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Program

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DAY 2 - Thursday 8 July 2004
Program
Chair: Professor Hilary Winchester, Pro Vice-Chancellor & Vice President, Organisational Strategy & Change, University of South Australia
Focus: ‘Quality - Time Present & Time Past’
Location: Regency Ballroom / Banksia 1&2 / Grevillia 1&2
Dinner Speaker: Courtesy of the Adelaide Thinkers in Residence program, Baroness Professor Susan Greenfield .
Topic: Education and Innovation – a personal perspective

From 8.30am Day 2 Registration
(Pre Functions Area)
9.00am Welcome by Chairperson
9.15am Keynote Address 2
Presenter: Professor Stuart Macintyre, Dean of Arts, University of Melbourne
Topic: Universities and the Idea of Quality
Paper
10.15am Morning tea
10.30am Paper Sessions A&B – parallel streams
The session runs from 10.30am-12.15pm. In each stream, the first paper will end at 11.15 and the second begin at 11.30, to allow participants to change streams if they wish

Session A(i)
Presenter: Associate Professor Geoffrey Crisp, Director, Learning and Teaching Development Unit, University of Adelaide
Topic: Plagiarism and the Reputation of the University: How to Distribute Effort between Educating Students on Attribution and Rigorous Detection of Cheating?
Abstract | Paper

Session B(i)
Presenters: Ms Josephine Palermo, Senior Quality Consultant, and Ms Robyn Adams, Principal Consultant - Quality, RMIT University
Topic: Program Assessment and Reporting: Linking People, Processes and Data
Abstract | Paper

Session A(ii)
Presenter: Dr Jennifer Weir, Quality Advisor, Academic Programs; and Ms Jill Dixon, Quality Advisor, Support Services, Centre for Higher Education Quality, Monash University
Topic: Quality Reviews in Higher Education

Abstract | Paper

Session B(ii)
Presenter: Dr Marguerite Clarke, Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Topic: International Issues in Quality Assessment: Limitations of the Weight-and-Sum Approach to Ranking the Academic Quality of Institutions of Higher Education
Abstract | Paper

Session A(iii)
Presenter: Dr Janice Orrell, Academic Coordinator, Human Resources Division, Staff Development and Training Unit, Flinders University
Topic: Work-Integrated Learning Programmes: Management and Educational Quality
Abstract | Paper

Session B(iii)
Presenter: Dr Paul Ginns, Survey Officer, Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Sydney
Topic: Quality Assurance and Improvement of the Research Higher Degree Experience at the University of Sydney
Abstract | Paper

Session A(iv)
Presenters: Mrs Jo Baskett, Senior Lecturer; Ms Penny Collings, Deputy Head of School of Information Sciences and Engineering / Head of Information Systems; and Ms Helen Preston, Tutor, School of Information Sciences and Engineering, University of Canberra
Topic: Plagiarism or Support? What Should be the Focus for our Changing Graduate Coursework Cohort?
Abstract | Paper

Session B(iv)
Presenter: Mr George Brown, Director, Degreeoftruth Pty Ltd
Topic: Protecting Australia’s Higher Education System: A Proactive Versus Reactive Approach in Review (1999 to 2004)
Abstract | Paper

Session A(v)
Presenters: Dr Anna Reid, Centre for Professional Development, and Professor John Loxton, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Macquarie University
Topic: Internationalisation as a Way of Thinking about Curriculum Development and Quality
Abstract | Paper

Session B(v)
Presenters: Associate Professor Di Kelly, Director, Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic); and Professor Rob Castle, Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic), University of Wollongong
Topic: Internationalisation: A Whole-of-institution Approach
Abstract | Paper

12.15pm Lunch
1.15pm

Workshops & Discussions – Session C
Workshops marked* will pick up on work done in the Pre-Forum online workshop phase, and develop them with a focus on improving current practice. Discussion sessions are marked **. Other sessions are ‘face-to-face only’ workshops.

Session C1*
Presenters: Professor Jim Dator, Professor and Director, Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies, University of Hawaii; Robyn Adams, Principal Consultant – Quality, RMIT University; Maree Conway, Director, Foresight, Planning and Review, Swinburne University of Technology; and Trudi Lang, Manager, Scenario Planning and Research Unit, Curtin Business School, Curtin University of Technology
Topic: Future Scenarios for Australian Higher Education Quality
Thought Starter | Participate Online

Session C2*
Presenter: Professor Dean Forbes, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International), Flinders University
Topic: Internationalisation: Quality and Transnational Education
Thought Starter | Participate Online

Session C3*
Presenters: Ms Helen Marsden, School of Psychology, University of South Australia; and Associate Professor Geoffrey Crisp, Director of Learning and Teaching Development Unit and Director of Online Education, University of Adelaide
Topic: Plagiarism: Changes, Challenges and Consequences
Thought Starter | Participate Online

Session C4
Presenters: Professor Gus Guthrie, Gus Guthrie Consulting Pty Ltd; and Professor Sue Johnston, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning), University of Tasmania
Topic: Further Developments in the National Protocols for Higher Education Approval Processes
Workshop Outline

Session C5*
Presenter: Dr Gareth Cooper, Management & Projects Analyst, Australian Maritime College
Topic: A Universal QA Model for Dual-sector Tertiary Education: Is It Possible?
Thought Starter | Participate Online

 

Session C6**
Presenters: Professor Joan Cooper, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Flinders University; Professor Maciej Henneberg, Head, Anatomical Science, University of Adelaide; and Associate Professor Adrian Vicary, Director Regional Engagement & Dean: Whyalla Campus, University of South Australia
Topic: Role of Academic Board in Quality Assurance at a University
Discussion Outline

2.30pm Afternoon Tea
Posters and Demonstrations
3.00pm Paper Sessions D&E – parallel streams
Five parallel streams run from 3 pm to 4.45 pm. In each stream, the first paper will end at 3.45 pm and the second will begin at 4 pm to allow participants to change streams if they wish.

Session D(i)
Presenter: Dr Simon Barrie, Senior Lecturer, Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Sydney
Topic: Academics’ Understandings of Generic Graduate Attributes: A Framework for Assuring the Generic Attributes of Graduates
Abstract | Paper

Session E(i)
Presenter: Ms Marilee Bresciani, Director of Assessment, Undergraduate Affairs Assessment, North Carolina State University, North Carolina, USA
Topic: Examining Institutional Transformation through Self-Review
Abstract | Paper

Session D(ii)
Presenter: Associate Professor Damien Considine, Associate Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong
Topic: University Governance, Corporations and Cultures: The Negative Impact of Corporate Law on the Development of Appropriate Regulation, Compliance and Recognition of Diverse University Cultures
Abstract | Paper

Session E(ii)
Presenters: Associate Professor Gerry Mullins, Senior Lecturer, and Ms Donna
Frost, Deputy Manager, Adelaide Graduate Centre, University of Adelaide
Topic: Quality in Postgraduate Research Education: What Are the Real Issues?
Abstract | Paper

Session D(iii)
Presenter: Ms Betty Leask, Coordinator: International Staff & Student Services, Flexible Learning Centre, University of South Australia
Topic: Transnational Education and Intercultural Learning: Reconstructing the Offshore Teaching Team to Enhance Internationalisation
Abstract | Paper

Session E(iii)
Presenter: Ms Shelly Savage, School of Economics and Political Science, University of Sydney
Topic: Staff and Student Responses to a Trial of Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software
Abstract | Paper

Session D(iv)
Presenter: Mr John Jennings, New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit, New Zealand
Topic: Quality Outcomes from Academic Audit: A Response to the Challenge
Abstract | Paper

Session E(iv)
Presenter: Ms Karen Adams, Lecturer, Adelaide Graduate Centre; and Dr Anthony Zander, Senior Lecturer, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide
Topic: Postgraduate Induction: Emerging Evidence from a Discipline-based Program
Abstract | Paper

Session D(v)
Presenters: Associate Professor Anthony Luff, Associate Professor, Physiology, and Associate Dean, Teaching; and Ms Yolande McNicoll, Quality Developer, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University
Topic: Balancing Quality Agendas: Professional Accreditation and Quality Improvement in Health
Abstract | Paper

Session E(v)
Presenter: Associate Professor Tim Neild, Department of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, Flinders University
Topic: Defining, Measuring and Maintaining the Quality of Problem-based Learning
Abstract | Paper

4.45pm

Keynote Address 3
Presenter: Dr Evan Arthur, Acting Group Manager, Innovation and Research Systems Group, Department of Education, Science and Training
Topic: Driving Quality in Australia’s Research System
PowerPoint

5.30pm Close Day 2
7.00pm -
12.am

Forum Dinner

Venue: National Wine Centre of Australia, Botanic Rd (off North Terrace), Adelaide

Dinner Speaker

Courtesy of the Adelaide Thinkers in Residence program, the special guest Dinner Speaker is Baroness Susan Greenfield, Senior Research Fellow, Lincoln College, and Honorary Fellow, St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford, UK
Topic: Innovation and Education: A Personal View