Annual Council Meeting Monday July 18 – Tuesday July 19, 2016
ALTA forum Thursday 30 March – Friday April 1, 2016
at University of Technology Sydney
for these meetings and other events in 2016 and later go to the new Events page
Upcoming workshops on curriculum development for Intensive Mode teaching
Sally Male presented on WIL at the ALTA forum. For another OLT project there will be curriculum workshops on Intensive Mode teaching running in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, and Launceston in 2016.
Location and Date: Adelaide, The University of Adelaide, Friday 24 June 2016
Location and Date: Melbourne, RMIT, Friday 1 July 2016
See http://www.ecm.uwa.edu.au/staff/learning/research/intensive-mode-teaching
ALTA Forum 31 Mar-1 April 2016 at UTS
Presentations and links to related material
Julie King, ACARA: Digital Technologies Curriculum Implementation
Claudette Bateup, CSIRO - Scientists and Mathematicians in Schools
Belinda Robinson, UA - Prize-winning student global study videos
Peter Radoll, Canberra - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander STEM education
Peter Coolbear, Ako Aotearoa - International Peer Review Benchmarking for Quality Improvement
Proof of Concept Report
Victoria Johnson, ESA - Online Peer Review Tool
Sara Booth, Tasmania - National Support Mechanism for Peer Review presentation,
Review Process, Review Procedure,
Paul Bailes, ACS - ACS and ICT education
Tim McKay, AIIA - AIIA and ACDICT
Sally Male and Peta Wyeth - Work Integrated Learning for All Students
Simon - Staff, students and academic integrity in computing assessments
Jon Yorke - Managing Plagiarism
Judith Gullifer - Academic Integrity Challenges and Opportunities
Beverley Oliver - Better 21st Century credentials - presentation;
Better 21C Credentials booklet
Kathryn Blyth - Credential integrity
Hot Topics
Annual Council Meeting, July 6–7 2015 at UC
Nomination form for Executive vacancies
Attendee List as of 30 June 2015
President's Report 2014-15
Activities and Actions Plan 2015-16
Presentation material
John Craven bio
Craven What Industry Needs from ICT Graduates
Ken Boal bio
Academic Standards Consultation Draft
Summary Criteria and Expectations on Academic Staff
External Peer Review Models
Bailes: ACS Board of ICT Educators
Campbell: ACPHIS Information Science curriculum
Fekete: CORE Computer Science curriculum
Johnson: ACS activities and CBOK
Boal: CISCO STEM activities
Cowey: Scientists and Mathematicians and ICT in Schools
Byrne: ICT Research in the Australian Research Landscape
ALTA Forum 9–10 April 2015 at UC
Attendee list - 34 participants from 27 universities
Presentation material
Geoff Scott achievement standards and their assessment
Scott & Wilson - successful ICT graduates
Koppi & Naghdy ICT Education2009
Koppi - all jobs about problems
Steve Drew Presentation TLOs Workshop
Steve Drew Chemistry Standards
Steve Drew Engineering Standards
Steve Drew Eng Competencies 2013
Steve Drew Draft ICT L&T Academic Standards
Steve Drew Macquarie Uni Learning Outcomes
Steve Drew TLO and AS worksheet
Judie Kay ACEN, National WIL Strategy
Tim McKay AIIA Education Contributions
Mike Johnson ACS improving ICT educatio
Workshop reports
Tanya McGill WIL workshop analysis and report
Steve Drew Academic Standards workshop summary and conclusions
Hot topics summaries
Addressing declining student engagement
Annual Council Meeting, July 7–8, 2014
The Annual Council Meeting will be held at UNSW:
Level 1 Seminar Room, Building K17 (School of Computer Science and Engineering), Kensington Campus, UNSW.
Executive vacancy nomination form
Council approved ACDICT Engagement Policy
Revised Action Plan re ICT Skills V2
Performance indicators for ICT academics
Presentations
Robin King: Enhancing Industry Engagement in Engineering Degrees
Michael Blumenstein: Towards a MOOC for teaching introductory programming at Griffith
Ian Anderson: Indigenous participation
Karsten Schulz: Digital Careers and universities
Leon Sterling: Victoria Perspective
Maurice Pagnucco: NSW Perspective
Joel Cowey: CSIRO supporting STEM and ICT teachers
Andrew Norton: Demand driven system and impacts on ICT
Alan Fekete: CORE perspective on demand driven system
Deborah Bunker: The demand driven system and IS
Michael Blumenstein: ARC College Perspective
Pip Pattison: Educational Quality
Paul Bailes: ACS and Accreditation
Daniel Edwards: WIL in STEM project
Maurice Pagnucco: NICTA research update
Evaluation
Compiled evaluation of 2014 ACM from delegates
ALTA Forum held 8–9 May 2014 at UTS
Presentations
John Craven: Industry needs of ICT graduates
Julie King: ACARA_ALTAforum8May2014
Katrina Kalkner: MOOC supporting teachers
Karsten Schultz: Digital Careers
Daniel Edwards: Student experience of ICT
Eliza Martinez Marroquin: Transforming ICT L&T through the SAFFIRE project at UC
Trina Myers: Cultivating soft skills
Jacob Cybulski: Teamwork for collateral learning
James Harland: Database for exam questions
Trina Myers and Anna Blackman: Developing ICT softskills online
Brian von Konsky: SFIA and ICT curriculum
Frances Rosamond, Peter Shaw and Vlad Estivill-Castro: ICT unplugged outreach
Neil Anderson: Design thinking in ICT
Tom Gedeon: Success of double degrees ICT ANU
Rosemary Stockdale: ICT underpinning Swinburne
Jo Coldwell-Neilson and Jenine Beekhuyzen: Females in ICT degrees
Judy Sheard: Good teaching in first year ICT
Discussion Summaries
Hot Topic: Threshold Learning Outcomes
Improving Learning and Teaching 1
Improving Learning and Teaching 2
Improving Learning and Teaching 3
Improving Learning and Teaching 4
Improving Learning and Teaching 5
Improving Learning and Teaching 6
Annual Council Meeting, July, 2013
The Annual Council Meeting at the Fremantle Esplande Hotel, WA, on Monday and Tuesday 8 & 9 July. Meeting agenda
Discussion paper on Advancing ICT Research
Discussion paper on ACDICT Action Plan for ICT Skills - to be launched at the ACM
Enrolments template prior to meeting
Nomination form for Executive positions
Letter to ACDICT Members from Peter Cole
Presentations
Robert Randall, CEO ACARA, Draft Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies
Robin Shreeve, CEO AWPA, AWPA ICT Workforce Study
AWPA Final Report re ICT Workforce Study
Simon Kaplan, NICTA, Group X National
James Curran, NCSS Director Sydney, Teacher Training for the ICT School Curriculum
Brian Yates, ARC Executive Director, ARC and ICT Research
Philip Ogunbona, UOW, Advancing ICT Research
Jo Ward, Australian Council of Deans of Science, Threshold Learning Outcomes Processes
Mark Freeman, Australian Business Deans Council, Threshold Learning Outcomes: Examples from Business
ALTA (ACDICT Learning and Teaching Academy) Forum for ICT Education Champions, Victoria University, April 4–5, 2013
There were 39 attendees from 24 Australian universities
Presentations
Andrew Norton, Grattan Institute, Threats and challenges facing HE
Craig Whitsed, Murdoch, Internationalisation and the Asian Century
Barbara Turnbull, AWPA, ICT Skills
Michael Johnson, ACS, TEQSA standards and professional accreditation
Euan Lindsay, CQU, Implementing the Flipped Classroom
Ali Radloff and Jacob Pearce, ACER, UES ICT Results and AHELO and AMAC Projects
Tony Koppi, ACDICT, Scholarship and Research in ICT Teaching
Malcolm Campbell, Deakin, Key discussion points on improving L&T
John Ridge, ACSF, Strategies for Improving L&T
Astrid Bauers, RMIT, WIL and SE Projects
John McPhee, Swinburne, Successful Industry Partnerships
Simon (Raymond Lister), Newcastle, BABELnot Project
Simon, Newcastle, Prianit Project
Angela Carbone, Monash, Moodle Pluggin for Plagiarism
Elena Sitnikova, UniSA, ALTA Fellow Report
Nick Falkner, Adelaide, ALTA Fellow Plan
Simon, Newactle, ALTA Fellow Report
Anne Venables, VU, Where novice meets expert and theory meets practice
Paul Calder, Flinders, Motivating students to engage in ICT postgraduate degrees
Nick Falkner, Adelaide, Maximising student learning and minimising teacher workload
Richard Dazeley, Ballarat, Engaging school students through games design and development
Sally Male, UWA, Enhancing industry engagement in Engineering degrees
Steve Drew, Griffith, Peer observation of teaching towards awards and presentations
Glenn Stewart, QUT, AQF9: the future of conversion masters degrees
Executive Ordinary Meeting locations, dates, and AEST times 2012/13
Melbourne, VU, Friday 28 September 2012, 9–11am
Melbourne, Swinburne, Friday 30 November 2012, 2–4pm
Adelaide, end of ACSW UniSA, Friday 1 Februry, 4–6pm
Melbourne, end ALTA Forum VU, Friday 5 April, 4–6pm
Annual Council Meeting, July, 2012
The Annual Council Meeting was held on July 2–3 2012 at Southern Cross University, in the Beachside Conference Room, A3.16, Beachside Campus, Gold Coast Airport (Coolangatta), Southern Cross Drive, Bilinga
Agenda with accommodation and map
Proposal for Research Performance Benchmarks for consideration on Day 2.
Nomination form for Executive positions
Professional Practice in ICT Inventory Results
UES Analysis of Pilot Project 2011
Compiled Evaluation from the ACDICT participants
Presentations
Ian Hawke, TEQSA Commissioner, TEQSA: A New Regulatory Agency for Australian Higher Education
Sean Casey, Broadband Applications Advisor, NBN Co - Impact and Opportunities for ICT
Mike Johnson and Ruth Graham, ACS Accreditation Report
Robin Shreeve, Skills Australia, Demand for Tertiary Qualifications
Peter Lee. Universities Australia, Sectoral Issues
Warren Bradey, Smart Services CRC, Key Challenges for ICT Research - a service sector view
Richard Coleman ARC
Aruna Seneviratne, NICTA, Research Excellence in ICT
Ian Oppermann, CSIRO, Key Reseach Challenges for ICT
Leon Sterling, Research Benchmarks
ALTA (ACDICT Learning and Teaching Academy) Forum for ICT Education Champions, Queensland University of Technology, April 12–13, 2012
The Forum was held at QUT and attended by over 40 delegates from 19 universities.
Presentations:
Ann Doolette, Executive Director AQF Council
Ruth Graham, Manager ACS Accreditation
Craig McDonald, Academic perspective on accreditation
Suzi Hewlett, Director OLT
Fellows presentation: Chris Pilgrim, Nick Falkner, Elena Sitnikova, Simon
ARNEIA, launched via Jocelyn Armarego's presentation
Duncan Campbell, AAEE (Australasian Association for Engineering Education)
Previous Grant winners progress reports:
Malcolm Corney, Novice programmers
Judy Sheard, Computing examinations
John Venable, Student feedback systems
Workshop sessions
Things ALTA can do now and in the future - ALTA Fellows session
Current Learning and Teaching issues in ICT at Australian universities - summary in preparation
Evaluation
Compiled evaluation from attendees
Annual Council Meeting, July 2011
The Annual Council Meeting was held in Hobart on 25-26 July at the invitation of UTAS
Presentations:
Peter Cole, President's Report
Robin Shreeve, CEO, Skills Australia - Expanded role of Skills Australia
Ian Hawke, Interim CEO, TEQSA - The new TEQSA environment
Richard Coleman, Executive ARC Director - The Australian ICT Research Scene
Robin King, EO, ACED - The Engineering and ICT Learning Network
Paul Strooper, UQ - Group X notes
Tony Koppi, EO, ACDICT - notes on value of National ICT Careers Week
Papers for discussion:
Professional Practice Proposal
Attrition in ICT research results briefing
Teaching-Research-Industry-Learning nexus in ICT analysis briefing
Learning and Teaching Forum for ICT Education Champions, University of Adelaide, May 2 & 3, 2011
Latest agenda for the Learning and Teaching Forum in the ICT disciplines of the member universities.
Presentations:
Adam Chapman, Higher Education Group, DEEWR: The higher education landscape
Janet Verbyla, Dean USQ, The HE whirlpool
Christine Ewan, ALTC, Perfect storm
Angela Carbone, Monash, Peer Assisted Teaching Scheme (PATS)
Peter Ashman & Elizabeth Yong, Adelaide, Lessons for ICT from Chemical Engineering
Judy Sheard, Monash, Student engagement
Jo Caldwell, Deakin, Virtual WIL
Graeme Salter, UWS, Online professional development
Jocelyn Armarego, ACED and ACDICT, ALTC Discipline Support Strategy
Roger Hadgraft, UMelb, Academic standards Engineering and ICT
Chris Pilgrim, Swinburne, Professional practice proposal
Santi Ruiz, TAFESA, Joint BIT UniSA and TAFESA
Catherine Lang, Swinburne, Tertiary Transitions Education Program
Evaluation: compiled feedback from participants at the Adelaide forum
Joint ACDICT and ACS Foundation Event, WCC, Brisbane, 20 September 2010
This joint meeting was held at the the World Computer Congress on Monday 20th September at 1330 with the aim of strengthening the relationship between the universities and industry and had three agenda items.
Presentations
Peter Cole, ACDICT President – Shaping the future of ICT
Janet Verbyla, Dean ICT – Academic standards (with discussion summary points)
Bob Hayward, CSC – Future of the Australian ICT industry
Bob Hayward discussion notes by Tom Worthington
Phil Robertson, NICTA – Maximising ICT research benefits
Annual Council Meeting, September 2010
The Annual Council Meeting was on 16 and 17 September at QUT, prior to the World Computer Congress.
Several actions resulting from the meeting are being pursued.
Presentations
Bruce Lakin, ACS CEO – ACDICT and the ACS
John Ridge, ACS Foundation CEO – Advancing through Education and Research
Craig Foster, Education Director, Microsoft Australia – Influencing students
Christine Ewan, ALTC Learning and Teaching Academic Standards Project
Roger Hadgraft, Engineering and ICT Discipline Scholar - ICT Academic Standards – also handout for comment
Bob Hart, ACS – International Standards
Ben Vivekanandan, ACPET – Articulation with private providers
Kevin Harris, TAFE – Articulation with TAFE
Darius Pfitzner, Dual Sector Dean – Dual sector collaboration
Anne Byrne, DIISR – Update government research initiatives
Salim Bouzerdoum, ARC Expert Panel – Impact of government agenda on research
Phil Robertson, COO NICTA – ICT Research and government policy
National ICT Careers Week 26 July – 1 August 2010
ACDICT is proudly supporting this national event
Learning and Teaching Network Forum for ICT Education Leaders, Sydney, July 5 & 6, 2010
A Learning and Teaching Forum in the ICT disciplines of the member universities.
Presentations:
Sylvia Edwards, ALTC Leadership Grant, QUT
Philip Ogunbona, ALTC ICT Grants, UOW
Angela Carbone, ALTC Teaching Fellowship, Monash
Greg Whymark, Evidence-based learning and teaching practices, CQU
Graeme Salter, Mobile devices for learning, UWS
Helen Partridge, Learning Spaces, QUT
Peter Hutchings, Grant applications, ALTC
Chris Pilgrim, Work integrated learning, Swinburne
Workshop outcomes:
Press release regarding Work Integrated Learning
What is a gender-inclusive curriculum?
Evidence-based innovations in learning and teaching
Engaging students: list of approaches
Inaugural Summit of Councils of Deans, Canberra, 5 March, 2010
A summary report of this Summit of Councils of Deans.
Engineering and Technology Education Leaders Forum, December 2009
The report from the E & T education leaders forum that was held at the University of Adelaide on 6 December 2009
Annual Council Meeting, July 2009
| Sam Burrell | Tony Koppi |
| Richard James | Peter Grant |
| Ian Birks | Catherine Pocknee |
| David Skellern |