Programme - AHEEF conference

Registration.

Welcome.

Keynote Address: Actionable evaluation for real-world decision makers.
Dr Jane Davidson, Real Evaluations.

Morning tea.

Ritual or reality: do student evaluations have any effect on teacher thinking and practices?
Sarah Stein, University of Otago.

Appraisal and Evaluation: One institution’s approach to developing a feedback loop.
Trudy Harris, University of Waikato.

Lunch.

Closing the loop: A holistic approach to student feedback at Curtin.
Beatrice Tucker and Julie-Ann Pegden Curtin University, Perth, Australia.

Evaluating the impact of interventions designed to improve teaching and learning.
Dr Peter Coolbear, Ako Aotearoa.

Afternoon Tea.

Aromarau: A Wānanga way of self-evaluation.
Shelly Davies, Fui Te’evale, Thomas Tawhiri and Michelle Te Ahuru,Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

6:30pm
Meet in the Stewart Building Foyer

The Forum dinner will be held on the evening of Thursday 25 November at 7.00 pm at Rossendale winery. Transport will be provided to and from the dinner.

Keynote Address: Closing the Loop: implications for practice.
Professor Sid Nair - University of Western Australia.

Morning tea.

Which students give feedback: An analysis of participation rates and feedback by semester weighted average.
Julie-Ann Pegden and  Beatrice Tucker Curtin University, Perth, Australia.

The Lincoln University online evaluation trial.
Dr John Boereboom, Hamish Paton, Lincoln University.

Lunch.

Evaluation in the Tertiary Sector: Value-added measurement as a quality assurance tool.
Therese Boustead, Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM),University Canterbury.

Locating evaluation ownership locally.
Linda Keesing-Styles Unitec.

Symposium: Sharing best and innovative practice.

Cell!  Cell! Cell! : Mobile phone text messaging as a method of enhancing participation in online student surveys.
David Collings – Edith Cowan University, Luke Regan – Murdoch University.

Parallels between wine judging and evaluations.
Kirsten Creasy, Lincoln University.