UNSW Resources for Learning and Teaching Development
Academic Board Policy
Approved policy of the academic board that governs processes related to education, scholarship and research.
http://www.secretariat.unsw.edu.au/acboard/approved_policy/approved_policy.htm
Learning and teaching @ UNSW
This is a central unit supporting learning and teaching activities across UNSW. It provides activities, resources and services for:
- evaluation of learning and teaching
- curriculum development
- teaching staff development
- design of eLearning and blended use of the online and classroom environments
- research into new learning methods and technologies.
http://www.ltu.unsw.edu.au/
eLearning services
Online resources and services to help you develop and use of institutional online learning systems and tools:
- MyeLearning UNSW’s online learning management system
- Media and web tools
- eLearning development support services.
http://elearning.unsw.edu.au/
The Learning Centre
The Learning Centre provides academic support services to students enrolled in degree programs at the University of New South Wales. Learning Centre staff provide study skills support for individual students, and for courses. For example in ENGG1000, all students carry out an activity that is designed and assessed by Learning Advisors in the Centre, who provide feedback on academic writing.
http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/
UNSW Library
The Library provides education and training services and resources to improve the information skills of staff and students. There are also online information literacy tutorials that can be customized.
Each Faculty has its own Outreach Librarians. Engineering has two:
Kylie Bailin: Computer Science & Engineering, Chemical Sciences & Engineering, Mining Engineering, Petroleum Engineering. Email k.bailin@unsw.edu.au, tel. 58198.
Stefania Riccardi: Biomedical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Photovoltaic & Renewable Energy Engineering, Surveying & Spatial Information Systems. Email s.riccardi@unsw.edu.au, tel 52653.
http://info.library.unsw.edu.au/skills/skillshome.html
Faculty support for Learning and Teaching
Faculty Learning & Teaching Fellow
Carol Russell, the Learning & Teaching Fellow in the Faculty of Engineering has the role of providing support, advice and practical assistance to the Associate Dean Academic, teaching teams and individuals in order to achieve the Faculty’s priority leaning and teaching goals.
For 2008 these priorities will include:
- enhancing support for sessional teaching staff (tutors, lab demonstrators, guest lecturers)
- further development of the design strand in the undergraduate curriculum
- mapping of how engineering graduate attributes are acquired in each program
- developing and piloting a multiple mode delivery model for taught postgraduate study programs.
Nine Learning & Teaching Fellow positions, one in each UNSW Faculty, are supported by performance-related government funding awarded to UNSW for learning and teaching. The Fellows collaborate with each other, and with Learning and Teaching @ UNSW in a number of cross-discipline projects that are relevant to the Faculty of Engineering.
Contact: email carol.russell@unsw.edu.au, tel. 55886.
Faculty Grants for developing Learning and Teaching
Each year the Faculty makes available grants of up to $15,000 to support 6-12 month projects that introduce learning and teaching innovations. An invitation to apply for the 2008 awards will be sent out in July.
Some examples of past awards:
Dr Sami Kara, Associate Professor Philip Mathew and Dr S Kanapathipillai
Piloting of a 1st year project-based course in Design and Manufacturing (MMAN1130) in Session 1 of 2007, in collaboration with a local TAFE. Students work in teams to design and manufacture a complete product. This work is assessed, individually and as a group throughout the session, rather than in a final exam. After evaluation of the pilot, the course ran with a full cohort of over 200 students in Session 2 of 2007 and is now an established part of the curriculum.
Dr Chris Daly and Associate Professor David Laurence
Development of a distance online version of a postgraduate taught course in Mining Processes & Systems. The course currently runs as a 5-day intensive on campus and is a required part of the Masters programs in Mining. The pilot distance version will test the feasibility of study modes where some or all of the campus activities are replaced by online work.
Dr Ross Odell
Development of online activities for a general postgraduate course in Engineering Statistics, previously taught entirely in face-to-face mode.
