Teaching and Learning
Teaching
and Learning
Since 1993, the University has used a framework to guide the development of teaching and learning priorities and emphases. A new framework which builds on earlier commitments but accommodates the changing context of higher education and seeks to position the University as dynamic, progressive and responsive to the range of stakeholders who have legitimate interests in higher education and its graduates, was approved by Academic Board in June 2007. The framework now shapes teaching and learning planning at UniSA.
The new framework’s principal function is to indicate the key elements of our teaching and learning activity and the relationships between them. It indicates a coherent process linking intentions, implementation activity, outcomes and reflections on improvements. In this, it is not unlike a quality assurance process.
UniSA has a commitment to graduate qualities, which reflect a world-wide movement within educational institutions such as universities. There is a deliberate focus on the development of particular student outcomes through educational programs. A number of different terms are used to refer to these outcomes including graduate qualities, graduate outcomes, graduate attributes, generic qualities and transferable or key skills.
Teaching and learning strategy
The University's Teaching and Learning Strategy will be revised in 2011 and updated each year as part of the corporate planning process. The Strategy is used by academic Divisions as a basis for setting priorities in annual planning. The University's distinctive approach to teaching and learning is articulated in its Teaching and Learning Framework.
Further information about UniSA’s teaching and learning framework can be found at: www.unisa.edu.au/teachinglearning/
The Learning and Teaching Unit
The Learning and Teaching Unit (LTU) provides a range of services and resources for undergraduate and higher degree by research students as well as staff. Student-focused services include language and learning development, counselling, career services, disability and international student services, and research education support. The LTU also provides a range of services and resources for academic staff to assist them with their teaching and supervision of higher degree by research students. The Learning and Teaching Unit’s website is www.unisa.edu.au/ltu/
Deans: Teaching and Learning
The University's Deans: Teaching and Learning provide institution-wide and Division-focused leadership, promoting and supporting the distinctive teaching and learning agenda and priorities of the University: www.unisa.edu.au/teachinglearning/strategy/teachlearn.asp