The FYECD2009 Showcase Abstracts eBook - second edition [PDF 1.50MB] is available to download.
List of Showcase Presenters
BONE, Dr Elisa (University of Adelaide) and REID, Associate Professor Rob (University of Adelaide), But I used to be good at Biology!
- Transition
- Diversity
BURNETT, Dr Lynn (Griffith University), An Institution-wide approach to retaining and support first year students
- Design
- Engagement
CARMODY, Margaret (Australian Catholic University), Ready, Set, Go!: A partnership apporach to developing academic skills for first year students
- Transition
CHOPIN, Dr Lisa (Queensland University of Technology), Collaborative student marking of weekly assessment in first year physiology
- Assessment
- Engagement
CORNEY, Mr Malcolm (Queensland University of Technology), Designing for Engagement: Building IT Systems
- Design
CRETCHLEY, Ms Patricia (Queensland University of Technology), and MAHALALINGA-IYER, Dr Ramasamy-Iyer (Queensland University of Technology), COAST Maps! A simple visual tool for integrated development of Program Curricula, Objectives, Assessment, Student Experience and Teaching
- Design
- Assessment
FUNSTON, Mr Andrew (Victoria University), HUGHES, Associate Professor Katie (Victoria University), and ZAMMIT, Dr Brian (Victoria University), `Knowing and Knowledge’, the FYE Transition Subject of Study in the Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development at Victoria University, Melbourne
- Transition
- Engagement
GREGORY, Dr Laura (Queensland University of Technology), Anatomy is a language: Exploring Audience-Specific Terminology
- Transition
- Engagement
GRENFELL, Dr Al (Queensland University of Technology), Enhancing FYE using system-generated student study plans that adhere to a university-wide curriculum model
- Design
- Transition
HENDERSON, Dr Robyn (University of Southern Queensland), and NOBLE, Dr Karen (University of Southern Queensland), First Year Infusion: Development of agency of first year education students
- Transition
- Diversity
HUGHES, Dr Clair (University of Queensland), A framework for the design and analysis of assessment tasks
- Assessment
- Engagement
HUIJSER, Dr Henk (University of Southern Queensland), Designing Learning Objects for Generic Websites
- Diversity
- Design
KAMOUNAIS, Ms Patty (University of Sydney), and TRELEAVEN, Dr Lesley (University of Sydney), Assessment, graduate attributes and online feedback: a business faculty approach
- Assessment
- Engagement
KEK, Dr Megan (University of Southern Queensland), and STOW, Dr Sarah (RMIT University), What makes students happy? Factors influencing student engagement using student evaluation data
- Engagement
KIMMINS, Ms Lindy (University of Southern Queensland), HUIJSER, Dr Henk (University of Southern Queensland), and EVANS, Peter (University of Southern Queensland), Peer assisted learning in fleximode: developing an online learning community
- Transition
- Engagement
LINDSAY, Mrs Katherine (University of Newcastle), You're not in Kansas anymore: Following the Yellow Brick Road
- Transition
- Diversity
LOGAN, Ms Joanna (Queensland University of Technology), TANGEN, Dr Donna (Queensland University of Technology), HARVEY, Ms Jan (Queensland University of Technology), and HEPPLE, Ms Erika (Queensland University of Technology), Developing graduate attributes as a framework for a first year Bachelor of Education twinning program assessment criteria
- Design
- Assessment
LUZECKYJ, Ms Ann (Flinders University) Inspiring Achievement in First Year University Students: A website of diverse resources to support the disparate needs of first year university students
- Diversity
- Engagement
MACKEN, Mrs Claire (Deakin University), Pocket Books of Engagement Pedagogies, Teaching Approaches and Materials that Engage Students in their Learning
- Engagement
MALCOLM, Mrs Janet (Manukau Institute of Technology) and HOWIE, Mrs Lin (Manukau Institute of Technology), Orientation and induction: An academic and social transition into the first year.
- Transition
- Diversity
MAWAD, Miss Rikki (University of Tasmania), Expectations, Experiences and Evaluations: A student Perspective on the First Year Experience
- Transition
- Engagement
MCALPINE, Dr Alan (Queensland University of Technology), THOMSON, Ms Alison (Queensland University of Technology), RIDLER, Ms Georgia (Queensland University of Technology), WHITE, Ms Janice (Queensland University of Technology), and PLAISTED, Mr Tim (Queensland University of Technology), Designing Career Development Modules into the First Year Curriculum
- Transition
- Engagement
MCCABE, Dr Bernadette (University of Southern Queensland), Ready, Set, Go...'- a flexible study package supporting the biophysical sciences in first year nursing
- Diversity
- Transition
MORRISON, Ms Lynn (Deakin University), ideaL at Deakin
- Diversity
MURRAY, Dr Martin (Queensland University of Technology), Peer Assisted Study Sessions
- Engagement
- Assessment
NASH, Associate Professor Robyn (Queensland University of Technology), and SACRE, Dr Sandy (Queensland University of Technology), Developing a framework for supporting academic literacy development in first year health undergraduates
- Transition
- Assessment
NELSON, Associate Professor Karen, (Queensland University of Technology), DUNCAN, Dr Margot (Queensland University of Technology), QUINN, Ms Carole (Queensland University of Technology), and CLARKE, John (Queensland University of Technology), Real world curriculum design for a changing workplace
- Design
- Engagement
NELSON, Associate Professor Karen, (Queensland University of Technology), SMITH, Mrs Judith (Queensland University of Technology), QUINN, Ms Carole (Queensland University of Technology), DUNCAN, Dr Margot (Queensland University of Technology), and CLARKE, John (Queensland University of Technology), Teamwork resources to support students and teachers at QUT
- Design
- Engagement
O’CONNOR, Dr Erin (Queensland University of Technology), HANSEN, Dr Julie (Queensland University of Technology), and THORNE, Mr Gregory , Introducing first year students to Psychology in Professional Contexts
- Transition
- Engagement
PARISI, Associate Professor Alfio (University of Southern Queensland), and TURNER, Ms Joanna (University of Southern Queensland, Experiment kit for first year Physics students to undertake practicals at any place and any time
- Diversity
PARKINSON, Dr Ann (University of the Sunshine Coast), FINDLAY, Dr Leigh (University of the Sunshine Coast), and ASPLAND, Professor Tania (University of the Sunshine Coast), Linking assessment and engagement: curriculum redesign in a first year biology course
- Assessment
- Engagement
PENN-EDWARDS, Dr Sorrel (Griffith University), DONNISON, Dr Sharn (La Trobe University), and PRESTRIDGE, Dr Sarah (Griffith University), Successful First year student transition and timely higher education affordances- a research project in progress
- Transition
- Engagement
POINTON, Mrs Leigh (Queensland Institute of Business and Technology), and TURNER, Dr Kathy (Queensland Institute of Business and Technology), Contextualising the learning of assessment practices: meeting the academic skills needs of international students
- Transition
- Assessment
RAYNER, Dr Gerry (Monash University), and CRIDLAND, Ms Colleen (Monash University), Rewriting the first year biology essay: addressing student diversity through a dialogic approach to assessment practice
- Diversity
- Assessment
ROGAN, Ms Sally (University of Wollongong), and AUSTIN, Miss Kylie (University of Wollongong), PASS (Peer Assisted Study Sessions) at UOW
- Transition
- Engagement
RYAN, Mr Rick (RMIT University), CHESTER, Ms Andrea (RMIT University), CARMICHAEL, Ms Rebecca (RMIT University), XENOS, Ms Sophia (RMIT University), and SAUNDERS, Mr Peter (RMIT University), Engaging first year students through embedded peer tutoring
- Engagement
- Transition
SCUTTER, Dr Sheila (University of South Australia), and WOOD, Dr Denise (University of South Australia), Enhancing the first-year student learning experience through quality improvement of courses
- Evaluation and Monitoring
- Transition
TAYLOR, Associate Professor Janet (University of Southern Queensland), Study and Assessment: what works in first year university
- Assessment
TAYLOR, Associate Professor Janet (University of Southern Queensland), and GALLIGAN, Ms Linda (University of Southern Queensland), Research into academic numeracy
- Assessment
VAUGHAN, Professor Suzi (Queensland University of Technology), Sox and the city: introducing first year students to studio based learning, teaching and assessment'
- Engagement
- Assessment
WATSON, Mr David (Monash University), and TURNER, Ms Ann (Monash University), Integration of the Bachelor of Business core curriculum- investigation and implementation
- Design
- Engagement
WEBSTER, Associate Professor Beverley (University of Hong Kong), Transition and the total learning experience: Reform of undergraduate education in Hong Kong
- Transition
