Professor Andy Martin (New Zealand) and Assoc Professor Kathryn Hay (New Zealand) received the Ako Aotearoa Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching Award for their academic work in WIL. Work-Integrated Learning New Zealand (formerly NZACE) has established a Fellow of WILNZ award and has named Professor Richard Coll and Dr. Karsten Zegwaard as its inaugural winners. The award recognizes sustained excellence in contributing to the Work-Integrated Learning New Zealand organization and the International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, and outstanding influence both nationally and internationally in WIL through distinguished academic writing and international handbooks that have provided inspiration to academics and students in New Zealand and in many parts of the world.
Congratulations to all the award winners!
If you know of WIL researchers who are not yet connected to the WACE International Research Community, please contact Judene Pretti to find out how to become involved.
Dr Judene Pretti
Chair WACEIRC
WACE IRC EXECUTIVE
Executive Chair – Dr. Judene Pretti
Past-Executive Chair – Dr. Norah McRae
Chair Communications – Dr. Kylie Twyford
Regional Vice-Chair, Africa – Dr. Roelien Brink
Regional Vice-Chairs, Americas – Dr. Sarah Burrows and Dr. Ashley Stirling
Regional Vice-Chair, Asia – Dr. Yasushi Tanaka
Regional Vice-Chair, Europe –Dr. Kristina Johansson
Regional Vice-Chairs, Oceania – Dr. Anna Rowe and Dr. Karsten Zegwaard
Co-Chairs, Grants and Awards – Dr. Jenny Fleming
Co-Chairs, Development – Ms. Judie Kay and Dr. James Stellar
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
GLOBAL CONVERSATIONS
WACE will be presenting, over coming months, a series of webinars for cooperative and work integrated education practitioners to share information, strategies and research on work integrated learning globally. Check out the details below to be involved in the first live global online webinar:
WHERE: Via Zoom
DATE: 27/28th May, 2020
TOPIC: Global perspectives, strategies and impacts: work integrated education and the COVID-19
OUTLINE: Speakers from work integrated learning National Associations will share impacts, strategies and resources being developed within their countries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and offer perspectives on the longer-term implications on WIL programs.
Webinar #1 Option A: Australia / Asia/ West Coast N. America: Date 27th / 28th May 2020
Facilitator: Judie Kay, ACEN Australia
Speakers:
Jenny Fleming (WILNZ, New Zealand)
Cara Krezek (CEWIL, Canada)
Franziska Trede (ACEN, Australia)
Dawn Koeltzow (CEIA, USA)
Time
Toronto Wednesday, 27 May 2020 at 9:00pm-9pm
Vancouver Wednesday, 27 May 2020 at 6:00pm- 7.00pm
Chicago Wednesday, 27 May 2020 at 8:00pm- 9pm
Auckland Thursday, 28 May 2020 at 1:00pm-2.00pm
Bangkok Thursday, 28 May 2020 at 8:00am- 9.00am
Tokyo Thursday, 28 May 2020 at 10:00am- 11.00am
Melbourne Thursday, 28 May 2020 at 11:00am-12am
Register for the above webinar now.
Webinar #1 Option B: Europe / Africa / Central & East Coast North America
Facilitator: Judie Kay, ACEN Australia
Speakers:
Frances Dominique Walker (ASET, UK)
Kristina Johansson (VILAR, Sweden)
Cara Krezek (CEWIL, Canada)
TBC (SASCE,South Africa)
Time
Toronto Thursday, 28 May 2020 at 8:00am – 9am
London Thursday, 28 May 2020 at 1:00pm – 2pm
Chicago Thursday, 28 May 2020 at 7:00am-8.00am
Cape Town Thursday, 28 May 2020 at 2:00pm-3.00pm
Stockholm Thursday 28 May 2020 at 2:00pm- 3.00pm
Melbourne Thursday, 28 May 2020 at 10:00pm -11.00pm
Register for the above webinar now.
These webinars are free of charge. You will need register online for the webinar in advance.
Once registered, you will receive a Zoom invitation with instructions on how to join the webinar. You can join by PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, or Android device.
ONLINE INTERNATIONAL WIL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Expressions of interest are now open for the 2nd round of Global WIL modules for 2020 in October. These modules provide WIL practitioners with the opportunity to undertake professional development online with colleagues from across the globe.
- Global Perspectives in Work-Integrated Learning
- Industry/community engagement for Work Integrated Learning
Register your interest by August 21, 2020.
The modules were developed and are presented by representatives of four national associations: Australian Collaborative Education Network (ACEN); Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning Canada (CEWIL formerly CAFCE); New Zealand Association of Cooperative Education (NZACE); The Vilar Network (Sweden) and have been running for 4 years with participants over eight countries from across the globe.
SCHOLARSHIP OF WIL
New Issue released
The International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning (IJWIL) publishes peer-reviewed original research and topical issues dealing with Work-Integrated Learning (WIL)and is a great resource on work-integrated learning.
IJWIL Special Issue: Responding to COVID-19, Innovative Practices of WIL
COVID-19 is having an enormous impact on society and the world economy, which may take years to recover. This impact has already filtered through to the practice of WIL with cancellation of WIL opportunities, limited scope for future WIL opportunities, workplace operations limited by required social distancing and remote access, national economies with rapidly increasing unemployment rates, and workplaces struggling financially.
IJWIL is responding to the impact of COVID-19 by running a Special Issue on scholarly discussion of the practices of WIL that have limited to no direct contact with the physical workplace and maximises the limited number of WIL opportunities for WIL students. There already has been much discussion about the impact of COVID-19 on WIL that has, rightfully, been operationally focused. By running a Special Issue on COVID-19, we can inform this ongoing discussion with scholarly debate and insight.
IJWIL will be seeking papers that discuss, for example, Virtual WIL, Simulated WIL, Remote WIL, Entrepreneurships, and other WIL practices where the physical contact with the physical workplace is limited or perhaps entirely virtually-based. The paper-type can include scholarly discussion and positioning papers, reports on research, and literature-informed case studies with a focus on student learning.
Given the urgency, IJWIL intends to produce the Special Issue in a short time frame. Expressions of interests are due 18th of May, 2020, submissions of accepted papers are due on 3rd of July, 2020, and the intended publication date is beginning of September. For more information, refer to the IJWIL website Special Issues tab.
Dr Karsten Zegwaard, Editor-in-Chief
Dr Judene Pretti, Associate Editor
Dr Anna Rowe, Associate Editor
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Please contact the Editor: Judie Kay judie.kay@rmit.edu.au.