Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

What is this course about?

The Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education offers a formal qualification in learning and teaching in higher education that will provide opportunities to strengthen learning and teaching theory and practice.

About the course

The course will engage learners with a broad view of learning and teaching, as well as developments in their discipline and professional practice communities. Students will strengthen their capacity to engage in, and contribute to, debates and improvements in their institutions and to national and international scholarly discussion.

The objectives of the course are to enable graduates to:

  • teach in a range of ways including blended learning and learning for the professions
  • implement student-centred and inclusive learning practices and create student-centred and inclusive learning environments
  • demonstrate continued commitment to development through reflective practices in learning and teaching in higher education using a range of evidence
  • undertake systematic scholarly inquiry into learning and teaching in higher education
  • describe, analyse and critique developments in the higher education sector in Australia and overseas and the implications for their own institution
  • design a teaching curriculum and develop learning materials
  • design a range of assessment strategies to meet student outcomes
  • assess students to meet institutional reporting, moderation and reporting requirements and feedback
  • apply their learning from the course to their specific discipline context(s)
  • draw on a range of theoretical positions and research evidence to inform their practice
  • make a contribution to a sharing of knowledge and development within communities of colleagues
  • develop expertise in specific aspects of learning and teaching in higher education
  • articulate a personal philosophy of learning and teaching in higher education
  • evaluate teaching and curriculum.

 

Campus

Bathurst

Duration

1 year by distance education

Graduation requirements

To graduate, students must successfully complete 32 points.

Residential schools

Residential schools involved in this course will provide:

  1. Scaffolding opportunities for participants to complete their subject assessments
  2. Space for scholarly interchange regarding learning and teaching
  3. Opportunity for the creation of a community of practice.

 

Course structure

More information about subjects and course structure.


Admission requirements

To study this course, you will need to indicate your likelihood of success through previous studies and other attainments and experience.

Cost of study

When weighing up the costs of study, consider the benefits of having the qualification you need to achieve your personal and professional goals.

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At a glance

Study Mode

Distance education

Where

Bathurst

When

Session 1; Session 2

Level

Postgraduate

Duration

1 year by distance education

International?

YES

Indicative ATAR

N/A

How to apply

Admission code/s

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