ALL practice and research database:
sharing practice and research
beyond the boundaries of our
institutions
Project history and functions
Promoting ongoing cross institutional AALL
collegiality, professionalism and research
Dr. Bronwyn James
Dr. Judy Maxwell
Learning Development
University of Wollongong
Wollongong, NSW 2522
Australia
Study and Learning Centre
RMIT University
Melbourne, Vic. 3000
Australia
bjames@uow.edu.au
judy.maxwell@rmit.edu.au
Stages in the development of the database
2009
Presentation
at the AALL
conference
2008-2009
Revised to
accommodate
2008 2 AALL funded
Promoting
projects –
ongoing
cross2008 Research
institutional
(Maxwell) and
Database for
ALL
collegiality
Practice
2007- Towards ALL research
&
professional(James)
benchmarking (AALL-funded
ism (AALLproject (AALL- project funded project
funded project - Maxwell)
– James)
James, Dearlove
et al.)
2010 – 2011
Further revision
and trialling at
UoW and RMIT
2011
Presentation
at AALL
conference
Database and Resource for academic language
and learning Practice and Research
The database
is searchable
across these
fields:
Practice and Research sub categories
Practice categories:
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Competitive grants and awards
Conference hosting
Courses/subjects for credit
Courses/subjects not for credit
Evaluation
External body consultancy
Independent and self-directed
learning
• Integration/embedding into
disciplines
• Peer mentoring
• Peer tutoring
• Policy development and
governance
• Research and scholarly activities
related to ALL practice
• Resource development
• Retention
• Staff and tutor development and
support
• Student consultations
• Testing/needs analysis
• Workshops, lectures and tutorials
• Other
Practice and Research sub categories (cont.)
Cohorts:
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TAFE
Foundation
Undergraduate
Honours
Postgraduate coursework
Postgraduate research
Domestic
International
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Off-campus/off-shore
Transition
Linguistic and cultural diversity
Indigenous
Mature age
Low SES
Students with disability
Other equity
Other
Practice and Research sub categories (cont.)
Learning focus:
• Active learning
• Academic literacy
• Clinical/workplace
communication
• Computing literacy
• Critical thinking, reading and
writing
• English language learning
• Exam preparation and strategies
• Graduate/professional
qualities/capabilities
• Group/team work
• Library/information literacy
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Listening in lectures and tutorials
Mathematics/numeracy/statistics
Note-taking
On-line learning
Oral presentations
Reading strategies
Referencing and plagiarism
Reflective practice
Research
Science literacy
Time management/goal setting
Writing for publication
Other
The two sides to the database
Practice side
Bibliographic side
Purpose:
To identify practices in ALL units
Search fields:
 Student cohort
 Learning focus
 Practice label
Identical practice labels
link to each other
If a practice has been published,
there will be a link under:
All Publications
Purpose:
To identify ALL publications
Search fields:
 Institution
 Publication title
 Author
 Year
 Student cohort
 Learning focus
 Practice label
If the publication relates to a
particular ALL practice, there will be
a link under: ALL Practice label
Clicking these links takes you
to the other side of the DB
Sample DB practice entries
Searching the Practice DB
Search practice:
Search student cohort:
Search learning focus:
Creating a practice entry
Report output as case study PDF
Sample DB bibliographic entries
Default position is inverse chronological order
Abstract & details appear when item is clicked
Searching the Bibliographic DB
Search under
any or all of
these search
areas
Or just
browse the
titles
Creating a bibliographic entry
What now?
For the database to grow, the AALL community needs to take responsibility.
1. If your university begins a new practice, please create a new
practice entry.
2. If you have written a journal article, conference paper, book,
book chapter or other academic text, please create a new
bibliographic entry.
If you have any difficulties, please contact Bronwyn James (for practice entries) or Judy
Maxwell (for bibliographic entries).
For our AALL community to continue to grow, we need to share
our practice and publications.