Our approach to teaching and learning
Building a culture of innovation
We are building a culture of innovation, through which our academic staff will be empowered to draw on digital innovations to advance their teaching practices, as our educators of the future.
We are South Australia’s biggest university and offer undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs in business, education, arts, social sciences, health sciences, information technology, engineering and the environment. Programs are designed with strong professional emphasis and in partnership with industry.
UniSA is committed to providing enhanced educational offerings and an outstanding student experience. Our focus over coming years will be to extend the support we provide to our students, through drawing on emerging digital technologies to provide more personalised and flexible learning opportunities for our students, locally and globally. We will continue to broaden access and opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds and will support our students to enhance their leadership capabilities and build social and professional networks.
Our Teaching and Learning Framework
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Curriculum design and delivery
Curriculum design and delivery
We design and deliver a curriculum that is practice-based and industry-informed.
UniSA designs and delivers a curriculum that is practice-based and industry-informed, within an educational environment that allows students to acquire the skills and knowledge they require for their future careers. Our students benefit from digitally enabled learning experiences, innovative and research-driven teaching approaches, and the opportunity for flexible and personalised study.
Enabling strategies, plans and services:
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Student equity and inclusion
Student equity and inclusion
We provide equitable access for students from diverse backgrounds.
UniSA builds social cohesion through providing equitable access and outcomes for students from diverse backgrounds. We are committed to becoming the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander University of Choice and provide our staff and students with opportunities to build their cultural awareness and understanding.
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Student experience
Student experience
We provide an outstanding student experience.
UniSA provides an outstanding student experience for all its students. We make available opportunities for our students to enhance their intercultural perspectives, build social networks, develop leadership and employability skills, and contribute to their local and global communities. A suite of support services are available for our students with different learning needs to facilitate their success.
Enabling strategies, plans and services:
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Academic staff professional development
Academic staff professional development
We support and develop our academic staff to motivate, challenge and stimulate students’ learning.
UniSA ensures its teachers motivate, challenge and stimulate students’ learning, with our research activity informing our teaching across our broad discipline profile. Teaching and learning excellence are at the centre point of our promotion criteria, performance management practices, and approaches to rewards and recognition for our academic staff.
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Teaching and learning spaces
Teaching and learning spaces
We provide industry and technology-driven teaching and learning spaces that stimulate and foster creativity and innovation.
UniSA provides state-of-the-art and technologically-enabled teaching and learning spaces that stimulate and foster creativity and innovation. Over 2015-2018 UniSA will invest more than $400m in teaching and learning infrastructure across our campuses, to support new models of learning and enhance connections between our campuses and with the community.
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Teaching and learning systems
Teaching and learning systems
Our systems deliver a flexible online learning and teaching environment.
Our systems to develop and deliver our online learning and teaching environments include learnonline, the Program and Course Management System (PCMS) and the Student Placement System (SPS).
learnonline
learnonline is the University's online learning environment, hosted in Moodle, and provides an integrated suite of tools which support teaching and learning at UniSA. Within learnonline staff have access to the following resources:
- Lecture recording and publishing
- Virtual classroom
- Course outline
- ePortfolio
- Turnitin
- myCourseExperience
Further information about learnonline
Program and Course Management System (PCMS)
The Program and Course Management System (PCMS) supports the administration of the University’s courses and programs, from program design and development, through to delivery.
Further information about the Program and Course Management System
InPlace
InPlace supports the administration of students’ professional and clinical work placements that are credit-bearing within their academic programs.
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Governance and policies
Governance and policies
Our academic policies and committees support the governance of our teaching and learning activities.
The committees and policies that govern the University’s teaching and learning strategic initiatives are:
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Digital Learning Strategy
By 2020 UniSA will be recognised internationally as a leading university for its use of innovative digital technologies to ensure a high quality student learning experience.
