Division of Economic and Financial Studies

LEAD Projects 2008-2009

LEAD 2008-2009 will start in July 2008 and continue until Dec 2009. The 2008 Meeting Schedule is now available.

Further details are available in LEAD 2008-2009 Project Proposals.

How to run a LEAD project?

Learning Enhancement and Development (LEAD) Projects 2008-2009

 

 

Project

Leader

Department

1

EFS student/alumni event project

Mark Srour

Julie Monteban

BCom-Accg/LLB student

ERIC

2

Training for EFS tutors

Helene Mountford

Massimiliano Tani Bertuol

Business

Economics

3

Learning in statistics: Does it get deeper or shallower over the years?

Ayse Bilgin

Statistics

4

Improving the scholarly standards of 3rd year students

June Buchanan

John Shepherd

Business

Actuarial Studies

5

The effects of emotion on student engagement

Anna Rowe

Statistics

6

Integrating Microsoft Excel into the study of advanced topics in Risk Management

Stefan Trück

Economics

7

Involving students as research participants to enhance learning

Cynthia Webster

Business

8

Writing like an expert in EFS: What it takes and how to teach it

Juliet Lum and Wendy Noble

EFS

9

Enhancing students’ academic literacy skills in a first year financial accounting unit

Elaine Evans and Kym Boon

Accounting & Finance

10

Developing Experiential learning in Business Courses: The efficacy of experiential learning in postgraduate courses

Meena Chavan

Business

11

Does the University know what it tells students?
Evaluating student contact management systems

Mark Nixon

Accounting & Finance

12

Accounting information systems education: persisting challenges and pedagogical solutions

Chadi Aoun and Nui Vatanasakdakul

Accounting & Finance

13

Case studies of creativity in learning and teaching at Macquarie University

Teresa Swirski

PhD

14
Evaluating the use of Wileyplus
Yvette Blount
Accounting & Finance
15
Graduate employability in financial risk management

Timothy Kyng

 
Elizabeth Sheedy 

Actuarial Studies

Applied Finance Centre 

16
Developing a medium of teaching for first-year
accounting students to enhance deep learning of
complex threshold concepts underlying accounting
Milica Misic and Samantha Sin
Accounting & Finance
17
Spreadsheet modelling in investment / Finance and Actuarial Science education

Timothy Kyng and Shauna Ferris

Ed Watts 

Actuarial Studies

Accounting & Finance

18
Assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of
introducing multiple choice assessment into large student cohort Business Law courses
John Selby, Patricia Blazey and Michael Quilter
Business Law