Conferences and Courses

Below are announcements of conferences in the area of teaching and learning that may be of interest to you, in order of the the dates of presentation. Please contact the organising bodies for more information.

Note: If you are aware of other similar conferences, please send details to the Academic Staff Development Unit.

SEPTEMBER 2008

  • Action Learning, Action Research Association (ALARA) Conference

Date: 11-12 September, 2008
Location: Canberra, Australia
More information: http://www.alara.net.au/public/home

  • Asia-Pacific Sub-regional Preparatory Conference for the 2009 World Conference on Higher Education

Date: 24 September, 2008
Location: Macao, China
More information: http://www.unescobkk.org/index.php?id=7910

OCTOBER 2008

  • International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (ISSOTL) 2008
    Celebrating Connections - Learning, teaching, scholarship

Date: 16 to 19 October, 2008
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
More information: http://www.indiana.edu/~issotl08/

  • EDUCAUSE 2008
    Interaction, Ideas, Inspiration

Date: 28 to 31 October, 2008
Location: Orlando, Florida, USA
More information: http://net.educause.edu/e08/

NOVEMBER 2008

  • Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) - 2008 Conference

Date: 29 November to 4 December, 2008
Location: Brisbane, Australia
More information:http://www.aare.edu.au/conf2008/index.htm

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