Higher Education Research Group of Adelaide (HERGA)

HERGA is a cross-disciplinary community of educators, representing all of the South Australian universities and other members from across Australia and New Zealand, with the intention to promote high quality university learning through sharing evidence-based, practical approaches to teaching and learning.

HERGA organises collaborative activities and professional development opportunities, including the annual HERGA Conference, our seminar and workshop programs and our collaborative networking events, as well as shares local and online educational events by partnering organisations.

HERGA Updates

The 2018 HERGA conference will run on September 25th at Flinders University (Tonsely Park). The theme this year is
 
Assessment
Sub themes include
  • The nature of assessment. How and what should we be assessing in a modern curriculum?
  • Feedback
  • Students and assessment
  • Theories and models of assessment
  • Online assessment and assessment using technology
  • Peer and Self Assessment
  • Group Work
  • Flexible Assessment. What controls do you give students to determine weightings, due dates and perhaps even content of their assignments?
  • Analytics in assessment
Key dates:
​June 16: Registrations open
July 23: for early review and feedback
Aug 3: all abstract due
Aug 17: decisions on abstracts communicated
Sep 17: Registrations end
Sep 25 Conference

Submission Details
Individual Papers: 25 minutes (15 mins presentation maximum; 10 mins discussion)
A submission for an individual presentation may take the form of an abstract (500 words not including references) or a full paper.  Abstracts will be submitted to the HERGA conference reviewers. A book of abstracts will be published as the conference proceedings.

Panel Sessions: 60 minutes (40 mins presentation; 20 mins discussion)
Submissions for panel sessions led by presenting teams are encouraged. A panel proposal may take the form of an abstract (750 words not including references) or full paper.

Workshops: 60-180 minutes
Submissions for workshops led by presenting teams are encouraged. A workshop proposal may take the form of an abstract (750 words not including references).
Review and Publication Processes

​All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer review process. 
There are five review criteria, which are all weighted equally:
  • Relevance to the conference themes
  • Importance of the theme or the findings to the education/learning/teaching community
  • Clear articulation of content and conclusions
  • Evidence of appropriate use of the relevant literature/methods/methodologies
  • Potential for practical applications by others and/or significant theoretical implications
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Our keynote speaker this year will be Associate Professor Michael Henderson (Monash) who has recently completed an OLT project on feedback with David Boud. Michael has a lot to say about feedback and you can read a taster of it in an article in the Conversation. He will challenge us to examine our practices in a new light.
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You can submit your abstracts through easychair

​As a guide to submissions, the schedule for the conference with full abstracts is available here
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