UNSW @ ADFA - Learning and Teaching

Lecturer Resources

For academic staff who would like information regarding the UNSW@ADFA Learning and Teaching Plan for 2006-2007 it is now available for download (PDF).

For academic staff who would like recognition for the quality of their teaching:

UNSW @ ADFA Rector's Commendations

UNSW @ ADFA Teaching Awards

Vice Chancellor's Awards for Teaching Excellence http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/employee/acad/vcate.html

Carrick Institute for Learning & Teaching in Higher Education, National Teaching Awards http://www.carrickinstitute.edu.au/carrick/go/pid/97

(The Teaching and Learning Committee of UNSW @ ADFA administers the first two of these on behallf of the Rector, and supports the individuals in the application process for awards through the coaching scheme. )

For academic staff seeking support to innovate or improve their teaching:

UNSW Learning and Teaching Awards (offered annually per faculty) http://sessionalstaff.ltu.unsw.edu.au/content/learn_teach_awards/learning_teaching_awards.cfm?ss=0

Foundations of University Learning and Teaching program
http://www.ltu.unsw.edu.au/content/teaching_support/FULT_teaching.cfm?ss=0

Innovations in Educational Technology in Teaching (ITET) program
(Being revised for 2006)

Other UNSW fellowships

Carrick Institute for Learning & Teaching in Higher Education Grant Scheme
http://www.carrickinstitute.edu.au/carrick/go/grants

If you are teaching first year courses you might like to join the UNSW First Year Teaching community web site

http://www.firstyear.unsw.edu.au/content/default.cfm?ss=0

Download a pdf about the CATEI process and content of the forms

The CATEI Process: Information for Staff and Students
http://www.unsw.edu.au/learning/pve/CATEI.pdf (56 Pages)

Lecturers preparing their teaching portfolio, or an application for an award may also like to develop their work into a case study for publication in the UNSW Compendium of Good Practice in Learning and Teaching

http://www.ltu.unsw.edu.au/content/compendium_prac/compendium.cfm?ss=0

template: http://www.ltu.unsw.edu.au/content/userDocs/Casestudytemplate_January2006_000.doc

Most recent issue of the Compendium (March 2006): http://www.ltu.unsw.edu.au/content/userDocs/UNSWCompendiumIssue3Mar2006_000.pdf (76 pages)

Flexible Learning at UNSW @ ADFA

The Academic Language and Learning Unit (ALL)

ALL offers academic staff direct consultation, assistance and referral for students in need.

The Learning and Teaching Unit at UNSW

Guidelines on Learning that Inform Teaching: http://www.guidelinesonlearning.unsw.edu.au/

Additional highlights of their comprehensive site:

Support for teaching: http://www.ltu.unsw.edu.au/ref3_support_for_teaching.cfm
Learning and Teaching Ideas: http://www.ltu.unsw.edu.au/ref3-4_ideas.cfm
Support for course development: http://www.ltu.unsw.edu.au/ref4_courseprogram_development.cfm
Scholarship of Learning and Teaching: http://www.ltu.unsw.edu.au/ref6-4_rtn_solt.cfm
Compendium of Good Practice: http://www.ltu.unsw.edu.au/ref7_compendium.cfm
Resources and links page: http://www.ltu.unsw.edu.au/ref3-1-5_resources.cfm
Information on the Research/Teaching nexus
http://www.ltu.unsw.edu.au/content/research_nexus/research_teaching.cfm?ss=0

Resources of . . .

Higher Education Research Development Association (HERDSA): http://www.herdsa.org.au/teaching.php
Education Network Australia (EdNA): http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page1.html, and particularly: http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/browse/0,highered,14945
Department of Education, Science and Technology (DEST): http://www.dest.gov.au/highered/links.htm
Australian Universities Teaching Committee: http://www.autc.gov.au/links.htm
The Australian Parliament: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/sp/speducation.htm
The (US) Higher Education Resource Hub: http://www.higher-ed.org/
The Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA): http://www.odlaa.org

General directories

From Google: http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Education/Methods_and_Theories/

From Yahoo: http://dir.yahoo.com/education/higher_education/college_and_university_teaching/

Content coordinator: m.copeland@adfa.edu.au, ACME