AESOP volunteer

Academic Professional Development Program

By Professor Michael Parer AESOP volunteer

Deakin, Monash, Melbourne, Zimbabwe University

I.  Interesting things to do in large

      Lecture  

            1.     How do you feel about your lecturing?

2.     Characteristics of good lecture

3.    What sort of lecturer am I?

4.    What is good lecturing?

5.    Alternatives to lecturing

6.    Celebration of success

II.  On being an academic-managing your academic career and  academic professional development 

1.    Being an academic in a University

2.    Academic life in a University

3.    Applying for jobs and promotions

4.    Teaching

5.    Publishing

6.    PhD studies

7.    A final word

III. Interesting things to do in seminars and tutorials      

1.    Twenty years research – constructive learning

2.    Seminar and tutorial

3.    Getting started

4.    Starting off

5.    Each group is special

6.    Students led seminars

7.    Group work

8.    Getting students to participate

9.    Getting students to be responsible

10.  Evaluating the work of the group

11.  Written material

12.  Expressing feelings

13.  Plato to Dewey

IV   Thing to do in lectures   

1.    Structuring your lecturer

2.    Improving students notes

3.    Using handouts

4.    Summarizing

5.    Linking lectures

6.    Active learning during lectures

7.    Holding attention

8.    Checking on learning

9.    What is quality learning

10.  Surface and deep learning

11.  Celebrate your success

V    Assessing students’ performance and adopting practices with learners    

1.    Why assess? Why grade?

2.    Guiding principles

3.    Some practical suggestions

4.    How to assess students

5.    E- valuate-IT

6.    Self direction – life long learners

7.    Plato to Dewey

8.    Learner are not alone

VI  The desktop teacher on line trends – using the interest as a resource and as a tutorial tool – Open, Distance flexible learning                   

1.    The desktop teacher

2.    Educational reasons

3.    A decision to prepare

4.    Benefits

5.    Word – processing

6.    Some research

7.    Open, distance flexible learning

 VII   Lecturing    

1.    Surface, deep, achieving learner

2.    Has the Lecture a future?

3.    Attention span

4.    Some suggestions

5.    Some more suggestions

6.    How to prepare for George Brown?

7.    Summary and final