The aim of the HERGA Conference series is to bring together colleagues from the higher education sector to discuss best practice and new approaches to teaching in the tertiary environment.

The conference theme for 2014 is 
Changing Horizons: Local Learning for Global Impact

We will explore the issue of teaching and learning across cultures and generations in a changing environment of increasing internationalisation of education and digital technologies. 
Sub themes include:

• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  
• Generational Online behaviour
  
• Retention and Well-being
  
• Cultural literacy of teaching and learning
  
• Building academic confidence and skills
  
• Individualised learning
  
• Student outcomes and Graduate attributes
  

Our keynote speakers this year will be Professor James Arvanitakis (University of Western Sydney ) and Dr Shanton Chang (University of Melbourne). Both are excellent public speakers who have received various teaching awards.

There will be for the first time a conference dinner and the inclusion of postgraduate work through poster presentations

Important Dates 
1 June Registration opens 
7 July Deadline for submissions. 
4 August Notification of acceptance 
21 September Registration Closes 
24-26 September HERGA Conference 2014 

Registration for the conference is not yet open. Stay tuned! 

"Adaptive e-Learning: Pathway for feedback and feed forward"

This seminar is very topical and looks at the role of eLearning and feedback. Our speaker is Professor Gangadhara Prusty from UNSW and whilst the topic is related to Engineering concepts the ideas behind the content will be relevant for everyone.

Associate Professor Gangadhara Prusty from the UNSW School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering has received $250,000 from the OLT for a project to develop a virtual workshop for engineering and design students. In 2012, he won a national award for teaching excellence for his contribution to the development of online tutorials that adapt to the abilities of individual students and provide intelligent feedback to help them learn more effectively. He is well credentialed to engage us all in this topic on June 6.

To register for this seminar please go to
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/prusty

Location is reference K10 on this map - Room 3.22
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/campuses/mapscurrent/north_terrace.pdf

For more information contact edward.palmer@adelaide.edu.au

The HERGA seminar for May is on the very important subject of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), which is used as a standardised test for determining proficiency in the English language for non-native speakers. It is used extensively in higher education to ensure our international students are well prepared for  the academic tasks they will be expected to complete in our courses. 

What are the English language capabilities of our international students? Philip Lewis (UniSA) is the administrator of IELTS exams at UniSA and will be able to provide us with an answer to this as well as helping us understand IELTS and its use. 

Details: 

Monday 12th May 2014, 2:00 - 4:00pm.
BJ2-32 The University of South Australia, City East Campus, CBD.

To register for attendance, please go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/IELTS_lewis

The room can be located using http://lostoncampus.com.au/50010/map