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Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching An open access MOOC for the Australian Higher Education Sector Support for this fellowship was provided by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training. The views in this fellowship do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government Department of Education and Training. Topics include: • Teaching your first class • Planning for learning • Feedback for learning • Scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching • Designing, implementing and supporting online learning • Curriculum design • Assessment • Collaborative learning • Teaching today’s diverse learners • Quality assurance and our responsibilities • Learning and teaching theories Resources and specialty topics include: • Teaching mathematics • Work Integrated Learning • The politics of Australian higher education • Managing student teams • Sessional staff • Your professional wellbeing • A guide for librarians Academic Leads Associate Professor Marina Harvey Associate Professor Agnes Bosanquet This free, teaching induction Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) provides key introductory learning and teaching concepts and strategies for those in their first few years of university teaching. The self-paced MOOC is comprised of 11 expert-developed modules and several specialty modules and resources (see course structure overleaf). Institutions providing learning and teaching professional development can see how other universities are using the MOOC by going to the MOOC website . This course is for you if you: • are new to teaching • have been teaching for several years and would like to review topics to advance your teaching, e.g. scholarly teaching • are interested in scoping some modules for your institution’s professional development program, • are a sessional, contracted or continuing academic Course dates: Enrolments: Format: Time: Cost: Enquiries: 8 February – 21 June 2021 Close 2 weeks prior to course end Online Approx. 2 hours / module Free Agnes Bosanquet [email protected]
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Contemporary Approaches to University TeachingAn open access MOOC for the Australian Higher Education Sector
Support for this fellowship was provided by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training. The views in this fellowship do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government Department of Education and Training.
Topics include:
• Teaching your first class• Planning for learning• Feedback for learning• Scholarly teaching and the scholarship of
teaching• Designing, implementing and supporting online
learning• Curriculum design• Assessment• Collaborative learning• Teaching today’s diverse learners• Quality assurance and our responsibilities• Learning and teaching theories
Resources and specialty topics include:
• Teaching mathematics• Work Integrated Learning• The politics of Australian higher education• Managing student teams• Sessional staff• Your professional wellbeing• A guide for librarians
Academic Leads
Associate Professor Marina HarveyAssociate Professor Agnes Bosanquet
This free, teaching induction Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) provides key introductory learning and teaching concepts and strategies for those in their first few years of university teaching. The self-paced MOOC is comprised of 11 expert-developed modules and several specialty modules and resources (see course structure overleaf).
Institutions providing learning and teaching professional development can see how otheruniversities are using the MOOC by going to the MOOC website.
This course is for you if you:• are new to teaching• have been teaching for several years and would like
to review topics to advance your teaching, e.g. scholarly teaching
• are interested in scoping some modules for your institution’s professional development program,
• are a sessional, contracted or continuing academic
Course dates:
Enrolments:
Format:
Time:
Cost:
Enquiries:
8 February – 21 June 2021
Close 2 weeks prior to course end
Online
Approx. 2 hours / module
Free
Agnes [email protected]
Course structure
Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching
Collaboration and development
• Developed by 36 content-expert colleagues from 20 Australian universities and one UK university.
• A collaboration between 10 Australian universities.
Delivery and participation• 31 educational institutions from 11 countries
have asked for and received the MOOC content.
• 7,000 participants from 105 countries since 2018.
Recognition• 2018 Finalist with Distinction of the
Australasian Academic Development Good Practice Awards.
Testimonials"I am getting limited support from the faculty... so I was super excited to find your MOOC [which is] just what I need!” New sessional teacher, Canada, 2018
“In my personal opinion, your course is my mooc of this year 2019 and I hope to follow you again next year!.” Teacher, Ivory Coast, 2019
“The diversity of the materials, the explanations delivered by experts, the up-to-date teaching reality presented by the professionals and the possibility of going through the data when I had opportunity seem invaluable to me.”PhD candidate, Poland, 2020
“We have been so impressed with the relevance and presentation of the … course that we imported the MOOC content into our learning management system … for VET and higher education staff.”Chief Operating Officer, Equals Group, Australia, 2020
