Intervention for retention: How can academic and social support help universities keep their students? - Ms Susan Loomes, Dr Alison Owens (26 10 2010)
That's Edutainment! - Professor Gabriel Donleavy (University of Western Sydney) (07 10 2010)
What's hot in Learning and Teaching @ CQUniversity? An update and discussion forum - Professor Rob Reed (27 09 2010)
Communities of Practice: Making them work - Dr Jacquie McDonald (USQ) (20 08 2010)
Learning matters: A personal journey and an individual reflection - Professor Rob Reed (24 05 2010)
Research-Teaching Nexus: Is any of this new? - Professor Jennelle Kyd (01 03 2010)
Why Accounting's Not Sexy: A Pilot Study of Attitudes to Accounting Studies in Rockhampton High Schools - Ms Robyn Alcock, Dr Kristy Richardson (09 11 2009)
The Gurteen Knowledge Cafe - Mr David Gurteen (01 10 2009)
Teaching large and small classes effectively - Ms Robyn Alcock (04 09 2009)
Internationalising the Curriculum - Mr Ashfaque Chowdhury (27 10 2008)
Embedding Career Education within academic programs - a case study - Ms Cheryl Bookallil (30 03 2009)
Internationalisation of the Curriculum - Professor Glynis Cousin (26 05 2009)
Embedding the Seven Principles to enhance student learning engagement: Are we there yet? - Ms Jenny Kofoed, Ms Nona Muldoon (13 10 2008)
Changing academic work practices in higher education: Conceptions about student feedback on courses - Ms Leone Hinton (12 11 2007)
Listening to the Student Voice: A Presentation from Student Mentor Leaders - Graham Cooper, Jacinta Driscoll, Margaret Keefe, David Knetchli, Narelle Sauer and Boban Arexina-Ilic (09 11 2007)
Face to face teaching Tricks of the Trade - Associate Professor Peter Reaburn (30 07 2007)
Helping students to be self-regulated learners: Why we should and how we can. - Professor Alex Radloff (04 06 2007)
Sharing experiences and exchanging ideas II: the year in review - Ms Jillian Litster (30 10 2006)
Sharing experiences and exchanging ideas: What works for you as an educator - Ms Jillian Litster (18 09 2006)
Applying principles for good teaching practice at CQUniversity Can we? Should we? - Professor Alex Radloff (01 05 2006)
Teach Ethics? Why bother? - Mr Robert Kelso (26 09 2005)

Graduate Attributes/Generic Skills

Report on ALTC sponsored event - National forum on graduate capabilities: Mapping, assessing and evaluating achievement for graduate employability - Robyn Donovan ( 06 12 2010)
Graduate attributes - Mapping programs and Term 2 pilot update - Mr Damien Clark, A/Prof Ken Purnell, Ms Carol McPherson, Ms Robyn Donovan (25 10 2010)
Mapping and Assessing Graduate Attributes: What does it mean for me? - Dr Helen Huntly, Ms Louise Hawkins, Mr Damien Clark (26 07 2010)
Graduate attributes: An update - Professor Rob Reed (08 04 2010)
Graduate attributes, learning outcomes and employability - Professor Beverley Oliver (Curtin University of Technology) (25 02 2010)
Fostering Graduate Attributes Through Curriculum Renewal - Associate Professor Simon Barrie (University of Sydney) (02 11 2009)
Developing graduate attributes at CQUniversity - Professor Alex Radloff (14 04 2008)
Adolescent and adult reading literacy: developing knowledge and skills for pre-service secondary school teachers - Dr Kathy Baker (15 10 2007)

Community Engagement

HeartStart to Heart Healthy: Pedagogical perspectives - Dr Wendy Madsen (29 12 2010)
Community mental health nursing in Bahrain: Lessons for learning and teaching - Professor Brenda Happell (07 12 2009)
Community Engagement with a Difference - Ms Jenny Anastasi, Dr Lorna Moxham, Mr Marc Broadbent (22 09 2008)

Miscellaneous Learning & Teaching

Knowledge Sharing: People and Technology - Mr David Gurteen (Gurteen Knowledge, UK) (20 10 2010)
Office of Learning and Teaching: How can we help you? - Associate Professor Peter Reaburn (02 08 2010)
What are the benefits of teaching Australian law to non-law students from non-English speaking backgrounds and cultures? - Dr Alison Owens, Ms Irene Hoetzer (21 07 2010)
Higher Education and the minerals boom - the Central Queensland experience - Mr Philip Bell (22 03 2010)
Workplace behaviour: Legislating for a rational workplace - Dr Errol Vieth (08 03 2010)
Forum on International Education: the Emerging Agenda - IERC (24 11 2009)
Research Supervisor Training - Associate Professor Lorna Moxham (16 10 2009)
The impact of constructive alignment on student engagement in a work-based learning course at CQUniversity - Dr Peter Reaburn, Ms Nona Muldoon, Ms Cheryl Bookallil (05 10 2009)
Disability Action Week - A time to celebrate the diversity of our community - Student Support Centre (21 09 2009)
Overview of the CQUniversity Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Employment Strategy - Mr Roger Hunt (06 04 2009)
Creating winners for life - Mr George Payne (University of South Africa) (23 06 2008)
Learning support in Maths and Statistics - Mr Antony Dekkers (02 06 2008)
Leading the professionalisation of academics: Is a National tertiary 'education' qualification possible, required or indeed necessary? - Associate Professor Belinda Tynan (10 03 2008)
The STEPS learning journey - Is it a Hero s Journey - Ms Karen Seary (22 10 2007)
Cross-Campus Teaching Forum - processes, issues and outcomes - Dr Trevor Davison (01 10 2007)
Supporting women in preparatory programs: Results of survey conducted with WIST students - Ms Robyn Donovan (24 09 2007)
Strategy Capstone Courses @ FBI - Associate Professor Sharon Kemp (17 09 2007)
Strategic approaches to enhancing engagement in the first year - Professor Kerri-Lee Krause (20 08 2007)
Against Plagiarism - Associate Professor Steve McKillup (23 07 2007)
Some short-term futures for learning at CQUniversity. - Mr David Jones (09 07 2007)
Faculty Perspectives on International Education - (Symposium involving staff of Endicott College and CQUniversity, at CQUniversity Melbourne International Campus (08 06 2007)
Report on UK Higher Education Management and Governance - Ms Jo Miller (20 11 2006)
HERDSA Fellowship Recognition and Development Scheme - Associate Professor Geoffrey Crisp (20 10 2006)
The Course Evaluation Report: Is it value added? - Ms Leone Hinton (08 05 2006)
The student departure puzzle - Mr Jay Somasundaram, Mr Don Bowser (12 09 2005)