Supporting Course Coordinators

Shane Dawson

Learning and Teaching Unit

Transitions and Plans

Role of the course coordinator

Transitions and Plans

LearnOnline PCMS

Blended

Flipped classrooms

Work-integrated Assessment

Support

Lecture recordings

Research

Induction Curriculum

Assessment

Learning and Teaching Unit

Learning and Teaching Unit

• Established in 2008 – but many iterations

• Academic Learning Services

• Student Learning Services

• 4 campus based locations

• Central office at 160 Currie St

• LTU web site http://w3.unisa.edu.au/ltu/

Learning and Teaching Unit

Careers Services

Counselling Services

Disability Services

International Student Services

Student experience

L3: Language, Literacies & Learning

Research Education & Research Degrees

Teaching in Higher Education

Technology Enhanced Learning

LTU staff services include:

• Academic development

– Professional development

• Teaching@UniSA

• Tutoring@UniSA – for sessional staff

• Workshops

– Grants and Awards

• UniSA teaching awards and grants

• OLT teaching awards and grants

• Research and Innovation

– CLAS; Learning analytics; informal/ formal learning; work-

integrated learning; learning spaces

– Funding opportunities

LTU staff services include:

Divisional Support

• Academic developer and Online education designers

• These positions: – report to the Division Dean Teaching and Learning

– focus on Division priorities and curriculum issues including

graduate qualities and AQF compliance

– Undertake curriculum development

– Assist with training and support resources

Technology Enhanced Learning

The Learning and Teaching Unit:

– learnonline

– Program and Course Management System (PCMS)

– Student Placement Systems (SPS).

Support UniSA staff by:

– Provide training for learnonline

– Provide learnonline Help Desk support

– Develop online resources

– Assist with curriculum development and resources

L3 Language, Literacies and Learning for

students

All students can access L3 support

– online resources http://resource.unisa.edu.au/course/view.php?id=3613

– Workshops; 1:1 student assistance; ELSAT (English Language

Self-Assessment Tool)

L3 team can provide the following for academic staff:

– Identify the literacy demands in courses and programs

– Curriculum development

– Design customised resources to scaffold literacy development

– Workshops and training

Learning support

• Working with students

• Learning advisers

• International student officers

• Counsellors

• Disability advisers

• Career Services

• Research Education

Referring students

Staff are able to refer students to the LTU when

there is a concern for: – their academic progress

– an academic integrity issue (provided you are an Academic

Integrity Officer)

– their well-being or health, including mental health, a disability or

medical condition that may be impacting their study

– e-referral form http://w3.unisa.edu.au/ltu/contact/referral.asp

Learning and Teaching Unit

• Questions?

• Overview site http://w3.unisa.edu.au/ltu/

• Shane.dawson@unisa.edu.au