Promoting ongoing cross institutional AALL collegiality, professionalism and research Bronwyn James Learning Development, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia Judy Maxwell Study and Learning Centre, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Vic.3000, Australia

Database and Resource of academic language and learning Practice and Research

Stages in the development of the data fields 2007 Towards benchmarking project AALL funded (UoW) revised to accommodate 2 AALL funded projects – Research (Maxwell 2007) and Practice (James 2008) 2009 presentation at the AALL conference Further revision trialling at UoW and RMIT

Practice and Research Fields Practice categories Competitive grants & awards Conference hosting Courses/subjects for credit Courses/subjects not for credit Integration/embedding into disciplines Independent and self-directed learning (non-integrated with subject) Workshops, lectures and tutorials (non-integrated, non- embedded, generic) Student consultations Peer mentoring Peer tutoring Resource development Retention Staff and tutor development and support Policy development and governance Research and scholarly activities related to ALL practice Testing Evaluation Other

Practice and Research Fields Cohorts Undergraduate Honours Postgraduate research Postgraduate coursework TAFE International Cultural and linguistic diversity Foundation Transition Orientation Mature age Students with disability Indigenous Low SES Other equity Off-campus/off-shore Other

Practice and Research Fields Learning focus: Academic learning Academic literacy Clinical/workplace communication Computer literacy Critical thinking, reading and writing English language learning Exam preparation and strategies Graduate/professional qualities/capabilities Group/team work Library/information literacy 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

Sample DB practice entries

Creating a practice entry

Output as PDF

Report sample: Count of organisational units conducting practice Count of practices for single organisational unit

Creating a publication entry

What we would like from the AALL community ALL Practices: Names of a small group willing to upload practices to do a final test before we launch it to all AALL registered members Bibliographical Data: Check whether your publications are up, and if so, check all details, eg whether the abstract is there, whether the correct search categories are identified, etc. If your publications are not there, upload them. As you’ve seen, this is easy and won’t take too much time. Add a PDF or URL if appropriate. Add your contact details if appropriate. Let us know if there are any search criteria missing.