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Forum on the Use of Random Controlled Trials (RCTs) in Education
When: 28th – 29th November
Where: University of Newcastle
The Teachers and Teaching Research Centre (TTRC) invite interested colleagues to attend the “Forum on the Use of Random Controlled Trials (RCTs) in Education”.
Addressing an exciting and expanding area of research in Australia, this two-day Forum centres on the use of RCTs within Education. Hosted by the TTRC, the Forum is open to all interested educators, researchers, and research students. No prior knowledge of RCTs is needed.
The two-day program provides comprehensive coverage of RCTs in Education—from purpose and design to implementation and dissemination.
The Forum also offers a unique opportunity to hear from Professor Judith D. Singer, an internationally renowned statistician and social scientist whose scholarly interests focus on improving quantitative methods used in social, educational, and behavioural research.
To register or for more information: Go to http://UONRCT2018.EVENTBRITE.COM.AU or contact teachers-and-teaching@newcastle.edu.au
When / Where? 28-29 November 2018, University of Newcastle.
Further information: http://UONRCT2018.EVENTBRITE.COM.AU
Lecturer, Centre for Tertiary Teaching and Learning @ The University of Waikato
The position will remain open until filled.
We are seeking a Lecturer who will lead the design, development, and teaching of practice-based approaches to enhance tertiary teaching development. The successful candidate will also contribute to the development of enhanced approaches to assessment across the University. A PhD in a relevant discipline is essential. Current salary range for Lecturers is NZ$74,034 to $89,163 per year, depending on qualifications and experience.
Further information: http://jobs.waikato.ac.nz
Educational Developers’ Caucus Annual Conference 2019
When: 19th – 22nd Feb
Where: Online
We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting proposals for the Educational Developers’ Caucus 2019 Conference: Positive Resilience and the Future of ED(C). The conference is going online in 2019, and will run daily from 12 to 3pm EST between February 19th and 22nd. There will be two types of presentations: concurrent sessions and the EDC Showcase.
As the nature of our work, our administrators, and our commitment to our own development constantly evolves, it is important to develop positive resiliency skills. For this year’s Educational Developers’ Caucus (EDC) annual conference, we ask you to think about how educational developers’ think, interact, enact, and engage with their practice and how EDC can (or should) facilitate this. We also ask you to think about educational development in general, and more specifically how we can support ourselves and others in an increasingly busy and complex world.
More information about the EDC 2019 Conference theme, format, and the complete call for proposals can be found on the EDC Conference website: https://edc-conference.com/home/2019-conference/call-for-proposals/
The deadline to submit a proposal for a concurrent session is Tuesday, October 30th, 2018, and the deadline to submit a proposal for an EDC Showcase is Friday, November 30th, 2018.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Celia Popovic atcpopovic@yorku.ca.
Regards,
The 2019 EDC Conference Planning Committee
Gender and Education and Related Issues: Colleagues, we need to talk! @ UNSW
Title: Gender and Education and Related Issues: Colleagues, we need to talk!
Speaker: Yanan Fan, School of Mathematics and Statistics, UNSW Sydney
Time: 4pm Thursday, 6th September
Place: Red Centre building, RC-4082 UNSW Sydney
Abstract: In this talk Yanan will report on some international developments for gender equality in higher education from her recent attendance at the 10th European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education. Based on some empirical data, she will then discuss how gender might influence teaching evaluation scores, and how men and women are evaluated differently.
About the Speaker: Yanan Fan is senior lecturer in the Statistics Department of the School of Mathematics and Statistics, UNSW Sydney. She is an Athena Swan member and has a particular interest in the role of unconscious bias in Higher Education.
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