Online Events
AAIR Surveys and Evaluation e-Vent
22 April 2021
Online
Got a gripe? Something you’ve been struggling with? An issue you just can’t resolve? A whinge you just want to let out?
Institutional researchers are often isolated or in small teams and face similar issues. This is an opportunity for you to come together with other AAIR members to share your challenges and triumphs.
This AAIR vent gives members and the broader institutional research community an opportunity to come together and vent for half an hour over coffee.
Here are some issues we might cover during our discussions*:
- Communicating survey outcomes with other people in your institution.
- Dealing with ‘survey experts’.
- Figuring out what the main messages are.
- Getting people to actually DO things.
- Anything else you want to vent about.
Data Visualizations for the Human Brain
29–30 April 2021
Online
Regardless of the tool used, there are a variety of cognitive and perceptual characteristics that can be used to improve a data visualisation. Certain visual items are processed faster and are more intuitively clear, while others can slow down your audience’s ability to understand your point or can conceal your point entirely. This webinar series teaches you how visualisations are processed by the human brain and how you can make your visualisations clearer and easier to understand.
In this two-part webinar series, participants will:
- be able to articulate the difference between pre-attentive and sequential perception, why that difference matters, and what types of visual elements take advantage of each type of processing
- be able to articulate what Gestalt Principles bring to our understanding of data visualisations
- understand techniques to make visualizations clearer and easier to comprehend.
A Holistic Approach to IR – Spring 2021
29 March – 09 May 2021
Online
During this six-week online course, participants examine challenges and explore solutions relevant to the rapidly changing field of IR through readings, discussions, exercises, and videos. Course alumni include new and experienced IR professionals, directors, and senior institutional administrators. The diverse expertise and perspectives of the participants, paired with a curriculum that grows data and information literacy, provides an extremely rich learning experience.
This course is suitable whether you are new to institutional research or an experienced professional.
AFR Higher Education Summit Universities Through the Crisis
30 Sep – 1 Oct 2021
Hilton Adelaide & delivered virtually
With restrictions easing and continual improvement in the COVID-19 situation, the AFR Higher Education Summit has been rescheduled to 30 Sep – 1 Oct 2021 at the Hilton in Adelaide. The event will be accessible live at the venue on the day or via a webcast and interactive meeting rooms.