As part of the Continuing Professional Development Framework, the Academic Development Services team offer self-paced learning modules in Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching, Moodle training tutorials, Additional UNSW modules, and Sustainable Development Goals.
Each module takes approximately two hours to complete. You will be able to download the resources and sequentially work through the activities in your own time.
You will be able to generate a Certificate of Participation upon completion of the module. To obtain a Certificate of Participation, all activities within the enrolled module will need to be completed, and in some modules, you will need to successfully complete a module quiz.
Contemporary Approaches to University Teaching Modules
The modules provide key introductory learning and teaching concepts and strategies developed by a team of learning and teaching leaders from 18 Australian universities and one university in the United Kingdom. Associate Professor Kym Fraser, Australian Learning and Teaching Fellow, led the development, in collaboration with nine Australian Partner Universities.
Covers elements of assessment, management of assessment risk through the application of quality assessment practices, including moderation. Self-enrolment key: student_assessment
Collaborative Learning [NEW]
This module introduces you to the concept of harnessing student interactions for deep learning through collaborative learning techniques. Self-enrolment key: student_collaborative
Curriculum Design [NEW]
Covers key topics for designing curriculum; constructive alignment; deep and surface approaches to learning; active learning; and the flipped classroom. Self-enrolment key: student_curriculum
Designing, implementing and supporting online learning
Covers design, implementation and facilitation when using educational technologies for teaching, learning and assessment. Self-enrolment key: student_onlinelearning
Discover what constitutes feedback and feedforward. Reflect on how you design feedback processes to enhance student learning and how to engage students with feedback. Self-enrolment key: student_feedbackforlearning
Learning and teaching theories
Think critically about your conceptions of learning and teaching, reflect on learning theory and consider how teaching practices are informed and shaped by theory. Self-enrolment key: student_learningandteachingtheories
Planning for learning [NEW]
Explores the relevance of student outcomes to planning for learning, and designing lesson planning to support learning tasks and reflection on learning effectiveness. Self-enrolment key: student_planning
Scholarly Teaching [NEW]
This module aims to raise your involvement in taking a scholarly approach to your teaching, and how this relates to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Self-enrolment key: Student_scholarlyteaching
Teaching your first class [NEW]
This module aims to assist you to approach teaching your initial class with confidence and capability. Self-enrolment key: student_teachingfirst
Teaching today's diverse learners
Develop your understanding of diversity with a range of evidence-based, good-practice activities and resources to support your students. Self-enrolment key: student_diverselearners
Work Integrated Learning [NEW]
Covers what constitutes work-integrated learning, why it might be embedded into the student learning experience, and what it looks like in practice. Self-enrolment key: student_workintegratedlearning
Moodle Training Modules
These self-paced modules available in Moodle cover a large variety of Moodle topics and are designed to provide help with using Moodle and a range of tools.
Communication & Community Building
This module showcases a variety of Moodle communication tools, including Blackboard Collaborate, with examples and links to UNSW Teaching Gateway resources for you to start facilitating both synchronous and asynchronous communication in your course. Self-enrolment key: StudentSPWS2
In this module we explore why feedback from students matter, and some of the ways we capture feedback including myExperience. This module has been designed to provide an overview and demonstration of polling, feedback and survey tools in Moodle, and provide links to further resources to help you with these tools. Self-enrolment key: StudentWS3
Quizzes for learning, feedback and assessment
The module will take you through the basics of viewing, using, creating and managing the Moodle Quizzes. Moodle's Quiz activity allows you to design and build quizzes containing a variety of question types (e.g. multiple choice, true/false, short answer). Self-enrolment key: StudentSPWS6
Turnitin Assignment Submission, Marking and Feedback
This module will take you through the basics of creating, using, and managing Turnitin Assignments. It will help you get started with using Turnitin Assignments and teach you some basic functions that you are expected to perform as an instructor. Self-enrolment key: StudentSPWS14
Sustainable Development Goals Modules (coming soon)
Sustainable Development Goals - Introduction
This module introduces the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals; the 2030 Agenda, the goals and targets for the SDGs, interlinkages between SDGs, and the transformations needed. COMING SOON
Sustainable Development Goal 13 - Climate Action
This module on the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 "Climate Action," introduces you to the empirical evidence for human-made climate change, the impacts at the global level and also what global warming means for Australia, specifically for the Great Barrier Reef. COMING SOON
Additional UNSW Modules
Inclusive Work Integrated Learning [NEW]
Introduces the concept of inclusive WIL, related challenges and issues, barriers faced by students in accessing and engaging in WIL, disclosure, and responses and obligations. Self-enrolment key: student_inclusivewil
Contact the team at LandTgrants@unsw.edu.au if you have questions regarding any of the self-paced learning modules.