3. Overview
What is NATA?
Principles
Vision
Mission
Objectives
Phases
Progress
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4. 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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5. 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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6. What is NATA?
Collaborative
Lead
Organizations Enabling
Organizations
Organizations
ACODE
ACODE
ascilite AARNET
ascilite
HERDSA Netspot
CADAD OLT
ODLAA
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8. Partner Principles
Guiding 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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9. Partner Principles
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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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10. 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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11. 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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12. Mission
The mission of the NATA is to
improve engagement and practice
through network leadership.
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13. 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
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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14. 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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15. Good Practice Reports
ALTC 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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16. Good Practice Reports
Work-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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17. Phases
Phase 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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18. 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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19. 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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20. Project Team
Mike 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)
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