Program at a glance

8:35am

Larrakia Welcome to Country; ACAL President Welcome

10:10-10:30am

Morning Break

10:30-10:55am

Group A • Choose 1 of 4

A1 • Show me the Money (Workshop)More

Marc Brierty, Melbourne Polytechnic

A2 • Technology Tearoom - A social learning model to assist mature age learners in developing skills in using digital devices. (Practice taster)More

Kerrie Tomkins, Leopold Community & Learning Centre

A3 • Connecting the Dots: the Reading Writing Hotline’s role in navigating the complex LLN landscape (Paper)More

Vanessa Iles and Jill Finch, Reading Writing Hotline

A4 • SenaiNT: A success story in the transnational delivery of an English language and foundational skills program in Timor Leste More

Maria Albion, SenaiNT foundation principal and Joao da Costa, former student

11:00-11:25am

Group B • Choose 1 of 2

• B1 is continuation of A1 More

B2 • Untangling the literacies of university governance documents: A community of practice approach (Paper)More

Alison Reedy, Dr Penny Wurm and Mrs Amanda Janssen, Charles Darwin University

B3 • Comparative delivery of Adult Basic Education in British Columbia, Canada, and Foundation Skills in New South Wales (Paper)More

Berni Aquilina, TAFE NSW

• B4 is continuation of A4 More

11:30-11:55am

Group C • Choose 1 of 4

C1 • From 16 to 80 Supporting Aboriginal Students with LLN at Tauondi Aboriginal College (Practice taster)More

Vicki Hartman, Tauondi Aboriginal College

C2 • Digital learning resources for remote learners. (Paper)More

Brendan Kavanagh, Central Australian Remote Health Development Services (CARHDS)

C3 • 1977 to 2017: How did we get here? (Paper)More

Pamela Osmond, University of Technology Sydney

C4 • A 21st Century Yolŋu ‘Bothways’ approach to English and Warramiri Literacy at Gäwa. (Paper)More

Ben van Gelderen, Charles Darwin University

12:00 noon

Lunch

1:00-1:55pm

Keynote 1 ‘Can technology erase poor literacy from the global South?’ - Professor Santosh Mehrotra

2:00-2.25pm

Group D • Choose 1 of 4

D1 • ALPA-Developing a Healthy Indigenous Workforce (Workshop)More

Angela Nolan and Tracey Fitzgibbon, Arnhem Land Aboriginal Progress Corporation

D2 • Numeracy, what’s the problem? (Workshop)More

Christine Tully, Melbourne Polytechnic

D3 • Evaluating the Western Australian dual enrolment vocational support courses (Paper)More

Cheryl Wiltshire, Department of Training and Workforce Development, Western Australia

D4 • What attitudes are we talking about? (Paper)More

Ser Loy Chan, Charles Darwin University

2:30-2:55pm

Group E • Choose 1 of 2

• E1 is continuation of D1 More

• E2 is continuation of D2 More

E3 • Describing capability in the foundation skills field (Paper)More

Louise Wignall, Wignall Consulting

E4 • Digital literacies, hyper-personalisation, new tribes and points of contact (Paper)More

Stefan Popenici, Charles Darwin University

3:00-3:25pm

Afternoon Break

3:30-4:30pm

Group F • Choose 1 of 2

F1 • Re-imagining WELL for work in the 21st Century (Panel)More

Jenny Macaffer, Adult Learning Australia and Ros Bauer, Director Adult Literacy Services and ALA Board member

F2 • Panel: Language at Home and in the Academy: Resistance and Compromise (Panel)More

Birut Zemits and Adelle Sefton-Rowston, Charles Darwin University, Robyn Ober, Michele Willsher and Janine Oldfield, Lecturers at Batchelor Institute, Melanie Mullins and Therese Parry, (students at Charles Darwin University)

5:00pm

Walk along Waterfront area

6:00pm

Darwin Deckchair Cinema doors open - food, eating area, drink and networking

7:30pm sharp

Film commences

About 9:00pm

Film ends – return to hotels – on foot or pre-arranged private transport

THURSDAY September 14, 2017

8:00am

Registration desk opens

9:00am

Keynote 1 Applying ‘Red Dirt Thinking’ to adult learning in the Northern Territory, Dr John Guenther

10:00-10:30am

Morning Break

10:30-10:55am

Group J • Choose 1 of 4

J1 • Transition to University: Supporting nursing students to develop their numeracy skills (Practice taster)More

Elaine Bell and Jan Thompson, Flinders University

J2 • Graffiti as Literacy: reading and writing as anti-text More

Adelle Sefton-Rowston, Charles Darwin University

J3 • Tacit Knowledge, Performativity and Professionals as ‘Numbers Crunchers’ of the Digital Age: Implications for Adult Education (Paper)More

John Garrick, Charles Darwin University

J4 • The Yolngu way: Learning financial literacy skills through the strength of traditional concepts (Paper)More

Bronwyn Rossingh, Accountability Notions and Yalmay Yunupingu, Yirrkala School, Yirrkala

11:00-11:55am

Group K • Choose 1 of 4

K1 • The Impact of Domestic and Family Violence on Adult Women Learners, their Lecturers and their Workplaces (Workshop)More

Rachael Uebergang and Sandra Dann, NT Working Women's Centre

K2 • Blended Learning for the LLN Classroom (Workshop)More

Kathrin Colgan, Chisholm Institute

K3 • Can we learn anything from Kiwis across the ditch? (Panel)More

David Do, Adult Literacy and Numeracy, Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand and Lindee Conway, Foundation & Preparatory Studies, Melbourne Polytechnic

K4 • Yes, I Can! From NSW to the NT? (Workshop)More

Deborah Durnan, Literacy for Life Foundation and Bob Boughton, University of New England

12:00 noon

Lunch

1:00pm

Keynote 3 Literacy in the Time of Decoloniality: New Critical Capacities, Professor Melissa Steyn

2:00-2:25pm

Group L • Choose 1 of 4

L1 • Points of contact for research and teaching: exploring NCVER pods to improve practice (Practice taster)More

Michele Circelli, NCVER

L2 • Journeys of new migrants: I know who I am now, therefore I can (limit of 25) (Workshop)More

Serena Seah, Swinburne University of Technology

L3 • LLN for employees, is a change of focus required? (Paper)More

Lesley Harvey, TAFESA - APY Lands

L4 • Communication in time of disaster and emergency: valuing, planning and engaging Indigenous and local knowledge systems. More

L4A • Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Preparedness of the Tagakaulo in Malita, Davao Occidental, Philippines More

Mary Grace Agbas, University of Southeastern Philippines

L4B • Indigenous Knowledge on Disaster Preparedness of the Obu-Manuvu of Davao City, Philippines More

Gladys Florangel Ortiz, University of Southeastern Philippines

2:30-2:55pm

Group M • Choose 1 of 3

3:00-3:25pm

Afternoon Break

M1 • Reflections on a bygone era: How changes in work, workplaces and policy have changed what we research and what we find (Paper)More

Marilyn Kell, Charles Darwin University

• M2 is continuation of L2 More

M3 • Facilitating Foundation Skills - A Pacific Perspective More

Lina Visinia-I'amafana, Australia-Pacific Technical College

M4 • ‘Locked out’ and ‘left behind’: Indigenous Adult English Literacy and Numeracy in northern Australia’s remote regions (Paper)More

Lorraine Sushames, Allison Stewart and Fiona Shalley, Charles Darwin University

3:30-3:55pm

Group N choose 1 of 3

N1 • Phonics-based adult literacy resources (Practice taster)More

Kate Randell, Adult Literacy Resources

N2 • The use of legacy materials for Indigenous literacy development (Paper)More

Cathy Bow, Charles Darwin University

N4 • Work opportunities for women in Timor-Leste: From training to employment' (Paper)More

Ricar Pascoela and Sandra Dann, Working Women's Centre, Timor-Leste

4:00-5:00pm

CLOSING FORUM: Snapshots of change: What next for Adult LLN? 2018 Conference Announcement