Course Title: Innovations in Tertiary Learning & Teaching
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Innovations in Tertiary Learning & Teaching
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
TCHE2571 |
RMIT University Vietnam |
Postgraduate |
810P Office of the Exec Dean, RMITV |
Internet |
Viet1 2017, Viet3 2018, Viet2 2019, Viet1 2020 |
TCHE2689 |
RMIT Vietnam Hanoi Campus |
Postgraduate |
810P Office of the Exec Dean, RMITV |
Internet |
Viet1 2020 |
Course Coordinator: Glen O'Grady
Course Coordinator Phone: +84 8 3776 2164
Course Coordinator Email: glen.ogrady@rmit.edu.vn
Course Coordinator Location: Saigon South
Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Participants will be higher education professionals or academic staff who do not have an equivalent teaching qualification and whose professional practice may involve teaching, curriculum design, academic development or learning support. As a practitioner, you will have an understanding of the tertiary education context. You will be employed in a capacity that allows you to access learning and assessment environments.
Course Description
Building on the concept of constructive alignment and good feedback practices, you will examine contemporary teaching approaches and technological tools that are conducive to creating inclusive and engaging learning experiences. You will use the insights you develop to create a task or learning experience and reflect on and review your practice in one of the courses you teach.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course aligns to the following program learning outcomes:
- Employ appropriate digital skills and theoretical knowledge to design effective learning outcomes, learning activities and assessment in tertiary teaching.
- Apply analytical decision making techniques to enhance student engagement and learning.
- Problem solve effectively and apply sustainable practices related to tertiary teaching.
- Critically reflect on your own work and apply logical and critical thinking in resolving learning and teaching issues in tertiary education contexts.
- Operate ethically and sensitively in international and intercultural educational contexts.
- Critically research, analyse and evaluate theoretical knowledge about approaches to learning responsive to diversity of learners.
- Undertake research and professionally communicate theoretical positions about teaching practice and effective student learning using educational discourses.
Upon successful completion of this course you will be equipped to
- Describe, critically analyze and evaluate your current teaching approaches drawing upon educational literature and your past and current practice.
- Analyse key innovative teaching methods and approaches and explore how these can inform your own teaching practice now or in the future
- Design effective tasks and learning experiences for offline or online delivery that use appropriate innovative pedagogies and technologies to enhance learning
Overview of Learning Activities
This course will be delivered fully online.
Overview of Learning Resources
All of the multimodal learning resources (videos, podcasts, visual material, readings) used in this course will be provided in or linked to directly from the Learning Management System. As an enrolled student of RMIT University you will also be provided with access via the internet to the RMIT Library databases and online facilities. Assistance is available from RMIT librarians in searching and navigating the online content.
Overview of Assessment
The assessment for this course is designed to help you reflect on and develop your teaching and learning practice through activities that build on issues discussed and experienced in the course. The assessment tasks, their weighting and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows: Assessment Task 1: 40% - Linked CLOs: 1 Assessment Task 2: 30% - Linked CLOs: 2, 3 Assessment Task 3: 30% - Linked CLOs: 2, 3 Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.