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Dale Holt Institute of Teaching and Learning

Supporting staff/supporting students: developmental opportunities at faculty, university and national level. Dale Holt Institute of Teaching and Learning. A starting position. Developing our educators Recognising our educators Rewarding our educators Advancing the careers of our staff

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Dale Holt Institute of Teaching and Learning

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  1. Supporting staff/supporting students: developmental opportunities at faculty, university and national level Dale Holt Institute of Teaching and Learning

  2. A starting position • Developing our educators • Recognising our educators • Rewarding our educators • Advancing the careers of our staff • Connecting our educators with external opportunities • Generating & sharing good practices through adopting collegial/community-based approaches

  3. Who are we? What should we be? Deakin’s Review of Teaching and Learning says… Becoming Australia’s premier university for scholarship and research that inform pedagogical practice and institutional management of flexible and mixed mode education • as evidenced by the achievement of quantifiable national and international peer recognition for Deakin’s work in this field.

  4. Place of learning Time of learning Pace of learning Periods of learning Content of learning Methods of learning Choiceof media/technology Choice of assessment methods Being flexible about ‘flexibility’

  5. Communities of teachers/communities of learners An important recurring theme in our consultations was the limited sense of connection between Deakin students and the University. There was a related sense of disconnection between individual teachers and the broader community of teachers in the University outside of their immediate work unit. Both of these observations link to the lack of a shared and clearly articulated vision for teaching, learning and the student experience. Together they mean that Deakin has not achieved a connected community of teachers and learners in a way that would most effectively build positive experiences for students and professional enthusiasm and commitment for teaching staff. Report on Review of Teaching and Learning at Deakin University, p.62

  6. Teachers’ conceptions, approaches and outcomes How my colleagues and I think about my discipline influences… How I think about teachingwhich influences… The way I teach…what I value in student learning…which influences…

  7. Teachers’ conceptions, approaches and outcomes How I design and operate my learning environments…which influences… How my students’ see quality learningwhich influences… how theyapproach their learningwhich influences what learning they achieve, how much and how well they learn.

  8. Engaging teaching & learning development environments • Both need each other • What can school & faculty do? • What can the University do? • What can national bodies like Carrick do?

  9. Your development opportunities through: • Teaching excellence frameworks at Deakin & nationally • Awards & Grants • Seminars, Forums & Workshops • Deakin Teaching and Learning Conference • Casual teaching development • Online Teaching & Learning modules & cases • Other ITL resources • In-person mentoring, unit & course development • Communities of practice • GCHE scholarship of teaching projects

  10. DEST Teaching and Learning Performance (TLPF) Funding…the iron fist!

  11. Carrick…the velvet glove

  12. Or should that be…the healinghand?

  13. Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education – national view ‘Teaching excellence’ • Teaching that influences, motivates & inspires students to learn • Curricula & resources that reflect a command of the field • Assessment & feedback that foster independent learning • Respect and support for the development of students • Scholarly activities that have enhanced learning and teaching

  14. Example of Carrick criterion descriptors

  15. Deakin view of excellent teaching • An excellent teacher underpins practice by scholarship • An excellent teacher incorporates sound principles of teaching • An excellent teacher supports students and their learning • An excellent teacher adopts an inclusive and learner-centred approach

  16. Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education – national view ‘Programs that enhance learning’ • Distinctiveness, coherence and clarity of purpose • Influence on student learning and student engagement • Breadth of impact • Concern for equity and diversity

  17. Developing through Faculty and Deakin teaching awards

  18. Deakin teaching excellence award winners

  19. Carrick national teaching excellence awards

  20. Examples of national teaching award winners in Health • Lorelle Burton, USQ, Enhancing Student Learning: Principles, Methods, & Applications (Social Sciences/Psychology) • John McLean & Virginia Slaughter, University of Queensland, From Banana Boat to Flagship – The titanic journey of Psych1@UQ • Sylvia Rodger, University of Queensland, Innovative occupational therapy fieldwork assessment: nationwide initiative

  21. Examples of national teaching award winners in Health • Geoff Meyer, University of WA, Effective teaching of “Histology” online using an innovative learning resource • Ann Sefton, University of Sydney, A new approach to medical education • Diann Eley & Louise Young, University of Queensland, Increasing the rural medical workforce through innovative learning opportunities

  22. Developing through grants at Deakin

  23. Developing nationally through grants Carrick

  24. Developing nationally through Carrick discipline-based initiatives

  25. Developing nationally through Carrick Fellowships

  26. Examples of National Fellowships in Health 2007 • Heather Alexander & Amanda Henderson, Griffith University, Developing a model for interprofessional learning during clinical placements for medical and nursing undergraduate students

  27. Developing through Deakin Teaching & Learning Conference – 24-25 September Burwood 2007

  28. 2007 Conference theme…

  29. Developing through casual academic teaching development

  30. Developing through ITL Seminars, Forums and Workshops

  31. Developing through online teaching cases

  32. Developing through online Teaching and Learning modules

  33. Selected areas of practical guidance in teaching and learning: • Teaching effectively for cultural diversity • Effective lecturing • Effective tutoring & lab/prac teaching • Small group work • Research supervision • Case & Problem-based teaching/learning • Using CEQ & SETU to enhance teaching • Preparing effective study guides (in contemporary times) • Assessment methods • Identifying, dealing with & minimising plagiarism • Assessment management, feedback, grading & moderation • Under development: Developing and assessing teamwork • Close to launch: ViewQuest Conceptualising a research question • Plus DSO support materials

  34. An example: practical assistance

  35. Demonstration

  36. ViewQuest Conceptualising a research question

  37. Developing through other ITL resources - Reports

  38. Developing through other ITL resources - Journals

  39. Developing in–person through mentoring in faculties • PPR supervisor • Unit, major & program teams • Unit & Program-wide developments • Associate HOS, Teaching & Learning • Associate Dean, Teaching & Learning • Probation committee • ITL support • GCHE • ITL Professional Development Fellows, previous Online Fellows & STALGS Teaching Fellows

  40. Some work of ITL PD Fellows – effective lecturing

  41. Effective lecturing cont’d

  42. Communities of practice at Deakin Recommendation 20 ITL should encourage and support ‘soft structures’ of informal groups of staff with shared interests in advancing aspects of teaching, learning and the student experience across the University. Report on Review of Teaching and Learning at Deakin University, p.11

  43. Communities of Practice – ITL PD Fellows’ project 2007 • Local/institutional/inter-institutional • Disciplinary/inter-disciplinary/special interest • Organic/nurtured/intentional • Impediments • Benefits • Ongoing support

  44. GCHE Scholarship of Teaching projects

  45. Faculty perspective • 1/11 ITL PD Fellows 2006-2007 • 2/20 Carrick Citation applicants 2006-2007 • 1/13 Carrick teaching excellence award nominees 2003-2007, shortlisted • 3/36 Deakin teaching award winners 2004-2007 • 3/35 recipients of STALGS projects 2004-2007 • 0/12 Carrick Grants bids 2006-2007

  46. What would you like to talk about?

  47. SPECIALIST SLIDES • Needed if live ITL site link down

  48. Online PD: Approaches to teaching that influence, motivate and inspire students to learn

  49. Online PD: Development of curricula and resources that reflect a command of the field

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