Summer and Winter School Programs

AAEE’s Summer and Winter School Programs are immersive experiences that bring together engineering educators and researchers wanting to enter into engineering education research (and those who want a refresher!) to learn about designing and undertaking effective education research projects, evaluating teaching and curriculum and positioning evaluation and research activities in light of current trends. Winter School has become a flagship event in the AAEE calendar, having been offered for many years throughout Australia in the June/July break between semesters attracting educators and researchers from all over Australasia (and even some from further afield!).

You can find a reflection on the 2019 Winter School program here to get a feel for the programs.

Hosting the AAEE Winter School

If you would like to submit an Expression of Interest (EoI) for hosting the AAEE Winter School, please see the document at the link.

Upcoming Research Schools

2024 AAEE WINTER SCHOOL

Hosted at University of Technology Sydney

22 – 26 JULY 2024

The AAEE Winter School is an immersive experience that brings together novice, emerging and experienced engineering education researchers. Attendees will learn about:

Designing and undertaking effective education research projects
Exploring research methodologies, methods and evidence
Evaluating teaching and curriculum
Positioning evaluation and research activities in light of current trends
Appreciating and responding to national and local grant opportunities
Building collaborative research partnerships across Australasia and beyond

The Winter School will be facilitated by experienced Australasian researchers in the field of engineering education, including Professor Anne Gardner and Dr Scott Daniel who have both previous won the AAEE research design award and Dr Tania Machet. All facilitators have extensive experience in EER, supporting academics and PhD candidates to develop their skills in education research.

Cost

Fees for the whole week (including instruction, materials, and daytime catering):

$AU400 for PhD candidates (who are not full-time academics)
$AU700 for academic staff members of AAEE
$AU800 for academic staff non-members of AAEE

Daily registration for returning participants on Thursday and/or Friday:

$AU50 for PhD candidates (who are not full-time academics)
$AU200 for academic staff

If the direct flight time from the city/town where you work to Sydney is 2.5 hours or more, there will be a $100 reduction in these registration fees to assist with flight costs.

Registration

Deadline registration: Monday 1 July, 2024.

Registration link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7SMV577

Enquiries to Prof Anne Gardner
Anne.Gardner@uts.edu.au, Phone: +61 2 9514 2368.

Previous Research Schools

2024 Summer School – University of Canterbury, New Zealand
2023 Winter School – Engineers Australia, Brisbane
2023 Autumn School – University of Auckland, Auckland
2022 Winter School – University of Technology Sydney, Sydney
2021 Winter School – Online
2020 Winter School – Online
2019 Winter School – University of Technology Sydney, Sydney
2018 Winter School – Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne