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Graduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching (Higher Education)


Teaching can be inspiring, challenging, demanding and rewarding. Good teachers are valued by their students and by the university. Teaching is also about learning and seeking innovative ideas, knowledge and new ways of developing students.

Swinburne offers the Graduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching (GCLT) as a way for all academic staff to gain more knowledge, to share ideas and to reflect on and develop their own practice. It also provides an opportunity for staff to build their learning and teaching portfolio for promotion or teaching applications.

The GCLT is a program designed for all academic staff. You can choose to complete the first unit, or 4 units for the whole Graduate Certificate.

For Details on Program Administration, including entry requirements, how to enrol, important dates and application forms click here.

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What will participants gain?

  • Practice-based study about learning and teaching in HE context
  • Engagement with contemporary theory about learning and teaching
  • Exploration and sharing of best practice with colleagues with opportunities to network
  • Opportunities to design curriculum to engage students
  • Time and space to reflect, improve and revitalise teaching
  • A L&T portfolio with evidence of teaching suitable for promotion applications
  • Cross-discipline and interaction in a flexible and relevant program
  • Evaluation of teaching practice with potential for publications
What will participation involve?
  • Attendance at workshops, tutorials and online learning activities estimated at an average of 5 hours per week for a semester
  • Each unit has up to three written assessments applicable to your teaching and one short presentation
All units emphasise reflection, evaluation and evidence-based teaching practice.
The GCLT consists of the following units
  • The Practice of Learning and Teaching LTS501
  • Curriculum Design and Assessment LTS503
  • Learning and Teaching with Educational Technologies (elective) LTS502
  • Internationalisation of the Curriculum (elective) LTS505
  • Final Independent Project unit LTS504


Please note that applications for the program need to be endorsed by the applicant's Program Coordinator/Head of Academic Group AND Deputy Dean or equivalent.

Any queries please contact Angela Nicolettou, Program Coordinator GCLT 9214 4539 or anicolettou@swin.edu.au


Program Administration

Entry requirements, eligibility and fees

Applicants should have a bachelor degree from a recognised tertiary institution or equivalent. Applicants must be currently teaching in Higher Education (or TAFE at Higher Education level). Sessional academic staff are eligible to take the program. Applications for the program should be endorsed by the applicant's Deputy Dean or equivalent.

Approved Swinburne University staff, including sessional staff with a current teaching commitment at Swinburne, may be admitted without fee. In this case tuition is provided as part of the professional development responsibilities of Swinburne Professional Learning. The program is nominally a fee-paying program at $1,350 per unit. It also offers Employer Reserved Places.


How to enrol

Please ensure your availability for workshops/tutorials (see important dates) as attendance is expected at all sessions for each unit.
  • Download GCLT First Enrolment Application Form.pdf
  • Complete the form and have it endorsed by the Deputy Dean of your faculty
  • Send the form via fax: 9214 4328 or internal mail: H20 attention Administrative Officer SPL
  • The form is reviewed by the Selection Panel and the applicant will be notified of the decision by email
  • Successful applicants will be given details of orientation and first workshop


Important dates

It is expected that participants will attend all relevant sessions.

Monday, 7 November 2011 Enrolment/Re-enrolment opening date
Monday 13 February 2012 Enrolment/Re-enrolment closing date
       
Date Session Type Room Time
LTS501
Tuesday 21 February 2012 LTS501 Workshop 1 BA912 9.30am to 3.00pm
Tuesday 20 March 2012 LTS501 Tutorial 1 BA912 8.30am to 9.30am
Thursday 22 March 2012 LTS501 Tutorial 1 (Rpt) BA912 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Tuesday 24 April 2012 LTS501 Tutorial 2 BA912 8.30am to 9.30am
Thursday 26 April 2012 LTS501 Tutorial 2 (Rpt) BA912 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Tuesday 22 May 2012 LTS501 Tutorial 3 BA912 8.30am to 9.30am
Thursday 24 May 2012 LTS501 Tutorial 3 (Rpt) BA912 12.30pm to 1.30pm
LTS503
Wednesday 22 February 2012 LTS503 Workshop 1 BA912 9.30am to 12.30pm
Tuesday 13 March 2012 LTS503 Tutorial 1 BA912 8.30am to 9.30am
Tuesday 27 March 2012 LTS503 Tutorial 2 BA912 8.30am to 9.30am
Tuesday 17 April 2012 LTS503 Tutorial 3 BA912 8.30am to 9.30am
Tuesday 8 May 2012 LTS503 Tutorial 4 BA912 8.30am to 9.30am
LTS505
Thursday 23 February 2012 LTS505 Workshop 1 BA912 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Wednesday 11 April 2012 LTS505 Workshop 2 BA912 1.00pm to 4.00pm
LTS504
Friday 24 February 2012 LTS504 Workshop 1 BA912 9.30am to 12.30pm
All Units      
Wednesday 6 June 2012 Final Workshop for all units BA912 9.30am to 4.00pm
       
Note: LTS502 not offered in Semester 1 2012    

Information for participants

Student Email Account

 Your Student ID Email Address consists of the seven digits of your Student ID Number followed by @student.swin.edu.au. Email contact will only be to this official Student ID Email Address and email contact by Swinburne will not be made to any other private email address you may use. You are expected to check your Student ID Email Address at least weekly to ensure that you receive important information in relation to your studies.

The University will continue to use other forms of communication for some types of correspondence. The Student Electronic Communication Policy can be found on the Swinburne Policies and Procedures Directory.

Amending Your Enrolment

 Enrolment Amendment Application use this link to download a form for withdrawing from unit/s. Please refer to the Academic Calendar for the Higher Education Teaching Periods and Census Dates for the specific date when academic penalties will be applied. Census Date is the final date by which you may withdraw from a program or unit of study without financial or academic penalty and apply to each teaching period.

Please visit here to download the Higher Education form for withdrawal from program.

Progress Review

 If you are experiencing difficulties in completing set tasks of assessment please contact the Program Co-ordinator or Unit Convenor as soon as possible. The Program Co-ordinator will email participants a reminder to complete set tasks or assessments by a due date.

If you are deemed to be unlikely to meet the Unit requirements by the set dates you may consider applying for an extension.

If you have not completed the set tasks or assessments by the due date and have not requested an extension or Special Consideration you will be contacted by the Program Co-ordinator to discuss your progress.

Please refer to Assessment and Appeals Higher Education policy and procedure regarding Unsatisfactory Academic Progress and Students-at-Risk of Exclusion from a Course.

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All new program participants will be enrolled in LGC500 The Graduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching (Higher Education). On completion of LTS501 and LTS503 participants may exit the program and be awarded the Professional Certificate of Teaching Practice. If participants choose this option, then under the nested programs policy and procedure, at least one Semester must elapse before participants can re-enter GCLT.

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