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Professional Development for Online University Teaching
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Gregory, Janet; Salmon, Gilly – Distance Education, 2013
Almost every higher education institution is challenged to develop increasing numbers of staff to teach online or blended modes of learning. The process needs to be rapid, cost-effective and lead directly to practical outcomes. From our experience, we had little time, opportunity or the need to start from scratch, and we chose to adopt and adapt a…
Descriptors: Online Courses, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Blended Learning
Place and Sustainability Literacy in Schools and Teacher Education
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Somerville, Margaret; Green, Monica – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
The development of sustainability literate teachers has been identified as a key challenge for the implementation of education for sustainability in Australian schools (Skamp, 2010) and elsewhere (Nolet, 2009). This paper reports on the first year of a participatory action research project that investigates the learning of school teachers, teacher…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Foreign Countries, Participatory Research, Action Research
Managing Projects for Change: Contextualised Project Management
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Tynan, Belinda; Adlington, Rachael; Stewart, Cherry; Vale, Deborah; Sims, Rod; Shanahan, Peter – Journal of Distance Education, 2010
This paper will detail three projects which focussed on enhancing online learning at a large Australian distance education University within a School of Business, School of Health and School of Education. Each project had special funding and took quite distinctive project management approaches, which reflect the desire to embed innovation and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Distance Education
Models of Learning Support in Victorian Universities: Issues and Implications.
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McLean, Patricia; And Others – Higher Education Research and Development, 1995
A study investigated models of faculty instructional support offered in universities in Victoria (Australia), including support unit location, sources of funding, nature of the support offered (for example, discipline-specific workshops, materials development, accredited courses, and study skills course components), student population receiving…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Faculty Development, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Educational Development Units: Aiming for a Balanced Approach to Supporting Teaching.
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Johnston, Sue – Higher Education Research and Development, 1997
Discusses the role of educational development units (EDUs), which support improvement of teaching in Australian universities, focusing on the tension between the individual faculty consultation function and the unit's role at an institutional level. Suggests these two levels of action should be considered complementary and necessary. Describes…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Consultation Programs, Educational Quality, Educational Trends
Teaching Externally. A Handbook for the Guidance of Staff. 2nd Edition.
Scriven, Bruce – 1986
This guide was prepared for staff members responsible for preparing materials for a program of external teaching at Brisbane College of Advanced Education. It includes information on the planning, development, and production of teaching units, including instructional design guidelines for: clarifying goals and objectives; maximizing student…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Planning, External Degree Programs, Faculty Development