Student Experience Conference in Sydney

My presentation notes for "MOOCs and the Student Experience" (and slides) for  the Inaugural Student Experience Conference (in Sydney, 4 December 2013 are available for comment. I would welcome suggestions for improvements, as well as comments.

Here is the latest program for the event:

Inaugural Student Experience Conference

4th and 5th December, Sydney

DAY ONE:

8.00 Registration and coffee
8.45 Welcome and speed networking session
9.00 Opening remarks from the Chair

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

9.05 International Keynote: The University of East Anglia’s rise to the top of the THE Student Experience Survey, Dr Richard Harvey, Academic Director of Admissions and Internationalisation, The University of East Anglia

9.45 International Keynote: Undertaking initiatives to improve the student experience, Professor Bernie Morley, Pro Vice Chancellor (Learning and Teaching), The University of Bath (via video link)

THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

10.25 Case Study: ANU - Improving the quality of the student experience, Professor Richard Baker, Pro Vice Chancellor (Student Experience), ANU
11.10 Morning Tea

THE BIG PICTURE

11.30 Students as customers: how far do we go in the name of ‘student satisfaction’?, Dr. Geoff Sharrock, Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne

STUDENT EXPERIENCE IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT

12.10 Case Study: University of Adelaide – The Student e-Experience Strategy, Professor Denise Kirkpatrick, Pro Vice Chancellor (Student Experience), The University of Adelaide
12.50 Lunch
2.00 Case Study: Utilising innovative techniques to capture student voices in the creation of viable learning and teaching futures, James Williams, Project Manager, Swinburne University

2.40 Keeping pace with the technological change at the student and staff level, Luce De Buitleir Andrews, Director, Residential and Campus Communities, The Australian National University
3.20 Afternoon Tea

FLEXIBLE LEARNING EXPERIENCES

3.40 The role of MOOCs within the concept of blended learning and their impact on the student experience, Tom Worthington, The Higher Education Whisperer

CURRICULUM DESIGN

4.20 Case study: Curtin University – Chemistry Department: Placing the student learning experience at the centre of everything we do, Professor Simon Lewis, Director of Teaching and Learning, Department of Chemistry, Curtin University
5.00 Closing Remarks from the Chair
5.05 End of Day 1

DAY TWO:

8.00 Registration and coffee
8.46 Welcome and speed networking session
9.00 Opening remarks from the Chair,  Dr. Geoff Sharrock, Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne

SHARED SERVICES

9.05 The student experience in a shared services environment. Dr Stephen Weller, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration) and COO, Australian Catholic University and President, Association for Tertiary Education Management

CASE STUDIES

9.45 Case Study: UTAS – Students as Change Agents 2014, Professor David Sadler, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Students and Education), University of
Tasmania
10.25 Case Study: USQ – Student Personalised Academic Road to Success (SPARS), Dr Megan Kek, Program Coordinator – Student Personalised Academic Road to Success, University of Southern Queensland
11.10 Morning Tea

11.30 University of the future – student of the future, Peter Rohan, Partner, Ernst & Young
12.10 Panel Discussion – Enhancing the interconnections between student services, course
delivery and technology: Peter Rohan, Partner, Ernst & Young; Professor Doug Hargreaves, Science and Engineering Faculty, QUT
12.50 Lunch

2.00 Case Study: Developing effective student leadership frameworks to greater enhance the student contribution toward the improvement learning, teaching and curriculum development, Professor Elizabeth Deane, Interim Head, Learning and Teaching Unit, University of Western Sydney

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

2.40 Addressing the needs of international students to enhance their student experience, Thomson Ch’ng, National President, Council of International Students Australia

PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE

3.20 Case Study: Enhancing the student experience through collaborative learning spaces, Professor Doug Hargreaves, Science and Engineering Faculty, QUT
4.00 Closing remarks from the Chair
4.10 End of Conference