ALTC Workshop 2012
Effective Learning, Effective Teaching in the Quantitative Disciplines
September 27–28, 2012
The University of Ballarat, Victoria
This practical, hands-on and interactive workshop will immediately follow the Australian Mathematical Society 56th Annual Meeting at the University of Ballarat (24–27 September, 2012). It has been designed specifically for lecturers and tutors teaching in the quantitative disciplines.
It has been funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.
Schedule
The workshop will commence with a social and a talk from 17:00 on Thursday September 27 (following the close of the AustMS Annual Meeting). Sessions will be held from 09:00 to 16:00 on Friday September 28.
Timetable
Download the timetable (PDF format, Word .docx format).
Venue
The University of Ballarat, Victoria
Sessions
The workshop will provide practical ways of sharing and developing strategies drawn from best practice in mathematics education. Participants and facilitators will work in small groups in interactive sessions to enable peer learning.Sessions will cover:- Mathematics standards
- Showcases from the University of Ballarat
- Interactive sessions
Presenters
- Dr. Jason Giri, University of Ballarat
- Dr. Robert Layton
- Associate Professor Dann Mallet, Queensland University of Technology
- Associate Professor Leigh Wood, Macquarie University
- Senior Lecturer Katherine Seaton, LaTrobe University
Contact
Jennifer LAI (Macquarie University) — jennifer.lai@mq.edu.au
Previous workshops
Abstracts and slides for the workshop sessions are available at the ALTC workshop 2010 and ALTC workshop 2011 .
Project information
This workshop is being run as part of an Australian Learning and Teaching Council project. Read more about how the team is developing a professional development unit for lecturers and tutors in the quantitative disciplines.
Workshop resources
| Plenary Sessions | |
| Friday 09.00 – 10.00
Studio 3 Caro Convention Centre
| Mathematics and Cybercrime Robert Layton
In this talk I will show how maths plays a role in my ongoing research, and how the foundations I built as an undergraduate student are now put to work after study. As a researcher in cybercrime, I am constantly using mathematical concepts to define, model and profile cybercriminals, mixing mathematics with linguistics.
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| Friday 10.30 – 11.30
Studio 3 Caro Convention Centre
| Attract. Engage. Inspire: The Tertiary Mathematics Challenge Jason Giri
This talk will outline innovations in undergraduate mathematics curriculum at the University of Ballarat with a particular focus on the use of a mathematics history course to attract, engage and inspire students from diverse backgrounds. It will also seek to outline the lessons learned in the development and adoption of innovative curriculum choices.
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| Workshop Sessions | |
| Friday 11.30 – 12.30
Studio 3 Caro Convention Centre
| Threshold Learning Outcomes for Mathematical Sciences Dann Mallet
Framing threshold learning outcomes for the mathematical sciences is an endeavour in which the academics in the discipline must play a role. Why? Threshold learning outcomes talk about the baseline for our graduates - they reflect what we deem to be "what it takes" to graduate from a mathematical sciences major or degree. So what does define a “mathematics graduate” when they leave the halls of our universities? What does “mathematics graduate” even mean for that matter (some of us have maths majors, others full mathematics degrees, etc.)? In this session we will discuss work to date in defining threshold learning outcomes, what lies ahead in the process and how to be involved.
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| Friday 13.30 – 14.30
Studio 3 Caro Convention Centre
| Task Design in Undergraduate Mathematics Leigh Wood
Task design is a creative aspect of learning and teaching. It is the key to student learning. This talk will focus on designing tasks for tertiary undergraduate mathematics degree programs. I am particularly interested in task design that leads to achievement of program goals by aligning the learning through a class (a small component of the module), the module (one semester’s study in a subject area) and the degree.
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| Friday 14.30 – 15.30
Studio 3 Caro Convention Centre Presentation | This Works for Us: Practical Strategies to Address Student Engagement and Skills Katherine Seaton
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