Affiliations
Internal
The Flexible Learning Institute has links with a number of units at various levels throughout the University, spanning Faculties, Schools, Academics, Students, Divisions, the Education for Practice Institute, CSU Committees (Learning and Teaching Committee), Faculty of Education Committees (Flexible Learning Working Group) and SNI Network (Promoting Excellence Initiative).
External
The FLI is involved in the following partnerships:
Advisory Board - Institute of Teaching and Learning at Deakin University , Australia.
Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (Ascilite) Executive member and President, 2009. Ascilite is one of the leading educational technology associations in Australasia.
Research Committee of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT). ALT is a UK-wide professional and scholarly association which promotes good practice in the use of learning technology in education and industry, represents members in areas of policy, and facilitates collaboration between practitioners, researchers, and policy makers.
CSU Committees
- Division of Information Technology – Governing Board
- Organisational development – Leadership in L&T
(CELT, EFPI, FLI, CSU Degree Initiative) - Conference Organization in 2008 and 2009 related
to Flexible Learning and Teaching
Evaluation & presentations (FULT, TTC, GULT)
- Development of resources for FULT
- Evaluation of teaching & learning options
- Presentations on Flexible L&T within FULT & TTC
- Affordances (spaces for teaching and learning that
foster particular interactions e.g. group discussion
F2F (verbal discussion); group discussion online
(written discussion)