This section lists some specific learning and teaching conferences and workshops, and other conferences with learning and teaching sessions for 2001. For further information and registration, visit the website addresses provided or email the listed contacts.
In addition, please photocopy these pages and place them on a noticeboard in your staffroom. Please note that many website addresses are transient but all those listed are correct at time of print.
January
Jan 2 – Jan 5
’Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG) 2001 Annual Conference’
Organisers: RGS-IBG and the University of Plymouth
Location: University of Plymouth
http://www.rgs.org/Category.asp?Page=mainevents
Jan 4 – Jan 5
’Second Symposium of the International Network for Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education’ (INLT)
Organisers: INLT and the University of Plymouth
Location: University of Plymouth
http://www.chelt.ac.uk/el/philg/gdn/inlt/plym2001.htm
Jan 10 – Jan 12
’International Conference on Learning and Teaching On-Line’
Organisers: United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), South China Normal University (SCNU) and the Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU).
Location: Guangzhou, China
Jan 15
’The Teaching of Ethics and Professional Issues’
Organisers: National Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences and the University of Greenwich
Location: University of Greenwich, London
http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/events/ethics/
Jan 22
’The 5th Java and the Internet in the Computing Curriculum Conference (JICC5)’
Organisers: South Bank University
Location: South Bank University, London
http://www.ltsn.ac.uk/main/events.html
Jan 29 – Feb 2
’2001 Geography, A Spatial Odyssey’
Organisers: New Zealand Geographical Society and the Institute of Australian Geographers Joint Conference
Location: Dunedin, New Zealand
http://www.geography.otago.ac.nz/Geography/nzgs/nzgsotago.html
February
Feb 1 – Feb 4
’American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) 9th Annual Conference’
Organiser: AAHE
Location: Tampa, Florida, USA
http://www.aahe.org/ffrr/2001/preview/index.htm
Feb 14
’Information Technology in Teaching Geoscience’
Organiser: British Geological Survey (BGS)
Location: University of Derby
http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/template.cfm?name=EMRG2001B
Feb 22
’Motivating and engaging students in active learning in our disciplines’
Organiser: LTSN National Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Location: Kingston University
http://www.gees.ac.uk/events.htm
Feb 23
’Good Assessment Ideas in Environmental Sciences Learning and Teaching’
Organisers: Committee of Heads of Environmental Sciences (CHES) in association with the LTSN National Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Location: Kingston University
http://www.gees.ac.uk/events.htm
Feb 27 – March 3
Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Conference
Organisers: AAG
Location: New York, USA
March
March 7
’Working with Diverse Students’
Organiser: Institute for Learning and Teaching (ILT)
Location: Napier University, Edinburgh
http://www.ilt.ac.uk/archives/07032001.htm
March 12
’Careers in the Curriculum’
Organiser : National Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Location: Geological Society of London
April
April 2 – April 3
’Challenge to Change – enhancing the practice and scholarship of learning and teaching’
Organisers: Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) and SEDA Scotland Spring Conference
Location: University of Glasgow
http://www.seda.demon.co.uk/glasgow01.html
April 2 – April 3
Committee of Heads of Environmental Sciences (CHES) Annual Conference
Organiser: CHES
Location: University of Plymouth
Email: [email protected]
April 4
’Online Learning: Bridging the Gap’
Organiser: Association for Learning Technology (ALT)
Location: Manchester Metropolitan University
April 5 – April 7
’Bridging Minds and Markets’
Sixth International auDes Conference (Association of University Departments of Environmental Sciences in Europe)
Organisers: auDes
Location: Venice, Italy
Email: [email protected]
April 9 – April 11
’2001: A Spatial Odyssey’
The Geographical Association 2001 Annual Conference Organisers: The Geographical Association
Location: University of Sussex, Brighton
http://www.geography.org.uk/events/conf2001/2001.html
April 11 – April 12
’Bridging gaps: an experimental two day workshop’
Organiser: Institute for Learning and Teaching (ILT)
Location: Cambridge – Madingley Hall
May
May 8
’Learning support for disabled students undertaking fieldwork and related activities’
Organisers: Geography Discipline Network (GDN) and the National Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Location: Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British
Geographers (RGS-IBG), London
http://www.gees.ac.uk/events.htm
May 21 – May 22
’New Lecturers Workshop’
Organiser: LTSN National Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Location: University of Birmingham
http://www.gees.ac.uk/events.htm
May 22 – May 23
’Maximising impact — working strategically across the sector’
FDTL/TLTP Annual Conference
Organisers: FDTL/TLTP National Co-ordination Team
Location: To be confirmed
May 25 to May 26
’The End of Quality?’
Organisers: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) and European Association for International Research (EAIR)
Location: Chamberlain Tower Hotel and Conference Centre, Birmingham
July
July 4 – July 6
Institute for Learning and Teaching Annual Conference (ILTAC)
Organiser: ILT
Location: University of York
http://www.ilt.ac.uk/archives/default.htm
July 8 – July 11
Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) 24th International Conference
Organiser: HERDSA
Location: Newcastle, Australia
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/conferences/herdsa2001/
July 11 – July 12
Hertfordshire Integrated Learning Project (HILP) Annual Skills Conference
‘Implementing Skills Development in Higher Education: Reviewing the Territory’
Organisers: HILP
Location: University of Hertfordshire
September
Sept 9 – Sept 11
’9th International Improving Student Learning Symposium’
Organisers: The Oxford Centre for Staff Learning and Development (OCSLD)
Location: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd.html
Sept 11 – Sept 13
’Association for Learning Technology (ALT), Annual Conference’
Organisers: ALT
Location: University of Edinburgh