Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

 

The form issued to the TL Forum's panel of Reviewers will use three criteria, summarised as follows, and will ask for ratings on a four point scale, 'Poor, Fair, Good, Very good'. Weightings are approximate.

1

Suitability for the TL Forum (25%)

Contribution to the theme Student Engagement; importance and interest of the topic to TL Forum participants; potential to stimulate interactive discussion.

2

Academic merit (50%)

Reviewers: Please give your rating in the category nominated by the proposer, or, if you wish to recommend a variation of category, enter a rating for both categories.

Refereed research paper

Quality of literature review and statement of research goals. Appropriately chosen and documented methods, logical presentation and analysis of results, findings, inferences and conclusions. Novelty and significance of the work, and implications for practices, policies or further research. Consistency with DEST definition of research in relation to creativity, originality, and increasing humanity's stock of knowledge.

TLF refereed professional practice paper

Creativity, leadership and excellence in professional practice, demonstrated in teaching, staff development, program or institutional development, educational media or services developments, or learning skills services.

3

Standard of writing (25%)

Clear and logical presentation, appropriate style, freedom from errors, ease of reading, correct grammar and spelling, use of non-sexist language, appropriate abstract, conformance with Forum specifications for referencing, length and format details.

Reviewers will be asked to consider whether they wish to recommend a variation of category, as indicated in the table. Reviewers will be asked also for summative judgments on acceptance:

  • Accept as is (minor corrections may be made by the Proceedings editorial group)
  • Accept with minor revisions to be made by the author(s) (specify)
  • Accept after major revisions (specify)
  • Reject

Reviewers will be asked to consider whether they wish to recommend varying the type of presentation from the type nominated by the proposers. Final decisions on acceptances and on publication and presentation formats are the responsibility of the TL Forum Committee.

Copyright

The copyright agreement between authors and the TL Forum is defined by the following statement that will be appended to all published papers and will apply also to each abstract in the case of Abstract only publication:

Copyright 2007 [insert names of author(s)]. The authors assign to the TL Forum and not for profit educational institutions a non-exclusive licence to reproduce this article for personal use or for institutional teaching and learning purposes, in any format (including website mirrors), provided that the article is used and cited in accordance with the usual academic conventions.

In submitting a paper, you agree to accept these conditions, though we don't bother you for written consents with signatures. Please note that TL Forum Proceedings publication does not preclude you from seeking subsequent republication elsewhere.

Format of Abstracts and Papers

Abstracts should provide sufficient detail to assist delegates in making their selections.

Please format abstracts and papers according to the guidelines.

Submission procedure

Send abstracts and papers for refereeing to: TLF2007@uwa.edu.au

Please ensure your surname, initial and TLF2007 and your presentation option are in the subject line of the email.