Overview

This unit aims to set the foundations of learning and teaching in higher education settings. This will involve establishing a peer network in which students will participate in a range of activities to learn about diverse learning theories and pedagogies, and the tertiary environment in which they are working and studying. The scene will be set for continued consideration of how to support the variety of paths students take in their learning journeys.

Requisites

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Apply learning theories and pedagogies (including Indigenous pedagogies), models and frameworks in professional contexts
  • Practice a critical approach to digital technology integration to enhance learning and teaching
  • Critically reflect on and develop your personal, interpersonal, professional and organisational approaches to working in inclusive tertiary educational contexts
  • Contribute to the establishment of a peer network and add evidence to your learning and teaching portfolio

Teaching methods

Hawthorn Online

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning
12.50 12 weeks 150
TOTAL150

Sarawak

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Workshop
3.00 12 weeks 36
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning
1.00 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning
8.50 12 weeks 102
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Online DiscussionIndividual 20 - 30% 2,3,4 
Presentation and ReportGroup 30 - 40% 1,2,3,4 
Written AssignmentIndividual 30 - 40% 1,3 

Content

Professionalisation of tertiary teaching 

  • Reflection and reflective practices 

  • Establishing a personal professional network – peer partnership 

  • Professional advancement in your teaching career 

  • Learning and teaching portfolio design 

Learning theories and pedagogies 

  • Western theories of learning 

  • Non-Western theories of learning 

  • Australian university adoption of outcomes-based education – An introduction to constructive alignment – intended learning outcomes, activities, assessment 

Students’ learning journeys 

  • How do students learn? 

  • Strategies to support learning for a diversity of students 

The changing tertiary and teaching environment 

  • Good teaching practice indicators  

  • The on-campus/blended/fully-online learning and teaching spectrum 

  • Adopting an informed critical perspective of educational technology 

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.