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Student centred learning Professor Greg Baxter Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning)

Student centred learning Professor Greg Baxter Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) 22 September 2009. Tolstoy quote on the Rudiments of Reading.

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Student centred learning Professor Greg Baxter Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning)

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  1. Student centred learning Professor Greg Baxter Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) 22 September 2009

  2. Tolstoy quote on the Rudiments of Reading "Every individual must, in order to acquire the art of reading in the shortest possible time, be taught quite apart from any other, and therefore there must be a separate method for each. That which forms an insuperable difficulty to one does not in the least keep back another, and vice versa. One pupil has a good memory, and it is easier for him to memorize the symbols than to comprehend the most rational sound method. Another has a fine instinct and he grasps the law of word combination by reading whole words at a time. The best teacher will be he who has at his tongue’s end the explanation of what it is that is bothering the pupil” (Schon 1987).

  3. DPM Julia Gillard4 March 2009UA Conference “My message is this: we must focus on students, their experiences and pathways, the knowledge they gain, the skills they will use, the public good they will achieve.”

  4. New national participation targets • 2015 • 90% to complete year 12 or equivalent • 2020 • Reduce by half people 16 - 64 without Certificate III or above • Double diploma and advanced diploma completions • 20% of undergraduates low SES • 2025 • 40% completion of bachelor degree 25 - 34

  5. What does it mean to have students at the centre?

  6. What does it mean to have students at thecentre? VU’s Values

  7. knowledge and skills, and critical and imaginative inquiry for their capacity to transform individuals and the community • equality of opportunity for students and staff • diversity for its contribution to creativity and the enrichment of our lives • cooperation as the basis of engagement with local and international communities • integrity, respect and transparency in personal, collaborative and institutional action • sound environmental stewardship for future generations • the pursuit of excellence in everything that we do. We value

  8. What does it mean to have students at the centre? Knowing our Students

  9. All 47,000

  10. VU Undergraduate Australians • -Working PT • Lower SES than other unis • 50% LOTE International students • FT Workers • Studying PT, mainly VET • And Postgrads • 3rd generation migrants VU STUDENTS47,000 ‘heads’ • Education hopes – their qualifications • Work circumstances • Socio-economic status • Migrant status and language • 2nd Generation Australians • Highly disadvantaged • VET and Postgrads • Not working

  11. What does it mean to have students at the centre? Designing Curriculum

  12. VU’sbig 5 forLearning&Teaching • Transition • Learning in the Workplace & Community • Appropriate use of technology • Green • International

  13. SECTORDIFFERENCES“Technological change is narrowing the gap…” Gillard, March 5, 2005SOMECONVERGENCEAND MORE INTERDEPENDENCE eg APPRENTICESHIP MODEL at Cert III level vs DEGREE MODEL at undergrad or postgrad PARA-PROFESSIONAL JOBS AND AWARDS Diploma, Adv Diploma in VE and Associate Degree in Higher Education EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS VE advanced standing…..into Bachelor degrees Reverse flow for HE skill upgrades

  14. What does it mean to have students at the centre? Virtual Learning Environment

  15. 2009 Pebblepad Turnitin Groups VU Communities Blogging VU Wiki Elluminate LMS Online videos Lectopia Desktop Capture LCMS

  16. What characterises the new landscape? • Creation of low resolution but high quality learningobjects • Web2.0 • Collaborative • Creative and • Sharing • Synchronous tools that allow real timeinteraction between students and staff

  17. New Personal Learning Environment

  18. What does it mean to have students at the centre? Helping our Staff

  19. LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

  20. LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES

  21. PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES

  22. Creating the right environment for L&T • VU has clear, distinctive strategic directions • Seeking to align – policy, technology, infrastructure to enable it to happen • But, as ever, the teaching practitioner & the engaged learner are still the key to successful outcomes

  23. Questions & Discussion

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