“By creating we think, by living we learn” Patrick Geddes
All workshops are FREE of CHARGE (unless otherwise stated) and include coffee/tea, course materials(as appropriate) and Certificate of Attendance (as appropriate). See also the Funding Guidelines for APD Workshops. The programme of workshops for Session 2009-10 is being finalised and will be available soon. Meantime if you have any questions please contact Susan Reid on extension 84089 or email her.
Date/Time: Friday 25th September 2009
This session will look at:
Scotland's first annual eAssessment confernece, a chance for the staff from schools,
colleges and universities to come together and share their insights as how eAssessment is
being used to improve the student experience.
Also including the inaugural E-Assessment Awards
Further information from
www.e-assessment-scotland.org/
Date/Time: Thursday 17 September 2009 3pm-4pm
Presenter: Dr David Walker & John Neesom
Venue: Main Library Slessor Teaching Room [see venues]
Places: 8
This session will look at:
Adobe Connect is the premier web conferencing solution, facilitating one-to-one or
multiparty communication and collaboration over the web in real time.
Features of this system include: live video and audio; interactive text chat; document,
desktop and file sharing; and remote desktop control. This one hour instructor-led
session introduces participants to the system; provides a hands-on opportunity to
experience web conferencing; and offers details on the support for use of Adobe Connect
at the University of Dundee.
This session will be of interest to academic or research staff who wish to support
tutorials online or conduct online meetings between fellow researchers or project teams.
Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at
apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Saturday 3 October 2009 10am-1pm lunch will be provided after the seminar
Presenter: Professor Gert Biesta
Venue: River Rooms, Tower Building[see venues]
Places: All welcome
The speaker is Professor Gert Biesta of Stirling Institute of Education with the topic being
"Learner, Student, Speaker: Why it matters how we call those we teach"
To register please email Julie Brennan on
apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Tuesday 13 October 2009 2pm-3.30pm
Presenter: Dr David Walker, Karen Millar & Yvonne Osler
Venue: Watson-Watt Teaching Room, Main Library[see venues]
Places: 10
This 90 minute workshop provides tuition in the use of the leading online assessment software, Questionmark Perception. This introductory session is geared towards beginners and will demonstrate how to create questions and tests and how to deploy them online. No previous experience is required however staff who have used Questionmark in the past and are looking to refresh their skills are welcome to apply. Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Wednesday 14 October 2009 2pm-4.30pm
Presenter: Richard Ellis
Venue: Old Medical School Room G22 [see venues]
Places: 6
This interactive workshop is aimed at all academic staff, especially those who give talks to conferences and lectures, or those who have found when teaching and lecturing that their voices are under strain. The session will cover: The importance of our voices in gaining and maintaining the attention of our listeners. How our speaking technique can assist the lecturer. Common difficulties that speakers have with their voices. Techniques that can assist them. Thinking about our stance and postures. What can we do to improve the lecturing environment? Pacing our efforts. The more effective us of microphones. Vocal warm ups. There will be a short (3-5 minute) presentation from each participant - extracts from a current lecture topic - followed by feedback and comment from the tutor on use of voice, aspects of delivery etc. The presentation will cover action planning for maintenance of a healthy voice including exercises that can assist. Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Friday 16 October 2009 10.30am-4pm - full day, morning or afternoon sessions available
Presenter: Shirley Hill
Venue: Dalhousie Building, Room 2S12 [see venues]
Places: 20
This training is aimed primarily at academic teaching and admissions staff in Schools offering programmes that confer professional qualifications, in particular the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Midwifery and Education, Social Work & Community Education. Tom McDonald, Director of Educational Policy at the GTC Scotland, may also attend the training. Ideally we would like to encourage teams of 3-4 staff from each School to attend to enable the training to inform future practice within the School, and to support cross-School/College collaboration and sharing of good practice. Staff can choose to attend the morning or afternoon session or to attend both sessions. Places are limited to 20 staff for each session. Refreshments and a free buffet lunch will be provided. Please confirm your interest in attending the training by contacting Julie Brennan as soon as possible and no later than 30th September. Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Tuesday 20 October 2009 2pm-4pm
Presenter: Dr David Walker, Karen Millar, Yvonne Osler & John Neesom
Venue: Main Library, Fairlie Meeting Room [see venues]
Places: 30
The eAssessment Showcase event offers the opportunity for members of academic staff to find out about the services offered by the Assessment Development & Enhancement Team (LLC) and share best practice on the topic of e-assessment. The afternoon will include a series of presentations from colleagues from around the University on their use of Questionmark Perception and Turning Point (electronic voting system). Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Thursday 22 October 11am 2009-12 noon
Presenter: Dr David Walker & John Neesom
Venue: Main Library Slessor Teaching Room [see venues]
Places: 8
This session will look at:
Adobe Connect is the premier web conferencing solution, facilitating one-to-one or
multiparty communication and collaboration over the web in real time.
Features of this system include: live video and audio; interactive text chat; document,
desktop and file sharing; and remote desktop control. This one hour instructor-led
session introduces participants to the system; provides a hands-on opportunity to
experience web conferencing; and offers details on the support for use of Adobe Connect
at the University of Dundee.
This session will be of interest to academic or research staff who wish to support
tutorials online or conduct online meetings between fellow researchers or project teams.
Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at
apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Friday 23 October 12.15pm-1.30pm, lunch served at 12noon
Presenter: Susan Reid
Venue: Main Library, Fairlie Meeting Room [see venues]
Places: 15
This session will look at:
How to access online resources for your teaching and research and how to keep it up to date Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Wednesday 28 October 2pm-4.30pm
Presenter: Susan Reid & Helen Olafsson
Venue: Main Library, Slessor Teaching Room [see venues]
Places: 15
This workshop will give you hands-on experience of EndNote - the University's reference management system - which lets you store and organise references form a variety of sources including subject databases such as Medline, Scopus, Econlit, Art bibliographies modern. Users will learn how to Set up their own EndNote library, enter references and export references from relevant subject related databases and the Library catalogue Work between EndNote and Word to insert citations and create bibliographies and reference lists Reformat references into a variety of styles Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Monday 2 November 2009 for 5 weeks
Presenter: Dr David Walker
Venue: Delivered online [see venues]
Places: 25
Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at
apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Wednesday 11 November 2009 9.30am-11am
Presenter: Dr David Walker, Karen Millar & Yvonne Osler
Venue: Slessor Teaching Room, Main Library[see venues]
Places: 10(academic/Research staff only)
This 90 minute workshop provides tuition in the use of the leading online assessment software, Questionmark Perception. This introductory session is geared towards beginners and will demonstrate how to create questions and tests and how to deploy them online. No previous experience is required however staff who have used Questionmark in the past and are looking to refresh their skills are welcome to apply. Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Wednesday 18 November 2009 10.30am-11.30am
Presenter: Yvonne Osler
Venue: Slessor Teaching Room, Main Library[see venues]
Places: 12
New for 2009! This session will introduce Questionmark Live, a web-based tool that enables subject-matter experts (SMEs) to easily create questions and export them for use in Questionmark Perception assessments. This session will be of interest to existing users of Questionmark or those staff who are looking for a fast and simple tool to generate questions for use in online assessments. Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Wednesday 18 November 2009 9am-2pm Lunch will be provided
Presenter: University Staff
Venue: Bonar Hall[see venues]
New members of staff will receive an invitation to this seminar, which is part of the Staff Induction programme. The topics
include the aims, governance and finance of the University; key issues such as staff development; contractual aspects of employment and
various other features and facilities that are available in the University. Existing staff members may also apply for a place.
m.j.pollard@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Thursday 19 November 2009 2pm-3pm
Presenter: Dr David Walker & John Neesom
Venue: Main Library Slessor Teaching Room [see venues]
Places: 8
This session will look at:
Adobe Connect is the premier web conferencing solution, facilitating one-to-one or
multiparty communication and collaboration over the web in real time.
Features of this system include: live video and audio; interactive text chat; document,
desktop and file sharing; and remote desktop control. This one hour instructor-led
session introduces participants to the system; provides a hands-on opportunity to
experience web conferencing; and offers details on the support for use of Adobe Connect
at the University of Dundee.
This session will be of interest to academic or research staff who wish to support
tutorials online or conduct online meetings between fellow researchers or project teams.
Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at
apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Wednesday 25 November 2009 2pm-4pm
Presenter: Library and Learning Centre Staff
Venue: Main Library, Watson-Watt Teaching Room [see venues]
Places: 15
This session will look at:
eBooks and e journals at Dundee University, subject resources and how to search them effectively, keeping up to date in your subject area, the Digitisation Service, sourcing book and article extracts for your MyDundee modules Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Tuesday 24 November 2009 10.30am-4pm (refreshments at 10am)
Venue: River Rooms 1 & 2, Tower Building [see venues]
The event will be run by Professor Ray Land and Dr Christine Sinclair from the Centre for Academic Practice
and Learning Enhancement at the University of Strathclyde.
To register for this event please contact Julie Brennan at
apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Wednesday November 25 & Wednesday December 2 2009 12noon - 2pm
Venue: Dalhousie Building Rooms 1G06(G) and 1G05(G) respectively [see venues]
An opportunity to share good practice and hear the winners of the Teaching Awards 08-09
25 November Dalhousie Room 1G06(G):
(12.30-1pm) Mono Chatterji (Senate Award for Excellence in Teaching winner)
(1-1.30pm) Andy Milligan (Honorary Graduates' Award for Innovative Teaching winner)
(1.30-2pm) Mhairi Towler & Janice Aitken (Honorary Graduates' Award for Innovative Teaching winners)
2 December Dalhousie Room 1G05(G):
(12.30-1pm) Allan Jones (Chancellor's Award for Lifetime Contribution to Teaching winner)
(1-1.30pm) Nick Brewer & Margaret Adamson (Honorary Graduates' Award for Innovative Teaching winners)
(1.30-2pm) Fraser Smith (Senate Award for Excellence in Teaching winner)
For more information contact Julie Brennan at apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Thursday 26 November 2009 12noon - 1.30pm
Venue: Main Library Fairlie Meeting Room [see venues]
A lunchtime seminar facilitated by Fiona B. O'Donnell University Solicitor /Legal Counsellor and the University's EDR team. Find out
about this proven method of resolution for conflict at work which is quick and cost effective. Lunch will be provided.
apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Friday 27 November 2009 10am-11.30
Presenter: Margaret Adamson
Venue: Main Library Slessor Teaching Room [see venues]
This workshop offers and introduction to the evolving web. Come along to findf out more about social networking, social bookmarking
and even social shopping! An opportunity to see examples of how some of these tools can be integrated into learning and teaching.
Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at
apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Wednesday 2 December 2009 10am-11.30
Presenter: Margaret Adamson
Venue: Main Library Slessor Teaching Room [see venues]
This workshop will look at integrating technology into face-to-face teaching, both for large and small groups. It will include and introduction to the Turning
Point Personal Response System, and to using Powerpoint and other technologies more creatively.
Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at
apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Wednesday 9 December 2009 10.30-3.30pm with registration & refreshments
from 10am
Venue: Dalhousie Building Rooms 2F15, 2S17 & LT2[see venues]
The focus of the event will be on assessment and feedback and the day will include contributions from both staff and students from:
David Nicol (University of Strathclyde) and Steve Draper (University of Glasgow), facilitators for the Assessment strand within the Graduates for the 21st Century QET
Vicky Gunn (University of Glasgow), facilitator for the Employability and Research-Teaching Linkages strand within the Graduates for the 21st Century QET
Brenda Smith (Senior Associate with the Higher Education Academy).
Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan atapd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Thursday 17 December 2009 11am-12noon
Presenter: Dr David Walker & John Neesom
Venue: Main Library Slessor Teaching Room [see venues]
Places: 8
This session will look at:
Adobe Connect is the premier web conferencing solution, facilitating one-to-one or
multiparty communication and collaboration over the web in real time.
Features of this system include: live video and audio; interactive text chat; document,
desktop and file sharing; and remote desktop control. This one hour instructor-led
session introduces participants to the system; provides a hands-on opportunity to
experience web conferencing; and offers details on the support for use of Adobe Connect
at the University of Dundee.
This session will be of interest to academic or research staff who wish to support
tutorials online or conduct online meetings between fellow researchers or project teams.
Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at
apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Thursday 11 February 2010 2pm-4.30pm
Presenter: Richard Ellis
Venue: Old Medical School Room G22 [see venues]
Places: 6
This interactive workshop is aimed at all academic staff, especially those who give talks to conferences and lectures, or those who have found when teaching and lecturing that their voices are under strain.
The session will cover:
The importance of our voices in gaining and maintaining the attention of our listeners.
How our speaking technique can assist the lecturer.
Common difficulties that speakers have with their voices.
Techniques that can assist them.
Thinking about our stance and postures.
What can we do to improve the lecturing environment?
Pacing our efforts.
The more effective us of microphones.
Vocal warm ups.
There will be a short (3-5 minute) presentation from each participant - extracts from a current lecture topic
- followed by feedback and comment from the tutor on use of voice, aspects of delivery etc.
The presentation will cover action planning for maintenance of a healthy voice including exercises that can assist.
Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at
apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Friday 29 January 2010 drop in between 10am-4pm
Presenter: Shirley Hill & staff
Venue: Disability Services, Ewing Building [see venues]
Places: Non specified, drop in between 10am-4pm
Please confirm your interest in attending by contacting Julie Brennan at apd@dundee.ac.uk
Date/Time: Wednesday 14 April 2010 9am-2pm Lunch will be provided
Presenter: University Staff
Venue: Bonar Hall[see venues]
New members of staff will receive an invitation to this seminar, which is part of the Staff Induction programme. The topics
include the aims, governance and finance of the University; key issues such as staff development; contractual aspects of employment and
various other features and facilities that are available in the University. Existing staff members may also apply for a place.
m.j.pollard@dundee.ac.uk
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