our approach to learning and...

Our approach to learning

and teaching

Associate Professor Shane Dawson

Director (Acting): Learning and Teaching Unit (LTU)

Crossing the Horizon

Action set 1: Enhanced educational offerings and an outstanding student experience

UniSA will design and deliver curriculum that is relevant and of high quality, delivering excellent outcomes for graduates in an educational environment that allows our students to make the most of their student experience.

• Digital Learning

• Blended learning – flipped classroom

• Employability

• Internships and placements

• Research-informed teaching

• Learning spaces/learning environment

Crossing the Horizon

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Current initiatives

• Digital Learning

• LearnOnline ecosystem

• Mobile Learning

• Pedagogical and technical innovations

• UniSA’s learning management system

• Moodle – open source

• Lecture recording system

• Personal capture

LearnOnline

• Helix Media Library

• Virtual classroom

• ePortfolio

• iSpringPro

• PCMS

• Student Placement system

• My Course Experience

LearnOnline

Education Innovations

• Learning Analytics

• Improve retention – early support

• Impact of teaching

• Education technology - innovations

Learning Analytics

Student Learning Services:(Career Services, Counselling, Disability,

Services for International Students)

Academic Learning Services(Academic Development, Language & Literacies support, Technology Enhanced Learning, Research Education)

Student ExperiencePrograms, activities, events for students

DivisionsDean: Teaching and Learning

Project staff, Academic developers, Online Education Designers

Supporting Learning and Teaching

Student Learning Services:

Career ServicesCounselling, Disability,

Services for International Students

Supporting Learning and Teaching

Student Learning Services:

Refer students to the LTU when there is a concern about:

– their academic progress – an academic integrity issue– their well-being or health, including mental health, a

disability or medical condition that may be impacting their study

– international support– e-referral form

http://w3.unisa.edu.au/ltu/contact/referral.asp

Supporting Learning and Teaching

Academic Learning Services

Academic Development,Language & Literacies support,Technology Enhanced Learning,Research Education

Supporting Learning and Teaching

Academic Learning Services

Provide support for program coordinators:

• Digital learning – (blended learning/ flipped classrooms/ collaborative teaching spaces)

• Technology enhanced learning• Curriculum design (Curriculum and assessment

mapping)• Evaluation – mycourse experience; customised• Student success and engagement• Assessment of program impact• Alignment of GQs and program outcomes• Innovation and research

Supporting Learning and Teaching

Divisions

Dean: Teaching and Learning

Project staff, Academic developers, Online Education Designers

Supporting Learning and Teaching

http://w3.unisa.edu.au/ltu/

Shane.dawson@unisa.edu.au

Supporting Learning and Teaching

Learning and Teaching Unit

• Questions?

• Overview site http://w3.unisa.edu.au/ltu/

• Shane.dawson@unisa.edu.au