The document discusses the Network of Australasian Tertiary Associations (NATA) project. NATA aims to facilitate collaboration between tertiary education associations to engage members and foster best practices. The project team includes representatives from various associations. NATA's vision is to support a sustainable collaborative network to engage members in teaching and learning. Key objectives include improving communication, enabling network leaders, reviewing technologies, disseminating reports, conducting research, and managing the project effectively. Intended outcomes include developing strategic alliances, disseminating good practice reports, supporting a sustainable network, and research-informed practice. The research will examine network leadership strategies and communication approaches to foster member engagement.

1. Exploring the Challenges
of Network Leadership in
Australasian Tertiary
Associations
Symposium
ascilite 2012 - Wellington
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2. Overview
n What is NATA?
n Partners
n Project team
n Vision
n Mission
n Principles
n Objectives
n Outcomes
n GPR
n Research
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3. Network of Australasian
Tertiary Associations
(NATA)
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4. Lead
Collaborative
Enabling
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5. Project Team
n Mike Keppell (NATA) & Gordon Suddaby
(NATA)
n Denise Chalmers (CADAD), Shelda
Debowski (HERDSA), Helen Carter
(ACODE), Caroline Steel (ascilite), Mutuota
Kigotho (ODLAA), James Sankar (AARnet),
Kim Edgar (Netspot), Marguerite De Sousa
(OLT), Lindy Baker (OLT)
n Natasha Hard (NATA), Maree Potter (NATA),
Karen Halley (ACODE/NATA)
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6. How many people are
members of more than
one tertiary education
professional association?
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7. Why do you belong to a
tertiary education
professional association?
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8. Vision
n The overarching vision for the Network of
Australasian Tertiary Associations (NATA) is to
facilitate a sustainable collaborative
network between established tertiary
education associations with the intent of
fostering best practice in networks to
engage members more strongly with
Australasian tertiary education learning and
teaching.
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9. Mission
n The mission of the
NATA is to improve
engagement and
practice through
network
leadership.
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10. Guiding Principles for
Partner Participation
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11. Collaborative Advantage
Collaborative Advantage: Partners
create/co-design new value together as
opposed to mere exchange through their
involvement in the NATA project. In addition,
partners engage with each other through
their complementary assets and skills and
contribute some in-kind support for the
NATA.
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12. Strategic Alignment &
Communication
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Strategic Alignment & Communication:
There is alignment between the NATA vision,
mission and objectives with the activities of
the collaborative and enabling partners.
In addition, partners share ideas in the
spirit of collaboration through open,
constructive, and critical dialogue in relation
to tertiary education learning and teaching.
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13. Integrity
Integrity: Partners work with each other in
the spirit of mutual trust and respect
which includes having a clear
understanding of the management,
decision-making and financial
allocation of the project.
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14. Sustainablity
Sustainability: The NATA will contribute to
integrated, generative and future-focused
strategies to maintain and sustain
effective leadership and best practice
in tertiary education learning and
teaching.
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15. What other principles have
you found useful?
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16. Objectives
Improve the effectiveness of
communication and engagement with
NATA members at large
Enable and support network leaders of
collaborative partners to encourage
collaboration and increase membership
engagement
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17. Objectives
Review the utilisation of technologies to
support best practice in network
engagement
Promote, disseminate and enhance the
outcomes of the Australian Learning and
Teaching Council (ALTC), OLT and selected
Good Practice Reports
Conduct research into the NATA
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18. Objectives
Foster, encourage and support further
network-based collaborative initiatives
Manage the project in an effective and
efficient way
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19. Outcomes
n Develop a strategic alliance of tertiary
education Associations
Key Objective 1- Improve the effectiveness of communication and
engagement with NATA members at large
Key Objective 2- Enable and support network leaders of
collaborative partners to encourage collaboration and increase
membership engagement
Key Objective 3- Review the utilisation of technologies to support
best practice in network engagement
n Disseminate Good Practice Reports
Key Objective 5 - Promote, disseminate and enhance the outcomes
of Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC), OLT and
selected Good Practice Reports.
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20. Outcomes
n Develop a sustainable network
Key Objective 4- Foster, encourage and support further network-
based collaborative initiatives
n Project Management: The successful
delivery of project outcomes
Key Objective 7- Manage the project in an effective and efficient
way
n Research Informed Practice: The
research outcomes as a result of the
project
Key Objective 6- Conduct research into the NATA
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21. Other outcomes that you
consider important?
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22. Good Practice Reports
n ALTC awarded 264 projects, 52 fellowships
(1st December, 2010)
n Commissioned 11 GPRs
n Assuring graduate outcomes
n Blended learning
n Curriculum renewal
n Supporting students’ transition into higher
education
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23. Good Practice Reports
n Work-integrated learning
n Assessment of science, technology,
engineering and mathematics
n Innovative Indigenous learning and teaching
n Revitalising the academic workforce
n Technology-enhanced learning and
teaching
n Clinical teaching
n Support for international students.
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24. How many people have
heard of the ‘Good
Practice Reports’?
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25. Technology-enhanced
Learning and Teaching
Good Practice Report
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26. Guiding Questions
n How do we recognise Good Practice in
technologically-enhanced learning and
teaching?
n How do we communicate/disseminate
Good Practice in technologically-enhanced
learning and teaching?
n How do we integrate Good Practice into
learning and teaching?
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27. Technology-enhanced
Learning and Teaching
Good practice report
n25 complete projects (including three
fellowships)
n8 ongoing projects (including one
fellowship)
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28. What is Technology-
enhanced Learning?
nLaurillard, Oliver, Wasson & Hoppe
(2009) suggest that the “role of
technology [is] to enable new types
of learning experiences and to enrich
existing learning scenarios” (p. 289).
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29. Approach
1. Meta-analysis 2. Matrix 3.Thematically
of 33 projects Analysed
4. 10 Themes/ 5.Literature 6.Recommendations
outcomes review
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30. Outcomes
n A focus on learning design allows
academics to model and share good practice
in learning and teaching
n Authentic learning provides a means of
engaging students through all aspects of
curricula, subjects, activities and assessment
n Successful academic development focuses
on engaging academics over sustained
periods of time through action learning cycles
and the provision of leadership development
opportunities
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31. Outcomes
n Engaging teaching approaches are key to
student learning
n Technology-enhanced assessment provides
flexible approaches for academics to provide
feedback to students
n Integrating technology-enhanced learning
and teaching strategies across curriculum,
subjects, activities and assessment results in
major benefits to the discipline
n Knowledge and resource sharing are central
to a vibrant community of practice
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32. Outcomes
n Academics require sophisticated online
teaching strategies to effectively teach in
technology-enhanced higher education
environments
n Academics need a knowledge of multi-
literacies to teach effectively in
contemporary technology-enhanced higher
education
n Exemplar projects focused on multiple
outcomes across curricula integration,
sustainable initiatives, academic development
and community engagement.
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33. Research
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34. Research Questions
n What network leadership strategies
support good practice in leading networks to
foster engagement of members in established
Australasian Tertiary Education Associations?
n What communication strategies,
technologies, and approaches support good
practice to foster engagement of members in
established Australasian Tertiary Education
Associations?
n What common ground exists between
organisations that could provide a basis for
collaboration into the future?
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35. Research
nFocus groups with network leaders in
each organization
nInterviews with President/Vice-
president
n Surveys of NATA members
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36. Possible Outcomes
n Improved understanding of network
leadership and network leadership strategies
n Improved understandings of the types and
efficacy of existing communication strategies
that are currently in use within HE networks
n Improved understanding of cross-partner
synergies and rationale for continued
collaboration
n Enhanced collaboration and communication
within and between participating associations
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37. NATA Website
http://nataonthenet.blogspot.com
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39. Phases
n Phase 1: ‘Getting on the Same
Page’ (face-to-face discussions,
communication strategy, learning about/from
each other)
n Phase 2: Research ( focus groups,
interviews, partner projects, survey).
n Phase 3: Dissemination (conferences,
symposiums, presentations in each partner
organization, publications, projects,good
practice guidelines, connection to other
networks)
n Phase 4: Sustainability
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