News
Four ALTA Fellows appointed for a 2-year period
Chris Pilgrim, Swinburne
Elena Sitnikova, UniSA
Nick Falkner, Adelaide
Simon, Newcastle
The Fellows met in Sydney at the ACS, Thursday 22 December 2011 to start planning their Fellowship
New ALTA Grants are available for 2012–2013 in two categories:
Learning and Teaching Grants
Engagement Grants concerned with activities that will contribute to increased participation in ICT programs
The 2012 Learning and Teaching Forum will be at QUT, 12–13 April.
ALTA Mission and Objectives
The ACDICT Learning and Teaching Academy (ALTA) is managed through a Working Group of the Council and subject to the Mission and Objectives of the Council. A member of the ACDICT Executive has responsibility for ALTA.
ALTA’s Mission, Objectives and Activities are consistent with those of the Council, and specifically concern learning and teaching in the ICT disciplines.
Participation in ALTA activities and initiatives will be open to anyone working in learning and teaching in ICT at an ACDICT member university.
Mission
To contribute to improvement in the perception of and the actual quality of learning and teaching across the ICT disciplines
Objectives
Through networking, collaboration and cooperation:
- Promote effective approaches to ICT education
- Support the culture of good learning and teaching across ICT disciplines
- Provide a focal point for the dissemination of information regarding ICT education
- Facilitate multi-institutional evidence-based ICT education initiatives
- Formulate collective responses to changes in the education environment
- Enable benchmarking to address the demands of external agencies.
Working Party to establish ALTA
Under the leadership of Professor Janet Verbyla, the Working Party met in Sydney on 23 November, 2010 to establish the Mission, Objectives and Activities of the ALTA. The Working Party consisted of:
Janet Verbyla, University of Southern Queensland |
Tony Koppi, Executive Officer, ACDICT |
Darius Pfitzner, Charles Darwin University |
Angela Carbone, Monash University |
Chris Pilgrim, Swinburne University |
Greg Whymark, Central Queensland University |
Katrina Falkner, University of Adelaide |
Jocelyn Armarego, Project Manager, Discipline Support Strategy |
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Learning and Teaching Forum, QUT, 12–13 April, 2012
Learning and Teaching Forum, Adelaide, May2-3 2011
This forum was judged as being very successful.
Funding opportunities 2012-13 Now Open – EOI closing 13 February 2012
The grant scheme includes 2 types:
Learning and Teaching
Engagement Grants concerned with activities that will contribute to increased participation in ICT programs
The funding guidelines are now available for 2012-13
Funding opportunity 2011-12 This is closed - grants were awarded as shown below
The current Working Party is the interim Executive of ALTA. This ALTA Executive will manage the proposed Activities, including funding guidelines provided by the Council for ALTA projects and activities, and the assessment of project applications and the provision of final recommendations for funding to the ACDICT Executive.
Previously awarded grants
Three projects have been funded by ACDICT for 2011–2012:
Project Leader: Malcolm Corney, QUT with UTS and UWA
"Novice Programmers in the First Three Semesters: Gaining a Better Understanding of the Problem"
Project Leader: Judy Sheard, Monash, with Newcastle, RMIT and UTS
"Investigating the nature and design of computer programming examinations"
Project Leader: John Venable, Curtin, with Edith Cowan
"Comparative evaluation of marking and feedback support systems"
These projects will provide a report to ACDICT in mid-2012.