Resource Library

The Resource Library contains a collection of higher education learning and teaching materials flowing from projects funded by the Commonwealth of Australia including those from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.

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8 resources found.

Leadership and the Impact of Academic Staff Development and Leadership Development on Student Learning Outcomes in Higher Education: A Review of the Literature

Deborah Southwell, Wendy Morgan
Queensland University of Technology
2009
Queensland University of Technology

This report explores the existing evidence of the effect on student learning outcomes in undergraduate higher education study of:
1. Staff/professional development
2. Leadership
3. Leadership development.

 

As the main focus of this report is not on leadership per se but on the impact of leadership on the student learning outcomes of retention, persistence and achievement, we primarily looked at evidence for that impact rather than on leadership generally.

Report Download Document (3.93 MB)

Good Practice Report: Curriculum Renewal

Bhuva Narayan, Sylvia Edwards
Australian Learning and Teaching Council Limited
2011
Australian Learning and Teaching Council Limited

This good practice report, commissioned by the ALTC, provides a summative evaluation of useful outcomes and good practices from ALTC projects and fellowships on curriculum renewal. The report contains:

  • a summative evaluation of the good practices and key outcomes for teaching and learning from completed ALTC projects and fellowships
  • a literature review of the good practices and key outcomes for teaching and learning from national and international research
  • the proposed outcomes and resources for teaching and learning which will be produced by current incomplete ALTC projects and fellowships
  • identifies areas in which further work or development are appropriate.
Queensland University of Technology
Report Download Document (990.05 KB)

Good Practice Report: Student Transition into Higher Education

Trevor Gale, Stephen Parker
Australian Learning and Teaching Council Limited
2011
Australian Learning and Teaching Council Limited

This good practice report, commissioned by the ALTC, provides a summative evaluation of useful outcomes and good practices from ALTC projects and fellowships on student transition into higher education. The report contains:

  • a summative evaluation of the good practices and key outcomes for teaching and learning from completed ALTC projects and fellowships
  • a literature review of the good practices and key outcomes for teaching and learning from national and international research
  • the proposed outcomes and resources for teaching and learning which will be produced by current incomplete ALTC projects and fellowships
  • identifies areas in which further work or development are appropriate.
Deakin University, University of South Australia
Report Download Document (976.92 KB)

Good Practice Report: Technology-Enhanced Learning and Teaching

Mike Keppell, Gordon Suddaby, Natasha Hard
Australian Learning and Teaching Council Limited
2011
Australian Learning and Teaching Council Limited

This good practice report, commissioned by the ALTC, provides a summative evaluation of useful outcomes and good practices from ALTC projects and fellowships on technology-enhanced learning and teaching. The report contains:

  • a summative evaluation of the good practices and key outcomes for teaching and learning from completed ALTC projects and fellowships
  • a literature review of the good practices and key outcomes for teaching and learning from national and international research
  • the proposed outcomes and resources for teaching and learning which will be produced by current incomplete ALTC projects and fellowships
  • identifies areas in which further work or development are appropriate.

 

Report Download Document (1.24 MB)

Good Practice Report: Blended Learning

Helen Partridge, Deborah Ponting, Meryl McCay
Australian Learning and Teaching Council Limited
2011
Australian Learning and Teaching Council Limited

This good practice report, commissioned by the ALTC, provides a summative evaluation of useful outcomes and good practices from ALTC projects and fellowships on blended learning. The report contains:

  • a summative evaluation of the good practices and key outcomes for teaching and learning from completed ALTC projects and fellowships
  • a literature review of the good practices and key outcomes for teaching and learning from national and international research
  • the proposed outcomes and resources for teaching and learning which will be produced by current incomplete ALTC projects and fellowships
  • identifies areas in which further work or development are appropriate.
Report Download Document (885.75 KB)

Good Practice Report: English Language Proficiency

Sophie Arkoudis, Lachlan Doughney
The University of Melbourne
2014
The University of Melbourne
Report (PDF format) Download Document (368.65 KB)
Report (Microsoft Word format) Download Document (289.5 KB)

Good Practice Report: Work-Integrated learning

Janice Orrell
Australian Learning and Teaching Council Limited
2011
Australian Learning and Teaching Council Limited

This good practice report, commissioned by the ALTC, provides a summative evaluation of useful outcomes and good practices from ALTC projects and fellowships on work integrated learning. The report contains:

  • a summative evaluation of the good practices and key outcomes for teaching and learning from completed ALTC projects and fellowships
  • a literature review of the good practices and key outcomes for teaching and learning from national and international research
  • the proposed outcomes and resources for teaching and learning which will be produced by current incomplete ALTC projects and fellowships
  • identifies areas in which further work or development are appropriate.
Report Download Document (1.16 MB)

‘Can’t Be What You Can’t See’: The Transition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students into Higher Education

Lyn Henderson-Yates, Patrick Dodson, Marguerite Maher, Bruce Gorring, Sue Thomas, Judith Wilks, Katie Wilson, Terri Hughes, Stephen Kinnane, Neil Drew, Keith McNaught, Kevin Watson
The University of Notre Dame Australia
2014
The University of Notre Dame Australia
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Southern Cross University
Final report Download Document (1.64 MB)
Literature review Download Document (2.85 MB)