Newsletter of the
Australasian Association
for Engineering Education
August 2004
Contents
2004 Conference!
Catch the Early Bird Rate for the 2004
Conference!
The Australasian
Association for Engineering Education and the
register now!
Register for the AaeE
Conference before 30th August to catch the early bird rate! The registration brochure can be found on the
Conference website: http://www.usq.edu.au/aaee. This site is also easily accessible from the
AaeE website: http://www.aaee.com.au.
conference themes
The central theme for
this year's conference is the need to create flexible learning environments
that empower the learner as they progress through their lifelong educational
journey. The increasing emphasis on flexible
learning presents new challenges for students, educators, and practitioners and
these issues will be explored during the conference. The conference will
commence with a welcome reception on Sunday 26th September and concludes with a
plenary session on Wednesday 29th September.
draft program
A copy of the draft
program has been posted on the Conference website (see above).
participate
At the Conference you
will have a unique opportunity to:
·
Learn how
to respond to diversity by creating flexible learning environments;
·
Discern
the impact of the new technologies on your teaching environment
·
Engage in
discussions about innovations in learning and teaching;
·
Participate
in workshops on a wide range of topics
·
Collaborate
with people from other universities; and
·
Enjoy the
company of new and old friends at the social events
post-conference activities
Delegates are
encouraged to stay over and participate in the Research Collaboration morning
to be held on Thursday 30th September.
The Australian Council
of Engineering Deans (ACED) and the Engineering Associate Deans will also be
meeting on Thursday 30th September.
Representatives of the
·
A
Sustainability Module for first year Environmental Engineering students; and
·
A draft of
the new guidelines for the design of undergraduate Environmental
Engineering programs
They would welcome the
participation of Heads and other academic staff from relevant Schools or
Departments in these important discussions.
finally
The members of the
organising committee look forward to welcoming you to the Conference.
David Dowling
Chair,
AAEE 2004 Conference Organising Committee
Annual awards
Each year, the
Association recognises excellent achievement in Engineering Education in a
number of categories. The awards for 2004 are:
·
Excellence
in Teaching and Learning in Engineering Education
·
Excellence
in Curriculum Innovation in Engineering Education
·
Excellence
in Inclusive Practice in Engineering Education
·
Excellence
in a Curriculum Team Project in Engineering Education
·
New
Educators Award for Teaching and Learning in Engineering Education
·
Excellence
in Teaching and Learning in Mechanical / Mechatronic Engineering Education
·
Excellence
in Teaching and Learning in Industrial / Manufacturing Engineering Education
The award criteria and
procedures are described on the website at: http://www.aaee.com.au/award/aaee%20awards%202004.pdf
Please email your award Nomination and supporting evidence to Val Lee at
Engineers Australia (VLee@engineersaustralia.org.au) by COB on
National Executive
The Annual General Meeting of the
Australasian Association for Engineering Education will be held during the
Conference at USQ on
Nominations are now being accepted for
election to the Executive Committee of AaeE for 2004/5. Nomination
forms are available on the website at http://www.aaee.com.au/about/executiv.htm.
Elections will take place at the Annual General Meeting. Nominations should be
submitted before the conference.
Useful Websites
Thanks to Allison Brown from RMIT (
Educational Technology
· Chickering and Ehrmann 'Implementing the Seven Principles' http://www.tltgroup.org/programs/seven.html
· Why Bother Stephen Gilbert Paper http://www.tltgroup.org/gilbert/whybother.htm
· The Changing Faces of Virtual Education http://www.col.org/virtualed/index2.htm
· Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Teaching Online http://www.merlot.org/Home.po
· Agilent Technologies Educators' Corner http://www.educatorscorner.com/index.cgi
· Learning Technology http://lttf.ieee.org/learn_tech/issues/january2001/#18
· Instructional Design Theories http://www.indiana.edu/~idtheory/home.html
· Teaching Tips http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm
· Explorations in Learning and Instruction: The Theory into Practice Database http://tip.psychology.org/
· Web Teaching http://www.dartmouth.edu/~webteach/articles/media.html
·
The Technology Source http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=issue&id=165
Engineering Education
· William Wulf The Urgency of Engineering Education Reform http://www.nae.edu/nae/naehome.nsf/weblinks/NAEW‑4NHMKV?opendocument
· Taking Stock A Study of Engineering Education http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/PPP/takingstock/index.htm
· Richard Felder's Education Papers http://www.ncsu.edu/felder‑public/Papers/Education_Papers.html
· Engineering the Future Yale Paper http://www.ucop.edu/acadaff/yale.html
· Centre for Lifelong Learning and Design http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~l3d/
·
Envisioning a 21st Century
Science and Engineering Workforce for the
· Rocky Mountains Institute Sustainability Papers http://www.rmi.org/
Future Conferences
Expressions of interest are invited for hosting future conferences. A copy of the guidelines for prospective hosts may be obtained from Wageeh Boles at QUT, w.boles@qut.edu.au.
Contributions
Dont forget to share your good ideas,
conference announcements, book reviews, great websites, etc with other members.
Send them to Roger.Hadgraft@RMIT.edu.au
for inclusion in the next Newsletter.