Thursday 28 June
Location
All symposium events will be held in the Otago Business School, room OBS117.
Programme
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8.45 - 9am | Registration
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9 - 9.15am | Welcome Professor Robin Gauld, PVC, Division of Commerce, University of Otago |
9.15 - 10am | Keynote Professor Catriona Paisey, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow Student engagement: the view from the UK. |
10 - 10.20am | From cohorts to the classroom: multi-level strategies for engaging students. Tony Zaharic |
10.20 - 10.45am | Morning tea |
10.45 - 12:15pm | Research Showcase session Focused on projects which are developed past data collection stage - Dr Lincoln Wood: Benefits of mobile apps to improve first-year student engagement.
- Dr Megan Anakin: Student engagement and interprofessional learning in physiotherapy and medicine.
- Dr David Berg: Empowering learners by scaffolding metacognition.
- Zoe Bristowe: Beyond ‘Participation:’ Māori Student Success in Health Sciences Study.
- Dr Sara Walton: Building authenticity and relevance for sustainability education.
- Dr Steve Scott: Who are our first-year students and what does this mean for their early engagement.
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12:15 - 1pm | Lunch |
1 - 2:40pm | Research Incubator session Focused on developing research ideas - Scott Copeland: Establishing Teamwork in a Digital/Blended Learning Space.
- Indira Venkatraman: Pedagogical Relationships in Research Supervision and Candidacy – An Autoethnographic Approach.
- Dr Mathew Parackal: An investigation into non-attendance at lectures, University of Otago.
- Ciara Lee: The impact of uncertainty on student engagement.
- Virginia Cathro: Student Engagement within the offering of a degree program of international business: Do efforts to creating a connected cohort impact upon student satisfaction, engagement and success?
- Dr Sarah Carr: The second year slump.
- Nicola Beatson: Networking and collaboration.
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2:45 - 3.30pm | Keynote Professor Jeffrey Smith, College of Education, University of Otago Student motivation: They really oughta wanna. |
3.30 - 3.45pm | Student engagement research: what next? Nicola Beatson and Dr Sarah Carr |
3:45 - 4pm | Afternoon tea |
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