Seminars
Major seminars and events
Provost's Summit
A joint initiative of the Office of the Provost and the CSHE, the Provost's Summit is an annual event focussed on a teaching and learning theme of contemporary importance to the University. This event is open to all University of Melbourne staff.
Provost's Summit 2011: Re-shaping e-learning
Charting new courses with digital technologies
Friday 22 July 2010, 9am - 2pm
The annual Provost's Summit is an opportunity to discuss key issues in teaching and learning that are of broad and current relevance to the University community.
This year the Provost's Summit will focus on eLearning. The summit is intended to give the University's staff and students an opportunity to engage in a critical discussion about the use of technology in learning and teaching.
Further details
Archive of past year's events:
2010 'Making Melbourne's Graduate Education Distinctive'
2009 'Graduating the New Generation Degree students: the class of 2010'
Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium
The Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium is an annual event providing an important space at the end of a busy academic year for University of Melbourne colleagues to meet and celebrate best practice and excellence in learning and teaching. At the Colloquium, teaching award recipients provide personal perspectives on teaching and learning. A wide variety of faculties are represented on the day and parallel sessions cover themes of common interest across the subject disciplines. The annual Vice-Chancellor’s keynote session features local or international experts.
Archive of past events:
2009 'Knowledgeable and inquiring global citizens'
2008 'Moving towards graduate education'
2007 'Melbourne 2007->2008: Celebrating inspiring teaching'
2006 'Preparing the Melbourne Graduate: outstanding students, outstanding teachers'
Other selected events
2011
2011 Chancellor's Teaching Showcase
Details and on-line registration.
2010
Melbourne Teaching Showcase 2010 - The CSHE and the Chancellor's Office hosted an afternoon celebrating the University's Teaching awards and showcased examples of teaching.
http://www.musse.unimelb.edu.au/december-10-51/celebrating-teaching-%E2%80%93-melbourne-teaching-showcase-2010
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2010
Performance indicators and performance-based funding for teaching and learning in Australian higher education - The CSHE and the LH Martin Institute hosted a one-day seminar regarding the recently released DEEWR Performance Indicator discussion paper. This was a public event, involving participants from across Australia.
2008
Teaching-Research Nexus National Seminars – A series of repeat seminars, which were held in Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne in June 2008, introducing resources to assist academics and policy-makers to enhance the connections between teaching and research. These national seminars were part of an project funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.
2007
Teaching and Learning Forums 2007– A series of seminars and activities focused on excellence and distinctiveness in the University of Melbourne's undergraduate programs. This event was open to all University of Melbourne staff. Papers are available.
