Managing Quality Teaching in Higher Education What Works Conference 5-6 December 2011 CETYS University, Mexicali, Mexico

Managing Quality Teaching in Higher Education, What Works Conference, 5-6 December 2011, CETYS University, Mexicali, Mexico. The Conference will reflect on the findings of the IMHE institutional reviews on quality teaching (underway) and discuss broader issues on institution-wide and national policies supporting quality of teaching and learning in higher education. IMHE organises a series of international events on various aspects of institutional management. These events are designed to assist member institutions by reviewing current policy and practice and by disseminating examples of successful innovation. They provide professional development for participants, and can lead to the publication of reports and/or the creation of informal networks.
The next What Works event is a conference on Managing Quality Teaching in Higher Education that will take place on 5-6 December 2011 at CETYS University, Mexicali, Mexico. The Conference will reflect on the findings of the IMHE institutional reviews on quality teaching (underway) and discuss broader issues on institution-wide and national policies supporting quality of teaching and learning in higher education:
- Pedagogical innovations and effecting change in teaching and learning.
- Support for quality teaching and indicators of effective performance.
- Improving quality teaching with fewer resources and within a competitive setting.
This conference will provide a context in which to examine:
- Implementation strategies and practical approaches for institutions to promote quality teaching and pedagogical innovations;
- Institution-wide policies and practices that reinforce and foster student involvement in teaching, professional and program development, and technological and organisational change for creating conducive learning environments;
- Embedding improved and sustained quality teaching despite diminishing resources and an unpredictable future.
CORE TOPICS
- Indicators and measures of quality teaching
- Aligning the constituents of quality teaching within the institution
- Supporting, valuing and rewarding university teaching
- Engaging students as partners in the teaching process
- Professional development for faculty
- Program and curriculum development
- Organisational change
- Use of ICT for quality teaching. Meeting presentation. Contact: Fabrice.henard@oecd.org.
A conference was held at Istanbul Technical University on 12-13 October 2009, and was entitled, "Quality Teaching in Higher Education". It examined ways in which quality teaching can be improved and the main constraints.
The August 2006 seminar attracted around 100 participants and looked at "Governing Bodies of Higher Education Institutions: Roles and Responsibilities". The changing patterns of governance formed the framework for the seminar. The focus was on top level institutional governance, where much has changed in the last decade. The keynote speaker was Alan Larsson, former Minister of Sweden.
The August 2005 seminar focused on human resource management. Many IMHE member institutions were represented, among them, more than 200 participants in the latest "What works - best practice" conference. The highlight of the conference for many was the presentation by the former head of human resources at Harvard University, Ms Polly Price, who started by asking whether professionals from the corporate world could succeed as managers in higher education.
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