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HESS conference: a summary of my thoughts

Dec 19, 2008

in Conference, Education

Angela Brew, community of practice, e-learning, evidence based practice, HESS, higher education, martin oliver, research, scholarship of teaching and learning, summary, technology, technology changing

OK, so I’ve been back for a few weeks now and have had a little bit of time to gather my thoughts regarding the HESS conference, and thought I’d make a note of some of the highlights from my limited perspective. If anyone from the conference feels that I’m way off the mark, feel free…
HESS conference (day 3)

Dec 3, 2008

in Conference, Education

grahamstown, HESS, keynote, presentation, rhodes university

The last day of HESS 2008 has come and gone. It was a short day, but interesting nonetheless. I had the opportunity to see the following presentations: Keynote: Higher education “failing the majority”: Is a four year degree the solution? Keynote: Education as politics Principles for effective professional development in higher education institutions Factors impacting…
HESS conference (day 2)

Dec 2, 2008

in Conference, Education

backpackers, e-learning, HESS, keynote, Pandora’s box, presentation, technology-enhanced problem

Day 2 of the HESS conference is over. I gave my presentation first thing this morning and it seemed to go down well. A few people had some nice things to say, which is always nice to hear. Sometimes I think I’m so far behind what other people are doing, then you get a day…
HESS conference (day 1)

Dec 1, 2008

in Conference, Education

conceptual infrastructure, e-learning, HESS, keynotes, presentation, social software, speaker

OK, so we’ve finished the first day of the conference and it was pretty interesting. Almost every speaker had something to say that I found interesting. I attended the following presentations, most of which were in the e-learning track: Keynote: Opening up spaces for research and enquiry Introducing the construct of “conceptual infrastructure” to support…
Higher Education as a Social Space (HESS) conference presentation

Dec 1, 2008

in Conference, Education

confence, e-learning, grahamstown, HESS, higher education, national monument, old gaol, presentation, prison, social space, south africa

So, I’m in Grahamstown for the Higher Education as a Social Space (HESS) conference that begins tomorrow and I’m staying at the Old Gaol, one of the oldest prisons in South Africa, which has been converted into a backpackers and is a national monument. The programme for the conference looks great although as usual there…
Conference: Higher education as a social space

Sep 16, 2008

in Conference, Research

abstract, grahamstown, HESS, HESS08, ICT, quality management

I just found out that the abstract I submitted for the Higher Education as a Social Space conference has been accepted. I’ll be presenting a paper on the use of ICT by physiotherapy students in South Africa, based on the results of my Masters thesis. The conference will take place in Grahamstown from the 30…

Tag: HESS

HESS conference: a summary of my thoughts

HESS conference (day 3)

HESS conference (day 2)

HESS conference (day 1)

Higher Education as a Social Space (HESS) conference presentation

Conference: Higher education as a social space