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> Apologies for cross-posting > _____________________ > > Joint Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA)/Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Conference > > The Scholarship of Academic and Staff Development: Research, Evaluation and Changing Practice > > Wednesday 9 - Friday 11 April 2003 > > Wills Hall, University of Bristol > > This conference will provide the opportunity for those engaged in research, evaluation and changing practice in further and higher > education to explore opportunities for engaging in these activities as well as networking and collaboration. The conference will be of > interest to teachers, educational developers, researchers and policy makers with an interest in change in further and higher education, > with a particular emphasis on those changes that affect the student learning experience. > > As with all SEDA conferences, the emphasis will be on presenters and participants engaging interactively with the themes of the conference > as presented through a variety of session formats. > > SEDA Research Committee > > Following the setting up of the SEDA/SRHE Educational Development research network in 1998, the SEDA Research Committee was established in > October 2002, with an emphasis on promoting research and scholarship in staff and educational development in its widest sense. This > conference represents the Committee's first major event. > > The Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) is the professional association for staff and educational developers in the UK. > Its aim is to promote innovation and good practice in teaching and learning in higher education, including HE delivered in further > education. > > The Society for Research into Higher Education, established in 1965, exists to stimulate and co-ordinate research into all aspects of > higher education. It aims to improve the quality of higher education through the encouragement of debate and publication. > > Andresen (2000) and others characterise scholarship as follows: > > 1 critical reflectivity as a sensibility, a habit of mind; > 2 scrutiny by peers as permitted, for example, by publication; > 3 and inquiry as a motivation and drive. > > We anticipate that these scholarly characteristics will be reflected in this conference and hence contribute to The Scholarship of > Academic and Staff Development. > > Conference Themes > > 4 Developing a scholarship of academic and staff development > 5 Researching and evaluating educational development practices > 6 Building capacity for research and evaluation > 7 Examining the links between research, evaluation, policy and changing practice, including teaching, assessment and supporting > learning > > Staff and educational development is taken to include: Higher Education development (including HE in further education); changes to > learning, teaching and assessment practices and environments; institutional change; the management of educational change; and action > research that links development and research outcomes. > > Full Conference Presenters > > 8 Professor Liz Beaty, Director (Learning and Teaching), The Higher Education Funding Council for England > > 9 Dr Glynis Cousin, Academic Development Adviser, The Centre for Academic Practice, Warwick University > > 10 Dr Keith Trigwell, Principal Research Fellow, The Institute for the Advancement of University Learning, University of Oxford > > Session Formats > > We welcome proposals which examine current practices in learning, teaching and assessment; completed or 'in progress' research and > evaluation; and the links between research, evaluation, practice and policy. However, the emphasis should be on reflection and evaluation > of practice, sustainability, dissemination and transferability, rather than merely on describing what is happening. It is also a > long-standing tradition at SEDA conferences to have sessions which involve delegates in active participation and, consequently, preference > will be given to > proposals that reflect these emphases. > > We are designing the conference around the following activities: > > 11 Workshops - (45 or 90 minutes) with the emphasis on high levels of participation > > 12 Papers - (45 minutes) giving an account of research, evaluation, policy or practice with the emphasis on drawing out lessons for > others and involving participants in engaging with you findings > > 13 Round tables - (45 or 60 minutes) involving two or three short paper presentations (10 minutes each) of work in progress, following > which participants engage for the rest of the session with one of the presenters. The conference committee will combine short papers into > a round table. > > 14 Symposia - (90 minutes) 2 or 3 presenters may wish to group together and submit a proposal for a symposium or, alternatively, the > Planning Committee may combine 2-3 proposals together into a symposium and appoint a chair. > > There will also be opportunities for 'reflection' sessions during the conference to allow participants the > opportunity to discuss more informally the general themes of the conference. > > There will also be a series of methodology 'master classes' (90 minutes) around a major aspect of research or evaluation to support 'new' > practitioners in developing their professional skills. > > Participants > > The conference will be of interest to those who are interested in educational developments in further and higher education, including: > > 15 Teachers in further and higher education > 16 Educational and staff developers > 17 Researchers, postgraduates and those engaged in evaluations > 18 Learning support staff such as library and information staff and student support staff > 19 Academics and managers with responsibility for learning and teaching policy developments > 20 Staff from LTSN Subject Centres and similar > > Venue > > The conference is to be held at the University of Bristol which is situated in the heart of the historic, maritime city of Bristol, in the > Wills Hall, Stoke Bishop. Bristol is built on dramatic hills, and Stoke Bishop, 3 miles to the north of the City Centre, offers visitors > the calm of park and woodland high above the Avon Gorge. From Sea Walls, on the very cliff edge, there are panoramic views across the > Bristol Channel to the Welsh Hills. > > For more information on the venue and how to get there visit www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Conferences/ <www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Conferences/> > > Submitting your proposal > > A proposal form for contributions can be found on the SEDA web site at www.seda.ac.uk <www.seda.ac.uk> . > > The deadline for submissions is Monday 27 January 2003. They should be no more than 300 words in length. Please send an electronic copy, > in Word or WordPerfect to the [log in to unmask] and specify which of the sessions formats listed above you would prefer and whether you > would be prepared to present in a different way. > > Proposals should include the main aims of the sessions, an outline of what will be presented and in the cases of workshops, the methods of > presentation. > > It is normal practice at SEDA Conferences to accept only one contribution from an individual so as provide the opportunity for as many > people to contribute as possible. > > > Criteria for acceptance of proposals > > Each proposal will be reviewed for acceptance at the conference against the following criteria: > > 21 Relevance to the conference theme and sub theme(s) > 22 Clarity and coherence of the proposal > 23 Reflection and evaluation of practice and or/policy > 24 Contribution to scholarship, research and evaluation of change in further and higher education > 25 Clear opportunities for participants to actively engage in the session and, particularly in workshops, to reflect on transferability > to their own practice >