WELCOME
Technology has transformed not just how we teach, but also how our students – the learners, engage with educational content as part of the learning process. The 2020 Learning and Teaching Symposium will focus on how technology can be used to enhance learner-centred practice through innovative ideas that can be implemented into your teaching practice. Applying these ideas and innovations to improve learning can also provide new opportunities to engage in the scholarship of learning and teaching.
Keynote Speakers' Presentation & Resources
You can now view the Keynote Speakers session recording below:
You can download the Keynote Speakers' presentation slide here.
Other helpful links
- Scholarship templates (Deb Clark)
- VRARA
- VR Research
- CSU XRC
- FarmVR (Tim Gentle)
- Think Digital (Tim Gentle)
Recordings and resources for a number of Unsymposium and Workshop sessions are now available with more to come. Please access these through their respective session pages below.
THREE DAY PROGRAM
DAY 1 | WED | 2 SEPT
8:45 AM | Townhall session opens
9:00 AM | Acknowledgement of Country & Welcome with Warwick Baines
9:10 AM - 10:45 AM | Keynote Speakers | Moderated by Brett Shipton
(Click here for Keynote Speakers details)
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM | Morning tea break
11:15 AM - 1.00 PM | Unsymposium 2020 | Kickstarts the learning experience by looking at current practice
1:00 PM | Day 1 close
DAY 3 | FRI | 4 SEPT
8:45 AM | Townhall session opens
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | What we’ve learned, what we want to do next with Cliff Lewis, Kath Herbert, Gene Hodgins
9:45 AM - 10:10 AM | DLT's help for what we want to do now and next with Lucy Webster
10:10 AM - 10:35 AM | Faculty help for what we want to do now and next with Jenny Kent
10:35 AM - 10:45 AM | Thanks and Close with Warwick Baines
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
DEB CLARKE
Deb Clarke is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Education at Charles Sturt University. She is an executive member of the Higher Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA), Chair of the HERDSA Professional Learning portfolio and author of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) modules adopted in three international and 11 Australian universities. Deb facilitates SoTL writing groups throughout Australia and her research applies the theory of communities of practice to professional learning for academics and schools.
TIM GENTLE
Founder and Director of Think Digital, an advocate for regional, rural and remote Australia, Tim’s specialty is “Immersive Technologies in Agriculture”. He has created #FarmVR and #FarmAR – Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality farming experiences to help educate people where their food comes from, inspire them to consider agriculture as a career pathway, and improve productivity in the supply chain.
He has over 20 years of experience in marketing and the digital world. Tim’s energy, enthusiasm, and industry knowledge has been shared in well over 2,000 workshops both internationally and across Australia.
Tim has also architected over 1,000 websites for an array of customers. Tim’s #ThinkDigitalCoach is a hi-tech 14-metre classroom on wheels, that travels throughout Australia providing digital education, experiences, and education. Tim’s mission is to build the digital skills and confidence of those he meets and his vision is to help bridge the digital divide between the city and country.
CAROLYN CHILDS
Carolyn has spent more than 30 years helping businesses achieve their goals by using research and other evidence to guide strategy and planning – mainly in the aviation, travel, and tourism fields. She has worked in more than 35 countries on every inhabited continent and brings a detailed understanding of customers and how to connect with them. As well as running her own businesses, she has worked for organisations such as the International Air Transport Association, Kantar (the world’s largest custom research company) and the Travel Research Centre.
Her blue-chip clients include Tourism Australia, TurEspana (Spanish national tourism organisation), Air New Zealand, Qantas, and Emirates.
Her passion is making a difference and she does this by making research accessible and business-focused. She co-created Domesticate™ (now owned by Kantar) – one of the industry’s most respected sources of strategic direction for the Australian domestic tourism market. She also set up MyTravelResearch.com in 2011 to help fulfill this passion by making the tools, approaches, and insights accessible to everyone.
The Learning and Teaching Symposium is sponsored by the Faculty of Business, Justice & Behavioural Sciences
Credits:
Created with images by Brian McGowan - "Spaceship Earth from a recent trip to Walt Disney World." • Lucrezia Carnelos - "May the force be with you" • Ricardo Gomez Angel - "untitled image" • HANNAH BARTMAN - "untitled image" • Christian Lue - "Kuppel auf dem Bundestag / Dome of the German Bundestag on top of the Reichstag" • Ian Schneider - "untitled image" • Farshad Rezvanian - "untitled image"