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Fostering a community of academics interested in teaching technologies and research
Rhian A Salmon | Science in Context, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Anne Macaskill | School of PsychologyJonathan Flutey | Information Technology Services
Suzanne Boniface | School of Chemical and Physical SciencesStuart Brock | Philosophy, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science,
and International Relations Sydney J Shep | Wai – te – ata Press & School of Information Management
What is and isn’t working about the seminar series?
1. Developed questionnaire2. Got approval from the human ethics committee3. Created survey on Qualtrics4. Emailed the seminar list and asked them to complete it
Who responded?
40 people total
What attracted you to/ interested you about this seminar series?
1. keeping up with technology
2. that online and distance teachers felt that the series was of particular relevance to their role.
3. learning from the experiences of others.
4. that staff with roles supporting teaching staff (e.g. SLSS, ITS, CAD) wanted to learn about the needs of teaching staff.
“All about teaching with technology from a local
perspective”
“Distance and online learning are my main
form of teaching”
“I am a senior academic learning advisor at SLSS. It is very interesting for us to learn about all the different technologies and how they
are being used by academic teaching staff across the
university “
“interested in finding innovative ways to enhance
teaching; hear what colleagues are doing”
80%encouraged a
colleague to attend the series
63%plan to use
information in courses
64%met new people
73%feel interests of
the group reflected
When you have not attended, what has been your primary reason:
17% would
like info on how to use
discussion
forum
44% have never
been to the wiki
24% online forum
not likely to
be useful
59% would be useful to
discuss issues raised online
following seminars
37.5% It’s nice to know videos
available but have
never viewed
34.4% Been to wiki to view announcemen
ts
59% Useful to access past discussions
about teaching
19% watched video when
missed live
What does this seminar series offer, if anything, that you can’t get elsewhere in the University?
1. Brings a range of people together
2. Occurs at a predictable time
3. Facilitated by the group
“A University wide perspective on teaching and learning.
Access to enthusiastic knowledgeable people from
outside my faculty talking on L&T.”
“regular meeting time, organised by
people in the seminar”
Briefly describe something that you would like to see improved or changed or something that you did not like
1. Problems with scheduled time
2. Sessions more inclusive of: student perceptions, disciplines, other campuses
Better accessibility for those on
satellite campuses
At the academic sessions, some
student representation would be really
interesting
Timing was hard as this is my heavy teaching term
More non-science
examples, please
Questions? Thoughts? Comments?