Evaluation Forum 2006

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		Tuesday 28 November - Venue Building 400
11.30am - 12.00pm		Registration
12.00 - 12.30pm		Lunch
12.30 - 12.45pm		Official Opening - Professor Jane den Hollander, Pro Vice-Chancellor Academic Services, Curtin University of Technology
12.45 - 2.00pm	Ppoint	Keynote Workshop - Professor Geoff Scott, Pro Vice-Chancellor Quality, University of Western Sydney Listening to the student voice: lessons for engaging and retaining students at University
2.00 - 2.15pm		Short Break
2.15 - 3.45pm Session 1		Higher Education response to Stage 1 of the Learning and Teaching Performance Fund Edward Palmer and Geoffrey Crisp The University of Adelaide
		All things considered, what aspects of a staff member's professional repertoire are related to their overall effectiveness as a university teacher? Roberta Martin and Julie Arthur The University of Queensland
		Quality of teaching surveys and the CEQ: Is there method in this madness? Martin Davies, Joe Hirschberg, Jenny Lye and Carol Johnston The University of Melbourne
	Refereed Paper	Using a mid-course CEQ Pender Pedler Edith Cowan University
3.45 - 4.15pm		Refreshments
4.15 - 5.45pm Session 2	Ppoint	Business process: The king of evaluations Chris Wayland nLIVEn Pty Ltd
		A case study of a university transitioning toward reporting learner-based outcomes: Challenges and expectations from the outside Fernando Padró Monmouth University
	Refereed Paper	Evaluating to improve: The Law Faculty experience Joanna Becker, Chenicheri Sid Nair, Len Webster Monash University
		Promoting excellence in research student supervision Duncan Nulty Griffith University Robin Collins and Margaret Kiley, Australian National University
	Discussion Paper	Research student supervision at the University of Canberra Coralie McCormack University of Canberra
5.45pm onwards		Pre-dinner drinks and dinner, Thai Corner Restaurant Canning Highway, Applecross

		Wednesday 29 November - Venue Building 400
8.45am onwards		Arrival refreshments
9.00 - 10.00am	Ppoint Paper	Keynote Workshop - Mr Robert Carmichael, Audit Director, AUQA Learning about learning and teaching from AUQA audit findings
10.00 - 10.45am Session 3	Ppoint	Analysing qualitative feedback using CEQuery and SPSS Text Analysis for Surveys Beverley Oliver, Beatrice Tucker and Julie-Ann Pegden Curtin University of Technology
10.00 - 10.45am Session 3	Ppoint	What about student comments? Issues related to moving student evaluations online Christina Ballantyne Murdoch University
10.45 - 11.15am		Morning Tea
11.15am - 12.15pm Session 4	Paper	Focus groups as a form of student evaluation of teaching Robert Muller, Carol Collins and Sue Knight University of South Australia
		How multi-dimensional evaluation of teaching can help improve the student experience Marcia Devlin The University of Melbourne
	Ppoint	Developing an evaluation strategy for development and training activities Deanne Gannaway Flinders University
12.15 - 1.15pm		Lunch
1.15 - 2.45pm Session 5		Putting students in the picture: Student perceptions and expectations of evaluation at the University of New England Cathryn McCormack University of New England
	Refereed Paper	Engagement the key to better response rates Chenicheri Sid Nair, Phillip Adams, Stefano Ferraiuolo and Andrew Curtis Monash University
		Optimising the potential of evaluations staff to support institutional research priorities for improving the student experience Clair Hughes and Roberta Martin The University of Queensland
		Adapting to a changing environment: Improving the performance of evaluation services Edward Palmer The University of Adelaide
2.45 - 3.15pm		Afternoon Tea
3.15 - 4.45pm		Symposium: What are the key issues and where to from here?
4.45pm		Reflection, evaluation and conclusion

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