This is a final report for a 1997 Staff Development Grant funded by the Committee for University Teaching and Staff Development. The report details the objectives and outcomes of the project and provides justification and educational rationale for the project development. Publicised as e.learning@mq within the university.
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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34 resources found.
The Seamless Integration of Web3D Technologies with University Curricula to Engage the Changing Student Cohort
University of Southern Queensland
2010
CQUniversity Australia
Closing the Gap in Curriculum Development Leadership
The University of Queensland
2010
Building a Stronger Future: Balancing Professional and Liberal Education Ideals in Tourism and Hospitality Education
Southern Cross University
2012
The University of Queensland, University of South Australia, Victoria University
Demonstration Project on Course Redesign and Academic Productivity
The University of Melbourne
2012
Australian Catholic University, James Cook University
A National Soil Science Curriculum in Response to the Needs of Students, Academic Staff, Industry, and the Wider Community
The University of Sydney
2012
The University of Adelaide, The University of Melbourne, The University of Queensland, The University of Western Australia
Curriculum Development in Studio Teaching
The University of New South Wales
2010
RMIT University, The University of Queensland, University of Tasmania
Graduate Qualities and Journalism Curriculum Renewal: Balancing Tertiary Expectations and Industry Needs in a Changing Environment
University of Wollongong
2014
Edith Cowan University, University of South Australia
Developing Capacity to Integrate IT into Higher Education Teaching and Learning
Macquarie University
2000
Teaching and Assessing Meta-attributes in Engineering: Identifying, Developing and Disseminating Good Practice
University of Tasmania
2009
Engineers Australia, Purdue University (USA), The University of Melbourne, The University of Queensland, The University of Sydney, University of Wollongong
Design Based Curriculum Reform Within Engineering Education
The University of Queensland
2011
Queensland University of Technology, The University of Melbourne, The University of New South Wales, The University of Sydney
Define Your Discipline (DYD)
University of Southern Queensland
2014
RMIT University, The University of Melbourne
Renewing the Sustainable Energy Curriculum: Providing Internationally Relevant Skills for a Carbon Constrained Economy
Murdoch University
2014
Queensland University of Technology, The Australian National University, The University of New South Wales, University of South Australia
Renewing the Curriculum to More Effectively Accommodate Clinical Rotation
Macquarie University
2012
University of Western Sydney
Curriculum Renewal for Evidence-based Practice: Implementing a Blended Learning Approach in Medicine
Monash University
2014
Bond University, University of Southern California (USA)
Curriculum Renewal for Evidence-based Practice in Australasian Optometry
The University of New South Wales
2014
Flinders University, Queensland University of Technology, The University of Auckland (NZ), The University of Melbourne, The University of Sydney
Curriculum Renewal in Exercise Science
Victoria University
2011
Australian Catholic University, The University of Queensland, The University of Sydney, University of Ballarat, University of Wollongong
Learning Outcomes and Curriculum Development in Australian Physiotherapy Education
The University of Melbourne
2005
Facilitating the Integration of Evidence Based Practice into Speech Pathology Curricula: A Scoping Study to Examine the Congruence Between Academic Curricula and Work Based Needs
The University of Sydney
2009
La Trobe University, Macquarie University, The University of Newcastle
This resource profiles two surveys that sought to elicit the views of a representative sample of academic staff and clinical educators in regards to the integration and application of evidence based practice (EBP) in speech pathology education. The gaps and challenges of incorporating EBP into curricula and clinical education and clearly discussed. The survey was undertaken in 2009 as a component of a project funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.
The resource, while focused on speech pathology education, will have broader application for a range of health professions where the challenge of integrating EBP into academic and clinical education is a perennial problem. The results of the survey, while not particularly surprising, are illuminative and identify some of the key issues that educators face in creating a culture where EBP is integral to contemporary practice rather than simply another academic 'subject'.
This resource can be accessed as a pdf document as part of the full report of the ALTC project. The full report also provides an interesting contextual discussion of the issues surrounding speech pathology education and EBP.
The strengths, challenges and recommendations sections of this resource will be valuable to those involved in health professional education.
The resource is succinct (14 pages) and written in plain English. Some of the tables included in the report, although relevant, will take some time to interpret.
The authors correctly identify the limitations of the approach taken in this study, ie potentially valuable student perspectives were not sought, and the surveys were based on self-report rather than observational/behavioural measures. The resource also mentions observation of four case studies but provides only limited discussion or analysis of this aspect of the study. However, the complete case studies are available as part of the full ALTC report, as are the surveys.
Benchmarking COMPASS® for Curriculum Renewal: Establishing Infrastructure and Collaborative Processes for Cross-Institutional Benchmarking of Student Clinical Performance in Speech Pathology
Flinders University
2011
James Cook University, La Trobe University, Speech Pathology Australia, The University of Newcastle, The University of Queensland, The University of Sydney
Enhancing Communication and Life Skills in Veterinary Students: Curriculum Development and Assessment of Methods
Murdoch University
2009
The University of Queensland, The University of Sydney
This 25-page report details how the project team developed communication skills resources for those who teach professional skills modules for veterinary students. If you are teaching veterinary students, either as a core lecturer or someone contributing to a module on professional skills, the Workbook that this team produced will be of the most help, and this report can give you additional confidence in using it. The core team, who are from three universities, make a compelling case in this report for the value of the material to veterinary students. It is evident that the authors have engaged someone who has a strong understanding of human communication and how to cultivate empathy with a client. There is discussion of the theory of emotional intelligence and similar factors that one must understand to address deficits in student training that the report identifies in the literature and in surveys of students. It is interesting to read about what their surveys found to be challenging in client consultations by male students but not as challenging by female students, and vice versa. Evidence is provided documenting the impact of the learning activities developed in this project on students, and that should provide you with confidence and rationale for employing these materials, as alluded to above. If you are not teaching veterinary students, and you are a lateral thinker, you could read into the efforts documented here how to create materials for your own discipline. I was considering how useful some of the insights provided could be in creating teaching strategies to use with students in engineering, for example. If you would like to understand the study results in depth, it would be handy to have a communication specialist to consult. Note that not everything in this report will prove to be useful. There is a collection of research outcomes and theoretical justifications that could be handy as background information, but they are not essential for employing the actual teaching materials, which are in the Workbook.
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