Abstract

Universities around the world are adjusting to the new age postgraduate student. Postgraduates of the 21st Millennium present new challenges for the supervision process. The increasing trend of distance learners, off-campus students, work-based, off-shore and increasing numbers of part time postgraduate students necessitates a reconceptualisation of a more flexible and mixed mode study delivery by universities. Diverse multi-campus institutions are becoming the accepted practice rather than the exception.

This workshop will be an interactive session where the presenters will share their collective experiences with global postgraduates. In addition, the presenters will highlight ways in which they have reconceptualised their role as supervisor to adapt to the changing demands. A Needs Analysis Schedule (NAS) to facilitate and individualise postgraduate supervision, will be presented. Areas to be covered include:

• Globalisation of postgraduate degrees
• Geographic isolation of students
• Cultural diversity
• What constitutes a postgraduate thesis
• Multiliteracy issues
• Group supervision
• Communication technology requirements and competence of both student and supervisor.

Bionotes

Marie Emmitt is the Head of the School of Social and Cultural Studies in Education at Deakin University Australia with a long history in literacy education and teacher education. She has been involved in supervision of off campus, part time students for a number of years. Currently Marie is leading a middle years literacy research project.

Heather Fehring is a Senior Lecturer in Language and Literacy Education at the Faculty of Education, Language and Community Services at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Victoria, Australia. She has been writing and researching for many years in the area of literacy assessment and reporting. Her PhD research involved investigating the influences on teachers' judgement of students' literacy development. She has a number of publications, joint authorship of a book called Keying into Assessment: Case Studies, Strategies, Classroom Management and joint editorship of a book on Critical Literacy.

Presentation Type
60 min. Workshop

Presentation Equipment and Other Requests
Overhead Projector required.

Speaking Date/Time Restrictions

Country
Australia