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This site provides quick and easy access to high quality information, resources and policies for all staff who work in learning and teaching. The links cover resources developed by CPD, And Gladly Teche, Australian Policy and Auditing Bodies, Australian Websites and International Websites.
CPD Resources
The Blog Files was a seminar run by CPD on 7 November, 2007 on the use of blogs in learning and teaching. Here is the program and its associated resources:
Program |
Presenter |
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PowerPoint |
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| Introduction | Ms Margot McNeill CPD |
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| Giving Students a Voice | Dr Mitch Parsell Department of Philosophy |
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| Using blogs as ePortfolios in class and beyond | Ms Pam Kelly |
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| Why am I not using Blogs | Dr Maree Gosper IHERD |
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| Panel Q&A + Conclusion | Panel presenters + Ms Margot McNeill |
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| Blogging at Macquarie - how to get started | Ms Trish Edmonds Centre for Flexible Learning |
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And Gladly Teche
To access issues of And Gladly Teche, a broadsheet that deals with teaching and learning issues of interest at Macquarie University, please click on the relevant issue below:
AGT issue 1, June 01: Graduate Attributes and Generic Skills at Macquarie University
AGT issue 2, Sept 01: Macquarie University Recognises Some Outstanding Teachers
AGT issue 1, July 02: The Qualities of Macquarie Graduates: Generic Skills Revisited
And Gladly Teche, Proceedings of Celebrating Teaching at Macquarie. 28-29 November 2002, Macquarie University. ISBN 1-86408-793-5
Australian Policy and Auditing Bodies
The Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) is an independent, not-for-profit national agency that promotes, audits and reports on quality assurance in Australian higher education. AUQA was formally established by the Ministerial Council on Education, Training and Youth Affairs in March 2000. It operates independently of the Government and the higher education sector. AUQA provides public reports on the outcomes of the quality audits of higher education institutions.
The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (CILTHE) was established as a national focus for the enhancement of learning and teaching in Australian higher education providers. CILTHE's responsibilities include; management of a major competitive grants scheme for innovation in learning and teaching; liaison with the sector about options for articulating and monitoring academic standards; improvement of assessment practices throughout the sector, including investigation of the feasibility of a national portfolio assessment scheme; facilitation of benchmarking of effective learning and teaching processes at national and international levels; development of mechanisms for the dissemination of good practice in learning and teaching; management of a program for international experts in learning and teaching to visit Australian higher education providers and the development of reciprocal relationships with international jurisdictions; and coordination of the Australian Awards for University Teaching, including the Awards presentation event.
The Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) provides national leadership and works in collaboration with the States and Territories, industry, other agencies and the community. It develops policies to ensure the continuing relevance of education, science and training to contemporary needs and the growing requirement of lifelong learning. The Department has a Higher Education webpage which provides information regarding Government policies, projects, reports and requirements relating to Higher Education in Australia.
A Learning and Teaching Performance Fund (LTPF) was established in response to DEST believing that although teaching is recognised as a core activity of all higher education institutions, Commonwealth funding, internal staff promotion practices and institutional prestige tend to reinforce the importance of research performance rather than teaching performance. It has been established, with funding of around $54 million in 2006, increasing to $82 million in 2007 and $109 million in 2008 as part of this renewed focus on teaching quality in Australian universities. The Learning and Teaching Performance Fund will reward those institutions that best demonstrate excellence in learning and teaching.
Australian Websites
The Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) at the University of Melbourne is one of the longest established centres of its kind in the world. With 35 years of operation it enjoys a pre-eminent reputation for the depth and relevance of its insights, innovation and applied policy research. CSHE is at the core of teaching and learning quality and development in the Australian higher education sector. The site has many useful, downloadable resources, regarding such topics as assessment, postgraduate supervision, teaching large and small classes and the internationalising of teaching. Their publications, including "Assessing for Learning" are available to be downloaded and printed.
The Teaching for Learning website from Flinders University Adelaide aims to assist academics to find useful ideas to enhance their teaching and so improve students' learning experiences, and to provide resources for engaging in the scholarship of teaching. It considers what's worth learning at University? The site consists of 6 subsites which address specific teaching/learning needs. They aim at not only maximising students' learning, but also enlivening the teaching experience. These are new staff, assessment, curriculum design, research education, evaluation, teaching strategies, practicum and flexible education. Each of these subsites contains extensive, accessible resources.
The Griffith Institute for Higher Education is situated at Griffith University in Brisbane. The Institute has many accessible resources regarding higher education teaching and learning. It is roughly divided into four main areas: teaching and learning; program, course and teaching evaluation; academic work; and career and research scholarship and publications. A very comprehensive, easy to navigate graduate attributes toolkit, is available on the site.
The Teaching and Educational Institute (TEDI) at the University of Queensland in Brisbane has an extensive resource website divided into 6 sections; flexible learning, teaching toolbox (practical teaching guides), assessment, tutor training, postgraduate advising and graduate attributes. All information is accessible and downloadable.
The Institute for Teaching and Learning (ITL) at the University of Sydney has as its mission to enhance and help assure the quality of student learning experiences and outcomes. To assist this mission the Institute has taken part in specially focused projects, for example, graduate attributes, teaching large classes, first year student experience and assessment of student learning. The outcomes and resources from these projects are available on the ITL website, along with other resources regarding scholarship in teaching, postgraduate supervision and academic staff development.
International Websites
The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning is situated at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA. The Bok Center serves the wider higher-education community by offering online documents in printer-friendly format, and by publishing books and videos on the art of teaching. The resources include an alphabetical list of topics covering many aspects of learning and teaching at a tertiary level.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Carnegie is situated in California, USA. It is organized around the scholarship of teaching and learning. This concept of a scholarship of teaching and learning not only describes a type of research that the Foundation conducts and supports, but also a concept of moral action, as well as of dissemination and of cultural change. It has a range of publications, covering many aspects of undergraduate and graduate, available for purchase as well as some online resources.
The Higher Education Academy is situated in York, UK. It has a comprehensive range of information and resources for academics. The Higher Education Academy leads, supports and informs the professional development and recognition of staff in higher education. It promotes good practice and provide quality information, advice and resources. The themes include assessment, e-learning, learning and teaching, professional development and quality enhancement. In 2006, the main focus of the Academy will be Assessment and Academic Leadership.
Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development (OCSLD) is situated in Oxford, UK. Over the last ten years OCSLD has grown into the UK's largest provider of staff and educational development for higher education, with a reputation for innovation in learning and teaching. It draws on a national network of over 35 specialist consultants. Within Oxford Brookes the ten development consultants of the Centre are responsible for both educational development and virtually all staff development activities supporting the university as an employer as well as a service provider. It has an extensive list of resources covering many aspects of teaching, divided into 4 main areas; Learning, Teaching, Course Design and Assessment. Many of its complete publications are also accessible.
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) is a free and open repository for the sharing of teaching and learning resources. It is designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education and includes links to online learning materials along with annotations.
Campus Alberta Repository of Educational Objects (CAREO) has as its primary goal the creation of a searchable, Web-based collection of multidisciplinary teaching materials for educators across the province and beyond. The CAREO educational object repository is an ongoing research prototype. As a result it may be offline periodically for updates and upgrades to the system as the project evolves and new theories and ideas surrounding educational objects are tested and implemented. It is being undertaken by the Universities of Alberta, Calgary and Athabasca University in cooperation with BELLE (Broadband Enabled Lifelong Learning Environment), CANARIE (Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research in Industry and Education).
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) supports further and higher education by providing strategic guidance, advice and opportunities to use Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to support teaching, learning, research and administration. JISC is funded by all the UK post-16 and higher education funding councils. The site has a technical flavour with an emphasis on regulatory framework, standards and infrastructure underpinning teaching and learning. There are also links to online resources and collections.