Promoting ongoing cross institutional AALL collegiality, professionalism and research

Bronwyn JamesLearning Development,

University of Wollongong,

Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia

bjames@uow.edu.au

Judy MaxwellStudy and Learning

Centre, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Vic.3000, Australia

judy.maxwell@rmit.edu.au

Cohorts

Learning focus

Practice

Research

Database and Resource of academic language and learningPractice and Research

Stages in the development of the data fields

2007 Towards benchmarking project AALL funded (UoW)

2008-9 revised to accommodate 2 AALL funded projects –Research (Maxwell 2007) and Practice (James 2008)

2009 presentation at the AALL conference

Further revision

2010-2011 trialling at UoW and RMIT

Practice and Research Fields

Practice categories

• Competitive grants & awards• Conference hosting• Courses/subjects for credit• Courses/subjects not for credit• Integration/embedding into

disciplines• Independent and self-directed

learning (non-integrated with subject)

• Workshops, lectures and tutorials (non-integrated, non-embedded, generic)

• Student consultations

• Peer mentoring• Peer tutoring• Resource development• Retention• Staff and tutor development and

support• Policy development and

governance• Research and scholarly activities

related to ALL practice• Testing• Evaluation• Other

Practice and Research FieldsCohorts

• Undergraduate• Honours• Postgraduate research• Postgraduate coursework• TAFE • International• Cultural and linguistic

diversity• Foundation• Transition

• Orientation• Mature age• Students with disability• Indigenous• Low SES • Other equity• Off-campus/off-shore• Other

Practice and Research Fields Learning focus:• Academic learning • Academic literacy • Clinical/workplace

communication • Computer literacy• Critical thinking, reading and

writing• English language learning• Exam preparation and strategies• Graduate/professional

qualities/capabilities• Group/team work• Library/information literacy• Listening in lectures and tutorials

• Listening in lectures and tutorials• Mathematics/numeracy/statistics• Note-taking• On-line learning• Oral presentations• Reading strategies• Referencing and plagiarism• Reflective practice• Research• Science literacy• Time management/goal setting• Writing for publication• Other

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Creating a practice entry

Output as PDF

Report sample:

•Count of organisational units conducting

practice•Count of practices for single organisational

unit

Creating a publication entry

What we would like from the AALL communityALL Practices:• Names of a small group willing to upload practices to do a final test

before we launch it to all AALL registered members

Bibliographical Data:• Check whether your publications are up, and if so, check all details, eg

whether the abstract is there, whether the correct search categories are identified, etc.

• If your publications are not there, upload them. As you’ve seen, this is easy and won’t take too much time.

• Add a PDF or URL if appropriate.

• Add your contact details if appropriate.

• Let us know if there are any search criteria missing.