ADA Online Spring School 2020
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The ADA will host its second, fully online Doctoral School, Spring School, this year with three week-long courses that take place from 14 - 18 or 21 – 25 September and one course that take place between 14 and 25 September 2020. These courses, as always, will offer high impact research design and methodology training, and academic career development for researchers at the late phase Masters stage and beyond, doctoral candidates (current and prospective) and their supervisors.
Please note that each course below has different offering dates. You can only attend one course, as some of the days overlap.
1 - Teaching in the digital world: The use of blended active learning strategies (14 - 25 September 2020, half days) Participants will work together and with the presenters, to reflect on being a teacher in a world where using digital technologies and their application in teaching and learning is becoming more and more commonplace.Prof Wim van Petegem (KU Leuven, Belgium), Dr JP Bosman, Dr Sonja Strydom and Ms Magriet de Villiers (Centre for Learning Technologies, Stellenbosch University) |Read more| 2 - Academic writing skills for doctoral candidates (14 - 18 September 2020) *New“Academic writing is no-one’s first language.” This workshop demystifies the academic writing process and offers practical strategies to help you develop your writing skills. Ms Selene Delport (Writing Lab, Stellenbosch University) |Read more|
3 - Supervising the PhD by publication (14 - 18 September 2020) *NewThis course is aimed at supervisors interested in exploring the PhD by publication as an alternative to the monograph thesis.Prof Liezel Frick and Dr Sonja Strydom (Centre for Higher and Adult Education, Stellenbosch University) |Read more|4 - Introduction to mixed methods research: A comprehensive step-by-step approach (21 - 25 September 2020) *New The purpose of this interactive 1 week course is to provide, using frameworks, models, heuristics, and exemplars, a step-by-step guide for conceptualising, planning, and implementing mixed methods research approaches.Prof Anthony (Tony) Onwuegbuzie (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and University of Johannesburg) |Read more|
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1. Teaching in the digital world
Main lectures take place from 14 - 25 Sept,
half day sessions and one seminar the week of 2 October
| 2. Academic writing skills for doctoral candidates
3. Supervising the PhD by publication
4. Introduction to mixed methods research
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Dates: 14 - 25 September 2020
| Course 2 & 3 Dates: 14 - 18 September 2020
Course 4: 21 - 25 September 2020
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Additional information
- Early Bird prices applicable till 28 August 2020
- Last day for payment and applications: 2 September 2020
Course specific information is available on the
Workshop Information
section below.
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Open - the course is open for booking and there are open spaces available.
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Waiting List - a waiting list is forming, but we're waiting on payment for the courses from delegates. Please register if you would like to attend and we will place your name on the list.
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Closed - the course has a long waiting list and we have closed bookings.
The ADA reserves the right to cancel a course if the minimum attendance figures are not reached. Paid delegates will be refunded in full in the case of a course cancellation.
- The last day for withdrawal from the ADA's Spring School is 15 August 2020 - applicants will receive a 80% refund up until this date and thereafter a 50% refund until 28 August 2020. After 28 August 2020 there will be a 100% cancellation fee applied unless someone else can take your place.
- No refund will be paid if attendance is cancelled after 28 August 2020.
- The ADA reserves the right to cancel a course up to 28 August 2020.
Presenters
| Prof Wim van Petegem (KU Leuven, Belgium), Dr JP Bosman, Dr Sonja Strydom and Ms Magriet de Villiers (Centre for Learning Technologies, Stellenbosch University).
| Dates
| The course takes place from 14 – 25 September 2020, over 10 half day sessions.
1 orientation session and on- boarding + 10 days of course work of 4 hours each, followed by a final seminar the week of 2nd October.
| Duration
| Delegates are expected to log in before and complete the on-boarding sessions before the course commences to ensure that they have access to the module online, and can access the different sections and materials needed for the course.
- The online module will be open from 1 September to 5 October 2020.
- On-boarding takes place the week of 7 September 2020
- The hands-on instruction will take place from 14 – 25 September (4 hours per day)
- We will finish with a final seminar the week of 21 September, after which access to the Short Course system expires on 5 October
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Cost
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Early Bird: R6 200 Standard: R6 600 SU staff and students paying by OE code/student account, retain the Early Bird price until bookings close.
| Format
| The course will be offered as a fully online interactive course. There will be daily/ twice-weekly short real-time lectures in the form of webinars, as well as structured self-paced learning activities for each day. Participants will be supported throughout the course by means of active mentoring groups.
The course will run over two weeks (10 week days with a weekend in between) and it is expected of participants to commit 3-4 hours of work every (week) day bringing the total time commitment to 30-40 hours over the two weeks. The course is designed to be flexible and to allow for active engagement around participants’ schedules.
- The facilitators will lead interactive discussions and facilitate the small group exercises and presentations. There will be a cap-stone activity on the last day of the course in which participants will share their chosen blended active learning teaching project with the class in order to celebrate new skills, gain feedback on practical application as well as reflecting on the future as digitally fluent teachers.
- Delegates are expected to actively participate in all course activities and help promote a classroom environment as a community of learners throughout the online course. Learning from peers will be an important part of this course as we jointly discuss key aspects of what it means to teach in the digital world.
- Please plan to allocate three to four hours per day to the course so that we can cover all the themes, meet the course objectives, and apply what you have learned or incorporate feedback from the lecturer.
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Requirements
| Participants should have a genuine interest in digital technologies and their application in teaching and learning. Some basic experience with the use of learning technologies in general might be helpful in the practical sessions.
Delegates are required to test their MS Teams compatibility, attend the orientation session in the week of 7 September (about 45 minutes) and fully complete the on-boarding sessions before the course commences to ensure that we are able to resolve any accessibility issues in good time. |
Target audience
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The course is designed for the teacher of the future, from new lecturers to more senior academics from all disciplines, with a keen interest in teaching and learning at the one hand, and digital technologies at the other hand. Participants should want to learn to - Further develop their skills on how to teach in the modern (digital) age;
- How to activate learners both in a face-to-face and an online learning environment;
- How to blend these different worlds into one new integrated learning experience;
- How to cope with fast moving new trends in digital learning technologies;
How to apply these insights into their own practice as a teacher (and a learner), etc. | What to bring?
| It is required for the participants use own devices (laptop, smartphone) to participate in the course. Participants should also make sure they have reliable and fast internet to make sure that they are able to join the real-time webinars on Microsoft Teams, as well as to access the self-paced learning activities.
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Course Description The course will concentrate around the following themes: - Understanding the basics of blended active learning as a foundation for good academic teaching,
- Using digital tools for classroom-based active learning,
- Going fully online as teacher and learner,
- Blending classroom and online learning experiences into a meaningful integrated learning experience,
- Reflecting through action research on your own practice as a teacher in the digital world.
The course will include presentations of theoretical evidence-based concepts, models and frameworks, good practices, inspiring examples, practical illustrations, and interesting (open) resources, combined with hands-on exercises. Together with the instructors, course participants will work together and reflect on how to change their own practice as a teacher in the digital world.
Course Outcomes
At the end of the course, the delegates will be able to: - Describe the fundamentals of active- and blended learning and apply them into a classroom, a fully online and a blended learning environment;
- Search, assess and use up-to-date learning technologies in order to improve their own teaching;
- Design, develop and implement meaningful learning experiences in order to activate learners;
- Apply action research for reflection on their own practice as a teacher in the digital world.
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Presenters
| Ms Selene Delport (Writing Laboratory, Stellenbosch University) | Date
| 14 - 18 September 2020 | Duration
| The course takes place from 14 - 18 September 2020.
1 orientation + 5 days online teaching. The course cost includes two, free one-on-one sessions with an SU writing lab consultant: One during the course duration and one by the end of the year.
Delegates are expected to login before and complete the on-boarding sessions before the course commences to ensure that they have access to the module online, and can access the different sections and materials needed for the course.
- The online module will be open from 7 - 25 September 2020, after which access to the module expires
- On-boarding takes place the week of 7 September 2020
| Cost
| Early Bird: R6 200 Standard: R6 600 SU staff and students paying by OE code/student account, retain the Early Bird price until bookings close.
| Format
| The five mornings will consist out of a presentation
that includes practical exercises. The presentation will take place virtually
on MS Teams from 09:00-13:00 with a break from 10:30-11:30. The presenter will
lead interactive discussions and facilitate group exercises. Delegates are
encouraged to participate in all the activities and discussions to help promote
a learning environment that functions as a community of learners. Learning from
peers is an important part of this course as we jointly discuss key aspects of
academic writing. During the afternoons, delegates will have the opportunity to
prepare for the next day’s sessions in the form of reading and writing tasks as
well as discuss their writing one-on-one with a trained writing consultant during the course, and one later in the year.
| Requirements
| There are no prerequisite requirements for this course as the
facilitator and consultants focus on the individual needs of each delegate.
Delegates are
required to test their MS Teams
compatibility, attend the orientation session in the week of 7 September (45
minutes) and fully complete the on-boarding sessions before the
course commences to ensure that we are able to resolve any accessibility issues
in good time.
| Target audience
| Delegates who have already started writing their doctoral proposals or dissertations and want practical support to improve their texts as well as develop their own writing skills. | What to Bring?
| Delegates are encouraged to bring drafts of their own writing to the
workshop
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Course Description The facilitator takes an ‘outside-in’ approach. The facilitator will start with the general conventions of academic writing and then look at the external structure – how to build a skeleton for your text. She will then move onto the internal structure – how to pack the meat onto the bones so that you eventually have a functioning body of text.
Monday
- Gaining and keeping momentum in writing
- Features of academic writing
- Audience and purpose
- Academic writing style
- One-to-one consultations
Tuesday
- External structure: Titles and headings
- External structure: The table of contents
- Writing introductory and concluding chapters
- One-to-one consultations
Wednesday
- Writing the literature review
- Ethical writing practice: Plagiarism and referencing
- Developing your own academic voice
- One-to-one consultations
Thursday
- Internal coherence: Paragraphing
- Constructing an academic argument
- One-to-one consultations
Friday
- Unlocking the research report: writing the abstract
- How to do self-revision and give peer feedback
Course Outcomes
After completion of the course, participants will be able to: - Develop their own writing practice
- Critically read their own texts
- Develop their skills as editors of their own texts
- Refine their own academic voices
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