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ALL practice and research database: sharing practice and research beyond the boundaries of our institutions
Project history and functions
Promoting ongoing cross institutional AALL collegiality, professionalism and research
Dr. Bronwyn JamesLearning DevelopmentUniversity of WollongongWollongong, NSW [email protected]
Dr. Judy MaxwellStudy and Learning CentreRMIT University Melbourne, Vic. 3000Australia [email protected]
Stages in the development of the database
2007- Towards benchmarking project (AALL-funded project -James, Dearlove et al.)
2008-2009 Revised to accommodate 2 AALL funded projects –Research (Maxwell) and Practice (James)
2009 Presentation at the AALL conference
2010 – 2011 Further revision and trialling at UoW and RMIT
2008 - Database for ALL research (AALL-funded project - Maxwell)
2011 Presentation at AALL conference 2008 -
Promoting ongoing cross-institutional ALL collegiality & professional-ism (AALL-funded project – James)
Cohorts
Learning focus
Practice
Research
Database and Resource for academic language and learning Practice and Research
The database is searchable across these fields:
Practice and Research sub categories
Practice categories:
• Competitive grants and awards• Conference hosting• Courses/subjects for credit• Courses/subjects not for credit• Evaluation• External body consultancy• Independent and self-directed
learning • Integration/embedding into
disciplines• Peer mentoring• Peer tutoring
• Policy development and governance
• Research and scholarly activities related to ALL practice
• Resource development• Retention• Staff and tutor development and
support• Student consultations• Testing/needs analysis• Workshops, lectures and
tutorials • Other
Practice and Research sub categories (cont.)
Cohorts:
• TAFE • Foundation• Undergraduate• Honours• Postgraduate coursework• Postgraduate research• Domestic• International
• Off-campus/off-shore• Transition• Linguistic and cultural diversity• Indigenous• Mature age• Low SES • Students with disability• Other equity• Other
Practice and Research sub categories (cont.)
Learning focus:
• Active learning• Academic literacy• Clinical/workplace
communication• Computing 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• 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
Bibliographic side
Search fields: Institution Publication title Author Year Student cohort Learning focus Practice label
If the publication relates to a particular ALL practice, there will be a link under: ALL Practice label
Practice side
Search fields:
Student cohort
Learning focus
Practice label
If a practice has been published, there will be a link under:All Publications
The two sides to the database
Purpose:To identify practices in ALL units
Purpose:To identify ALL publications
Clicking these to the other
links takes youside of the DB
Identical practice labels link to each other
Sample DB practice entries
Search practice: Search student cohort: Search learning focus:
Searching the Practice DB
Creating a practice entry
User manual fo
r database
available on the landing
page
Report output as case study PDF
Report Output sa
mple:
•Count of organisa
tional units
conducting practice
•Count of practices fo
r single
organisa
tional unit
Sample DB bibliographic entries
Default position is inverse chronological order Abstract & details appear when item is clicked
Searching the Bibliographic DB
Or just browse the
titles
Search under any or all of these search
areas
Creating a bibliographic entry
User manual fo
r
database available
on the landing page
What now?For the database to grow, the AALL community needs to take responsibility.
1. If your university begins a new practice, please create a new practice entry.
2. If you have written a journal article, conference paper, book, book chapter or other academic text, please create a new bibliographic entry.
If you have any difficulties, please contact Bronwyn James (for practice entries) or Judy Maxwell (for bibliographic entries).
For our AALL community to continue to grow, we need to share our practice and publications.
