Welcome to Country

Opening and welcome: Dr Michael Spence, Vice Chancellor

Chair: Professor Derrick Armstrong, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education)
and Registrar

Keynote: Stephen Atherton, National Development Executive Higher Education Apple Australia
Disruptive technologies and the curriculum.

Student Perspective: Ms Donherra Walmsley, President National Union of Students
A learner’s curriculum.

University Response: Professor Derrick Armstrong

Plenary: Curriculum renewal at Sydney

Faculty Deans: Curriculum renewal in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sydney Nursing School and Business School

Faculty Students: Student contributions to the curriculum and co-curriculum

• Peer support for learning using social media in Education and Social Work
• The USU supporting learning through social and commercial entrepreneurship
• Learning through volunteering and internships

• Implementing the new standards-based assessment policy
• Hear from colleagues who have used successful approaches
• How to assure learning in your programs: Are you confident that your graduates meet the standards?

Hear about initiatives in Business, FASS, Education and Social Work, Conservatorium of Music

• Resources for curriculum renewal
• Practical strategies for inclusive teaching implemented in five faculties
• Implementation of Widening Participation projects

Hear about initiatives in Health Sciences, Education and Social Work, Medicine, Conservatorium of Music, Business

• Different models of RELT (Research Enriched Learning and Teaching)
• Hear from students and teachers in degree programs with a strong RELT emphasis
• RELT-focused funded projects in the University
• Discuss new opportunities for RELT in your discipline

Hear about initiatives in FASS, Vet Science

• Cultural competence in teaching and learning
• Processes which incorporate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education into teaching and learning
• Hear from students how Aboriginal education adds value for all students
• Turning face-to-face Aboriginal cultural teaching and learning into an on-line program

Hear about initiatives in Koori Centre, FASS, Education

• How CELT fosters students’ skills of enquiry through activities outside the classroom
• CELT projects in a round table format
• Engage with staff and students in planning to extend CELT at Sydney

Hear about initiatives in Business, Education & Social Work, Nursing, Medicine, Architecture, Law

• Discover eLearning initiatives across campus
• Designing and implementing eLearning in postgraduate coursework and in large undergraduate cohorts
• Student views on eLearning

Hear about initiatives in Science, eLearning, Education, FASS, Medicine, Sydney Nursing School, Conservatorium of Music

• What’s significant about a transition curriculum
• Hear from students about their experiences of the first six weeks at university
• Strategies which aid successful transition
• Discuss these strategies and investigate the feasibility of adopting them

Hear about initiatives in FASS, Health Sciences, Library, Science

• The University’s new initiatives to enrich the learning climate for research students
• Innovative practices and investigations that are taking place in faculties
• Enhancing the research learning climate in your part of the University

Hear about initiatives in FASS, Science, Health Science