National Networking InitiativeProfessor Mike Keppe! & Associate Professor Gordon Suddaby

Project Leaders

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Network of Australasian Tertiary Associations

(NATA)

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Overview

What is NATA?

Principles

Vision

Mission

Objectives

Phases

Progress

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What is NATA?The mission of NATA is to improve engagement and practice through network leadership.

A range of stakeholders have been engaged in the project, including the following collaborative partners

Australasian Council on Open and Distance Education (ACODE),

Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ascilite),

Council of Australian Directors of Academic Development (CADAD),

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What is NATA?

Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)

Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA).

Australia's Academic and Research Network (AARnet),

Netspot and

Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT)

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What is NATA?

Lead Organizations

ACODEascilite

CollaborativeOrganizations

ACODEascilite

HERDSACADADODLAA

EnablingOrganizations

AARNETNetspot

OLT

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Principles for Partner Participation

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Partner PrinciplesGuiding principles for collaborative and enabling partners:

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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Partner Principles

• 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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Partner Principles

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.

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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Vision

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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Mission

The mission of the NATA is to improve engagement and practice through network leadership.

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ObjectivesImprove 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

Review the utilisation of technologies to support best practice in network engagement

Foster, encourage and support further network-based collaborative initiatives

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Objectives

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

Manage the project in an effective and efficient way

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Good Practice ReportsALTC awarded 264 projects, 52 fellowships (1st December, 2010)

Commissioned 11 GPRs

Assuring graduate outcomes

Blended learning

Curriculum renewal

Supporting students’ transition into higher education

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Good Practice ReportsWork-integrated learning

Assessment of science, technology, engineering and mathematics

Innovative Indigenous learning and teaching

Revitalising the academic workforce

Technology-enhanced learning and teaching

Clinical teaching

Support for international students.

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PhasesPhase 1: ‘Getting on the Same Page’ (face-to-face discussions, regular meetings, communication strategy, learning about/from each other)

Phase 2: Research (survey, focus groups, interviews, partner projects).

Phase 3: Dissemination (conferences, symposiums, presentations in each partner organization, publications, development of guidelines, connection to other networks)

Phase 4: Sustainability (only if worthwhile)

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Research

Surveys with all partners

Focus groups with network leaders in each organization

Interviews with President/Vice-president

‘Partner-own-projects’ on network leadership (focus of October symposium)

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Survey Questions

What are the important questions that we want answered by members?

What are major issues common across all organizations that we are not addressing?

How do we enhance network leadership?

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Project TeamMike Keppell (NATA) & Gordon Suddaby (NATA)

Denise Chalmers (CADAD), Shelda Debowski (HERDSA), Helen Carter (ACODE), Gary Williams (ascilite), Trish Andrews (ODLAA), James Sankar AARnet), Kim Edgar (Netspot), Marguerite De Sousa (OLT), Lindy Baker (OLT)

Natasha Hard (NATA), Maree Potter (NATA), Karen Halley (ACODE/NATA)

http://nataonthenet.blogspot.com.au

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