Literacy Management

On June 30, 2001, the consortium “International Literacy Management” sponsored a webinar on writing center development in Switzerland’s higher education. The webinar with international participants coming from Argentina, Iceland, the US, Germany, England, Switzerland (etc.) was a collaboration with the writing center at the University of Berne (Switzerland) and the Swiss e-learning organization, eduhub. The recording of the session and the presentation can be downloaded for free.

Die 4. Peer-Schreib-TutorInnen-Konferenz findet am 7.-9.10.2011 an der Universität Göttingen zum Schwerpunkt “Fachspezifische und fächerübergreifende Schreibberatung und Schreibworkshops” statt. Anmeldungen bis zum 1.8. über schreibzentrumsoz@googlemail.com. Weitere Informationen unter: http://www.schreibzentrum-soziologie.de.

Gerd Bräuer/Kirsten Schindler (Hg., 2011). Schreibarrangements für Schule, Studium, Beruf. Freiburg i. Br.: Fillibachverlag.

Die Begleitung und Förderung von Schreibenden kann und darf nicht allein durch den Deutschunterricht geleistet werden, wenn die Entwicklung von Schreibfähigkeit nicht auf bestimmte Schreibanlässe und Textsorten reduziert werden soll. Im Fach Deutsch sollten die Grundlagen für eine flexible Schreibkompetenz geschaffen werden, die dann in den Fächern diskursspezifisch profiliert wird. Die besondere Herausforderung für die Schreibenden wie für die Lehrenden liegt dabei in fachübergreifenden Ansprüchen. Gerd Bräuer und Kirsten Schindler haben dazu in diesem Buch inhaltliche und didaktisch-methodische Anregungen zusammengetragen und systematisiert. Auf der Grundlage zentraler Theorien zur individuellen Schreibentwicklung und zur Textproduktion werden Schreibarrangements für verschiedene Unterrichtsfächer, das Lehrerstudium bzw. den Lehrberuf vorgestellt. Schreibarrangements bestehen aus einer Sequenz von fachspezifischen, aber auch fächerverbindenden bzw. -übergreifenden Aufgaben im Umgang mit Informationen. Schreibarrangements zielen dabei in zwei Richtungen: Sie intensivieren das Lernen im Fach und optimieren das Schreiben in konkreten Diskursgemeinschaften.
Weitere Informationen auf: www.fillibach.de/de/buch.html
Bestellungen bitte über info@fillibach.de

We are happy to invite you to the eduhub webinar:
“Writing Centers to enhance Learning and Instruction in Swiss Teacher Education”, presented by Gisela Bürki (PH Bern) and Gerd Bräuer (ZHAW/PH Freiburg, Germany) on Thursday, June 30, from 11 AM – 12 NOON (Central European Summer Time (CEST). PLEASE ALSO SIGN UP IF YOU WANT TO WATCH THE RECORDING AND DOWNLOAD THE WEBINAR MATERIALS AFTERWARDS! (signup instructions s. below)

Topic of the webinar:
Writing centers have been spreading throughout the world in higher education in the past 50 years. There are now writing center associations in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. In the Swiss system of higher education over a period of only a few years, writing centers were established in Zurich (2), Zug, Aarau and Bern. A most recent discussion under the roof of “Forum Schreiben”, an association of academic writing experts in Switzerland and abroad, indicated that there may be more writing centers to come in the near future. What makes writing centers so attractive for higher education? Are writing centers in Switzerland different from those in other places of the world? What insittutional model(s) are being used? Since most writing centers in Switzerland were established in teacher education, this webinar will provide some insight in the establishment of the writing center at the University of Education in Bern. Gisela Bürki, initiator of the writing center in Bern, and Gerd Bräuer who facilitated the college steering group, will share “lessons learned” with those who are interested in further developing writing support in higher education in Switzerland and abroad.

Infos & registration here:
http://www.eduhub.ch/events/webinars/11june30-writingcenter/index.html
The webinar will be presented online with SWITCHpoint Adobe Connect.
We are looking forward to your participation!
Please contact us, if you want to hold a webinar yourself, or if you have wishes for a certain topic we should present a webinar about. Any ideas or suggestions are welcome!

Kind regards,
Nathalie Roth
Rolf Brugger

Please note: This webinar will be organized in collaboration with http://www.international-literacy-management.org.

Greetings all,

The conference resource is now live, including videos of the keynote presentations and summaries of all sessions. Presentations and handouts, profiles of presenters and delegates, and photos from the event have been included where provided.

You can view the resource from the conference page on the ALDinHE website.

Best wishes
Jade and Carol
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Jade Kelsall
Learning Technologist
Skills@Library
University of Leeds
Tel: 0113 34 37834
https://twitter.com/skills_library

International workshop
ePortfolios in Learning and Instruction – Visions, Concepts, Experience

November 18/19, 2011, in Freiburg (Germany)
In collaboration with the University of Education Freiburg and AAEEBL

This workshop is designed as a place to network with people from different backgrounds and expertise with regard to ePortfolio, a fast emerging topic on the international horizon of higher education. Bring your current developmental project, your ideas, or simply your creative energy and join others doing their homework in figuring out how to implement and use ePortfolios to improve individual reflective practice, digital learning, and institutional assessment across higher education.

We invite you to tackle one (or more) of the following personal goals:

• Learn about general principles and assumptions with regard to ePortfolio
• Work on reflective tasks and task arrangements for ePortfolio work in individual courses
• Inform yourself about the technical and pedagogical potentials of ePortfolio applications
• Identify the needs and possibilities of your institution with regard to digital learning, reflective practice, and assessment
• Outline the process of implementing ePortfolios at your institution

Please send your proposal by July 15, 2011.
Make use of early-bird registration before September 15, 2011.
Download a flyer with information about the program, accommodation, and location (English/German) or check the homepage of the Freiburg Writing Center (in German).

I am very happy to announce the start of the second local International Literacy Management (ILM) course in Europe at the Europe University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder (Germany). Just a few months ago, the ILM certificate network took off at Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Winterthur (Switzerland). Please check the homepage of the new course at the Frankfurt Writing Center for details or download the flyer.

Dear Writing Center Colleagues,

If you or someone you know might be interested in attending the IWCA Summer Institute in July, please read on!  There are still slots left!

This year’s SI  will feature an engaging line-up of topics and leaders for an unforgettable week in a truly magnificent location. The SI is an ideal way to introduce newcomers to the field, or to renew enthusiasm among established professionals. Directors, faculty members, tutors, graduate students – anyone who works in a writing center or tutoring center, or aspires to – will benefit from this year’s SI. The website is http://writingcenters.org/links/iwca-summer-institute-2/ .  Please pass this along to someone you know, or consider attending yourself.

When:  July 24 (Sunday) to July 29 (Friday)

Where:  Quartz Mountain Resort in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma. Participants will fly into Lawton, Oklahoma or Oklahoma City and carpool from there to the resort.  See: http://www.quartzmountainresort.com/

Who:   This year’s SI is co-chaired by Michele Eodice (IWCA past president) and Ben Rafoth (IUP). In addition to Michele and Ben, there are five leaders:  Nathalie Singh-Corcoran (West Virginia University), Joe Janangelo (Loyola Univ. Chicago), Lisya Seloni (Illinois State), Steve Price (Mississippi College), and Kerri Jordan (Mississippi College).

What:  The SI is five full days of lively discussions, gentle debates, new friendships, and dynamic presentations on tutor development, assessment, research, and diversity.  Plus….. trail walks through 500 million year old granite outcroppings, evenings by the lake, campfires, singing, and relaxation.  Read more about the curriculum, accommodations, and cost at    http://writingcenters.org/links/iwca-summer-institute-2/

Questions?  More information? Special needs?  Feel free to contact Michele Eodice (meodice@ou.edu) or Ben Rafoth (brafoth@iup.edu)

Working With Academic Literacies: Research, Theory, Design
(ed. by Theresa Lillis, Kathy Harrington, Mary Lea and Sally Mitchell)

This will be in the series Studies in Writing, editor Gert Rijlaarsdam. The aim of this edited collection is to outline what an Academic
Literacies approach (research and theory) offers to the teaching, learning
and uses of academic writing through theoretical based discussion and
examples of practice. A key goal of the book is to outline and illustrate
how the ‘transformative ‘ approach adopted in Academic Literacies research can feed into practice. Practice here is understood as teaching, learning, curriculum development and staff development but also academic writing for publication and for other uses, such as the development of policy. Key questions the book will seek to address are: How can the transformative agenda in Academic Literacies theorising be instantiated in these kinds of practice(s)? What does working with Academic Literacies mean ‘in practice’?

We are interested in including a wide range of text types – including
chapters, reports and innovative genres- of different lengths, and in
receiving contributions from researchers and practitioners from around the world, working with conventional texts and modes, and/or/alongside digital media. One possibility is that authors could develop their contribution to the book as an aspect of an ongoing practice-based project, with the contribution to the book reflecting this. The aim here would be to capture the dynamic nature of a practice/writing relationship in contrast with reporting upon work that has already been completed.The book will be in English but we are interested in including work which reports on work carried out in other languages. We are also interested in considering how multilingualism may figure in examples of transformative practice, and therefore anticipate languages in addition to English being included as
part of discussions/data etc..
We are planning on holding a one day workshop for all contributors in the
autumn of 2011 in order to finalise the overall shape of the collection.
We anticipate a final submission date of June 2012.

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSED CONTRIBUTIONS: JULY 30 2011
Send to: C.L.Johns-Mackenzie@open.ac.uk. Mark your email subject line Ac. Lits.
You will receive a response from the editorial team by end of September 15th 2011.

Name of authors:
Main contact details:
Overview of proposed contribution (400 words) – please include details of
content, proposed length and the text type in which it would be written.

Dr Kathy Harrington
London Metropolitan University
020 7320 2254
http://www.writenow.ac.uk

ePortfolios Australia Conference 2011 (EAC2011) – call for presentation proposals extended to Friday 29 April

EAC2011 will be held on 17-18 October in Perth and will provide a showcase of the way e-portfolios are making a difference to adult learners from the vocational education and training (VET), higher education (HE) and adult and community education (ACE) sectors. Abstract submissions for full papers, case studies and/or posters relating to one or more of the following sub-themes should be received by Friday 29 April:

• Assessment: looking at challenges, assessment for learning principles, e-assessment and assessment of prior learning (eg credit, articulation or RPL)
• Pathways and participation: looking at transitioning to adult education, foundation courses or pre-vocational education, retention and course completions and engaging non-traditional learners.
• Evidencing standards ad quality assurance: looking at quality framework requirements and standards, addressing industry standards and improving workplace standards.
• Workforce development and graduate employability: looking at work integrated learning, continuing professional development (CPD), personal development/learning plans (PDP/PLP), performance management, LLN (language, literacy and numeracy) and accreditation.
• International engagement: looking at language courses, international recognition, meeting international accrediting body standards, work-entry requirements, migration, exchange programs and learning experiences.

Proposals to present will require an abstract of up to 400 words to be submitted here: http://otl.curtin.edu.au/scholarship_teaching_learning/jtlge.cfm