Current Institution: University of Sydney
Fellowship: ALTC Associate Teaching Fellowship at University of Sydney
Fellowship Duration: 2007 - 2010
Slowly but steadily, conceptions of successful higher education are shifting. The focus of attention is moving from what the teacher says to what students do � especially to how they work with new knowledge. The quality of students� activity is key. The design of good learning tasks, and the design and management of supportive learning environments, are moving centre stage in higher education.
This Fellowship aims to help universities become better at design. It will work at three levels: providing resources to help teachers become more proficient at educational design; working with PVCs (Learning & Teaching) and other senior staff to identify strategies that will enable higher education institutions to become more design-savvy places; stimulating and contributing to public debate about the changing nature of teaching work in higher education, and especially about how such teaching can be done in a more principled, professional, enjoyable and effective way.
Disciplines: Education, Learning environments, Social work, Teaching, Technology
The Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows’ network (ALTF) was established in 2011 with support from the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching. The network comprises over 100 scholars who are well placed geographically, institutionally and within their discipline communities to promote and sustain effective learning and teaching in Australian higher education, now and into the future.
The Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows’ network (ALTF) was established in 2011 with support from the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching. The network comprises over 100 scholars who are well placed geographically, institutionally and within their discipline communities to promote and sustain effective learning and teaching in Australian higher education, now and into the future.