Resources for learning and teaching

A set of resources to assist you with learning and teaching. This list will grow, change and develop over time. If you have feedback or suggestions of resources to add please contact: Kylie Budge

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Introduction to teaching and learning

Books

Fry, H., Ketteridge, S. and Marshall, S (eds). (2003) A handbook for teaching and learning in higher education: enhancing academic practice, London: Kogan Page

Nicholls, G. (2002) Developing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. London : Routledge

Biggs, J. (2003). Teaching for quality learning at university (2nd ed). UK: SRHE & Open University Press

Ramsden, P. (2003)Learning to Teach in Higher Education (2nd ed.) London and New York: Routledge

Brookfield, S. D. (1995) Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher. USA: Jossey-Bass

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-RMIT Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching and Learning

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Designing and planning a course

Books

Foster, G. (1993) Design of University Courses and Subjects: A Strategic Approach.
HERDSA Green Guide No 15. Campbelltown : HERDSA

Gibbs, G. (1992) Teaching. Oxford: Oxonian Rewley Press

Laurillard, D. (2002)Rethinking University Teaching: A conversational framework for the effective use of learning technologies. Routledge: London

Toohey, S. (1999) Designing courses for Higher Education.Buckingham: Society for Research into Higher Education and Open University Press

Forsyth, I. & Jolliffe, A., & Stevens, D. (1995). Delivering a Course: Practical Strategies for Teachers, Lecturers and Trainers. London: Kogan

Journal article/portions of books

Biggs, J. (1999) Constructing learning by aligning teaching: Constructive alignment. Teaching for quality learning at. Buckingham: Society for Research in to Higher Education and Open University Press, pp 11-32

Jamieson, P., Fisher, K., Gilding, T., Taylor, P. and Trevitt, A. (2000) Place and Space in the design of new learning environments. Higher EducationResearch and Development, 19(2), 221-236

Shulman, L. (2002) Making Differences: a table for learning. Change, Vol 34, no 6. p36-45

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Planning your course: a decision guide

-Designing and planning a successful course: bridging the gap between common practice and best practice

-Overview of Course Design and Planning Process

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Designing assessment

Books

Angelo, T., and Cross, K. (1993)Classroom Assessment, San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers

Boud, D. (1995) Enhancing Learning through Self-Assessment. London : Kogan Page

Brown, S. and Glasner, A. (eds) (1999) Assessment Matters in Higher Buckingham.Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press

(1995). International perspectives on academic assessment. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers

(1994). Assessment in education: principles, policy and practice. Abingdon, Oxon.: Carfax Publishing.

Journal article/portions of books

Knight, P. (2000) The Value of Programme-wide Approach to Assessment.
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. 25(3), 237-251

Yorke, M. (2001) Formative Assessment and its Relevance to Retention, Higher Education Research and Development. 20(2), 115-127

Boud, D. & Falchikov, N. (2006). Aligning assessment with long-term learning. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 31, (4), 399-413

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-Assessing Ideas, strategies and resources for quality student assessment

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Engaging students in learning

Journal article/portions of books

Biggs, J. (1999) What the Student Does: teaching for enhanced learning, Higher Education Research and Development, 18(1), 57-75

Marton, F., Dall'Alba, G., and Beaty, E. (1993). Conceptions of learning. International Journal of Educational Research, 19(3), 277-300

Schulman, L. (1999) "Taking Learning Seriously", Change, Vol 31 (4), p11-18

Trigwell, K. and Prosser, M. (1996) Changing Approaches to Teaching: A relational perspective. Studies in Higher Education, 21(3), 275-284

Kember, D., & Kwan, K. (2000). Lecturers’ approaches to teaching and their relationshipto conceptions of good teaching, Instructional Science, 28, 469-490.

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- Krause, K. (2005) Engaged, inert or otherwise occupied?

Deconstructing the 21st century undergraduate student.
Keynote presented at the James Cook University Symposium, 2005:
Sharing Scholarship in Learning and Teaching - Engaging Students.
James Cook University,QLD, 21-22 September 2005

-University of Glasgow: Approaches to small group learning and teaching

-Boomers & Gen-Xers, and Millennials: Understanding the “New Students”

-“Engage Me or Enrage Me” What Today’s Learners Demand

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E-learning

Books

Palloff, R.M., & Pratt, K. (1999). Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom. USA: Jossey-Bass.

Journal article/portions of books

Oliver, B. & Goerke, V. (2007). Australian undergraduates' use and ownership of emerging technologies: Implications and opportunities for creating engaging learning
experiences for the Net Generation. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. 2007, 23(2), 171-186.

Choy, S. O. & Ng, K. C. (2007). Implementing wiki software for supplementing online learning.Australasian Journal of Educational Technology.2007, 23(2), 209-226.

Chen, C. J. (2006). The design, development and evaluation of a virtual reality based learning environment. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology.2006, 22(1), 39-63

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-Teaching & Learning Resource Bank E-Portfolios

-E-Learning Resources from the Victorian Department of Education

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Scholarship of learning and teaching

Books

Boyer, E. (1990) Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate. New Jersey: The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Glassick, C., Huber, M. and Maeroff, G. (1997) Scholarship Assessed: evaluation of the professoriate. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass

Kember, D. (1992) Improving Teaching through Action Research. Campbelltown: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia

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-Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Learning & Teaching

-The Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Teaching large classes

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-Teaching Large Classes AUTC Project

-A Variety of Links about Teaching Large Classes

-A Survival Handbook of Teaching Large Classes

- Felder, M. Richard., (1997). Effective Teaching in Large Classes. 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI, June 1997

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Teaching studio-based classes

Journal article/portions of books

Green, N. L., & Bonollo, E. (2003), Studio-based teaching: history and advantages in the teaching of design. World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, 2, (2), 2003

Carbone, A., Lynch, K., Arnott, D. and Jamieson, P. (2001). Introducing a studio based learning environment into Information Technology. In L. Richardson and J.Lidstone (Eds), Flexible Learning for a Flexible Society, 106-114. Proceedings of ASET-HERDSA 2000 Conference,( http://www.aset.org.au/confs/aset-herdsa2000/procs/carbone.html)Toowoomba, Qld, 2-5 July 2000. ASET and HERDSA

Carbone, A., Lynch, K., Barnden, A., & Gonsalvez, C. (2002). Students' reactions to a studie-based teachilng a.2002 HERDSA Conference

Brocarto, K., & Franz, D. (2003). A Model for Studio-Based Learning in Teacher Education: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association (Biloxi, MS, November 5-7, 2003)

Student-centred learning

Journal article/portions of books

Fuller, R. (1998). Encouraging Active Learning at University, HERDSA News, 20 (3)

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-Student Centred Learning

-What is student-centred learning?

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Teaching First Year Students

Books

Game, A. ( 2003). The first year experience: start, stay, succeed at uni. Annandale, NSW: Federation Press

(2005).Achieving and sustaining excellence in the first year of college. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass

Journal article/portions of books

Krause, K. (2006).Transition to and through the first year: Strategies to enhance the student experience. Keynote presented at Inaugural Vice-Chancellor's Learning and Teaching Colloquium 2006. University of the Sunshine Coast, QLD, 31 May 2006

Tinto, V. (2003).Educational Co Presentation to Monash University Conference on Transition from Secondary School to University, 1995

Elliott, J. (1997).Early student withdrawal: The reasons students give for leaving the university. Proceedings of the 6th Annual Teaching Learning Forum, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia

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-First Year in Higher Education Conference

-FYHE Conference Past Papers

- DEST Report -The first year experience in Australian universities: Findings from a decade of national studies

- DEST Report -Stay, play or give it away? Students continuing, changing or leaving university study in their first year

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Teaching International Students

Books

Carroll, J. & Ryan, J. (2005) Teaching International Students: Improving Learning for All. London: Routledge

(2005). Learning in Cultural Context: family, peers, and school. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers

Biggs, J. (2003). Teaching for quality learning at university: what the student does. Buckingham; Philadelphia, Pa.: Society for Research into Higher Education: Open University Press

Dunne, E. (1999). The Learning Society: international perspectives of core skills in higher education. London: K. Page

Ballard, B. (1997). Teaching International Students: a brief guide for lecturers and supervisors. Deakin, ACT: IDP Education Australia

Biggs, J. (1999). Teaching International Students. Buckingham; Philadelphia, Pa.: Society for Research into Higher Education: Open University Press

Elliott, J. (1998). The curriculum expert: meeting the challenge of social change. Buckingham (England); Bristol, PA, USA.: Open University Press

Journal article/portions of books

Biggs, J (1997). Teaching across and within cultures: the issue of international students'. In Learning and teaching in higher education: advancing international perspectives. Proceedings of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Conference, 8-11 July 1997, pages 1-22

Nunan, D (1991). Language teaching methodology. UK: Prentice-Hall

Ballard, B and Clanchy, J (1997). Teaching international students: a brief guide for lecturers and supervisors. Deakin: IDP Education Australia

Leask, B. (2005).Internationalisation of the Curriculum and Intercultural Engagement – A Variety of Perspectives and Possibilities. Refereed Paper delivered to Australian International Education Conference (AIEC), Gold Coast, Australia

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-Teaching International Students Across the Curriculum Supporting Academic Listening/Speaking

-Teaching International Students: Some Tips

Life-long learning

Journal article/portions of books

Karmel, T., & Woods, D. (2004) Lifelong learning and older workers NCVER Report

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-Lifelong Learning in Australia

-Lifelong Learning: An Annotated Bibliography

Learning and teaching leadership

Journal article/portions of books

Hicks, O. (1999). Integration of central and departmental development - reflections from Australian universities. The International Journal for Academic Development 4(1), 43-51

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-Teaching, leadership & learning (DEST)

-Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

-Carrick Teaching & Learning Communities

-Curriculum Leadership – an electronic journal for leaders in education

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Giving students feedback on assessment

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-Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

Competency-based teaching in TAFE

Journal article/portions of books

Lowrie, T. (1999). Policy innovations in the VET sector: The role of instructors in a competency-based environment. Paper presented at the joint AARE/NZARE Conference "Global issues and effects: The challenge of educational research," Melbourne, December 1999

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-The Competency-Based Approach to Training

-Competency-based Teaching at RMIT

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