University of Canberra/SAFFIRE/Festival



The SAFFIRE Festival, 18-19 March, 2013, University of Canberra, Australia was a festival of flexible innovative teaching and learning, with particular focus on Flexibility and Innovation (curriculum reform), Recruitment (and retention), and student Engagement). More information... Local, national and international participants physically and virtually discussed the future of education, innovative teaching and learning methods and educational technology, with particular reference to how to position UC in the emerging educational environment. The festival included:
 * 1) Launch of AU$26 million SAFFIRE project to innovation and enhance curriculum reform, recruitment and retention, and student engagement at UC 2013-2014
 * 2) Speakers:
 * 3) Gilly Salmon, PVC Learning Transformations at Swinburne
 * 4) George Siemens, Professor of Distance Learning at Athabasca
 * 5) Stephen Harris, principal of the Northern Beaches Christian School
 * 6) Stephanie Faye, heads up the higher education portfolio at Ernst and Young, published the ground-breaking report “University of the Future” (2012).
 * 7) Presentations, demonstrations, workshops, planning sessions and seminars on innovative flexible learning topics
 * 8) "Managing sustainable education innovation" panel discussion to draw together managers with extensive experience in leading organisations through educational change and strategic repositioning
 * 9) Jam for future educational design using human-centred design principles (User-centered design)