Hitting the ground running

Starting to teach and research at UC

The following three sessions support new academic staff commencing at the University of Canberra (UC) in 2012. The program is also available to staff who arrived in semester 2, 2011. The sessions are being offered at the beginning of semester 1, 2012, in the week before Orientation Week. The basic structure of the program is outlined below but the final details, including presenters, the times and dates of sessions, may vary slightly.

Session 1: Preparation for teaching

Session 2: Support for teaching

Session 3: Developing your research through the Early Career Academic Program (ECAP)

Drop-in session: Staff unable to attend sessions above are invited to come along to a drop-in session in the Teaching and Learning Centre (1C34) on Wednesday 8 February February at any time between 12.30pm and 2.00pm. TLC taff will be available to discuss material from the three sessions and also respond to individual inquiries.

Session 1: Preparation for teaching

Focus

This session provides an orientation to learning and teaching at UC and the following questions will be addressed:

• What are the characteristics of effective teaching at UC?
• What forms of support does the Teaching and Learning Centre offer?
• What are the policies, strategies and procedures that support learning and teaching at UC?
• What are critical elements in the UC Assessment Policy and in Unit Outlines?

 
Details Monday 23 January – 9.30 – 12noon in room 5C58

 

Presenters

 

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Teaching and Learning Centre Staff (Gerlese Akerlind, Director of the Teaching and Learning Centre, Coralie McCormack and Peter Donnan)

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Session 2: Support for teaching

Focus

In this Q&A session five presenters will each speak for ten minutes on areas of learning and teaching support within UC that are of particular relevance for academic staff commencing at UC in 2011 and there will be a general Q&A forum after the panelists have spoken.

At the end of the forum Audio/Visual Staff will present a demonstration on using the console systems in lecture theatres.


The speakers will be from the Teaching and Learning Centre, UC Library, Academic Skills Centre, Student Equity and Support and Audio Visual Services. After the five presentations, there will be a Q&A segment based on what has been covered by the speakers, then a demonstration about the lecture theatre systems with Kevin Howard and Matt Ruth.


The following questions will be addressed in this session:


• What support for teaching is offered in each of the areas represented by the five speakers?
• How do I use the technology systems in lecture theatres?

 
Details

Tuesday 24 January 9.30am – 12.00pm in room 5C58 

Presenters

 

 

 

 

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Teaching and Learning Centre (Alan Arnold)

UC Library (Pat Tandy) and Terri Landford (UC Research Repository, UC Library)

Academic Skills Centre (Rowena Harper, Director ASP)

Student Equity and Support (Michele Fleming, Dean of Students)

Audio Visual Services  (Simon Adams) 

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Session 3: Developing your research through the Early Career Academic Program (ECAP)

Focus

Integrating teaching, research and career, as well as joining a community of Teaching and Research Scholars, are important considerations. This session will introduce the Early Career Academic Program (ECAP) and its tailored ECA Development Program. It will also introduce you to the key personnel and places you need to know to function as an ECA at UC. This session is for both existing and new-in-2012 early career academics.

Questions that will be addressed in this session include:


• What is the Early Career Academic Program (ECAP)?
• What will I learn during the ECA Development Program?
• Who and what do I need to know at UC?

 
Details

Wednesday 25 January 9.30am – 11.00am in room 5C58 

Presenters

 

 

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Frances Shannon (DVC[Research])

Ksenia Sawczak (Director, Research Services Office)

Anna Hutchens (Early Career Academic Program Support Officer)

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