This program is offered every semester to support staff relatively new to the University as well as staff with teaching experience.

It is intended to help those who wish to refine, test out, validate or develop their present conceptions of good teaching and their current teaching practice.

Workshop purpose

Intended audience

The Foundations of University Teaching and Learning program is offered every semester to support staff relatively new to the University as well as staff with teaching experience who wish to refine, test out, validate or develop their present conceptions of good teaching and their current teaching practice. The program is open to academic, general and research staff who may be involved in teaching. Preference is given to staff teaching during the semester. New academic staff members are expected to attend this program as outlined in their letters of offer of appointment.

Workshop description

Foundations of University Teaching and Learning is designed to offer an integrated and highly interactive perspective on teaching in a research-intensive university. The program provides a theoretical framework relating to teaching and learning, along with opportunities to explore a range of teaching and learning strategies. Participants explore these approaches in terms of their own teaching context, while also sharing common issues across the group. In addition to CATL staff, guest presenters from across the University contribute to the program, further enriching the learning experience.

Program components

The program begins with an intensive three-day workshop prior to the start of semester. This is followed either by a series of regular meetings during the semester, or a second intensive two-day workshop at the end of the semester, when participants have opportunities to reflect on their teaching practice as well as investigate topical, relevant and current issues. In addition there is an online component. Participants are also expected to complete some ‘out-of-class’ activities and may be required to complete a Supervising Postgraduate Students workshop as part of the program.

Scope

Intended outcomes

By the end of this program, you will be able to:

• articulate your approach to, or philosophy of, teaching and learning
• engage in critically reflective practice to enhance teaching
• critically analyse incidents and issues in your teaching practice and student learning and develop action plans (if appropriate) to resolve them
• design and deliver a unit of study that aligns student learning outcomes, teaching and learning strategies and assessment strategies
• use a variety of teaching strategies to enable effective student learning
• identify diverse student needs and develop appropriate teaching approaches to support these
• incorporate elements of eLearning into your teaching practice, especially the learning management system (LMS)
• evaluate your teaching using a range of techniques, including SPOT and peer reviews
• apply the outcomes of contemporary research into teaching and learning to your practice
• demonstrate the relationship between teaching, research and scholarship in your own teaching practices.

 

Satisfactory completion of all activities in the program gives advanced standing towards a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education.

Key Activities

 

The Foundations of University Teaching and Learning program explores a number of key areas, including:

• the student's perspective – approaches to learning
• current international research on student learning and its implications for practice
• approaches to teaching
• teaching to promote student learning
• teaching methods and activities such as lecturing, small group teaching, co-operative learning and active learning
• curriculum design and assessment of learning
• evaluation of teaching
• tertiary teaching as critically reflective professional practice.

 

Activities which are incorporated in the program include:

• active learning exercises
• co-operative learning
• panel discussions
• peer support activities, such as peer observation of teaching
• independent study, including a reflective journal
• micro-teaching with feedback
• web-based learning activities.

Register

Register for an available date, or place your name on a waiting list.

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For general information about CATL workshops email us or telephone (+61 8) 6488 1577.