Models of Engagement: Key characteristics

Fully Online

Your learning, your way

A flexible and supportive online learning experience that moves with you - designed to connect you with others, immerse you in purposeful learning and prepare you for your career, wherever you are.

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Course Structure

  • Entirely online across all course years.
  • At least 90% asynchronous workload, up to 10% planned synchronous.
  • No single-campus requirement.

Assessment & Feedback

  • Early assessments unweighted; programmatic feedback integrated.
  • Authentic, career-linked assessment twice yearly.
  • Secure authentication technologies as required.

Learning Experience

  • Strong teaching presence via sequenced interactions and media-rich content.
  • Focus on practical skills, industry relevance, peer collaboration, and cultural safety.
  • Tailored onboarding for digital confidence.

Staff Experience

  • Dedicated PD in online pedagogy and large cohort teaching.
  • Appropriate staff–student ratios for scalable online delivery.
  • Analytics to inform student progress and enable early intervention.

Technology & Access

  • Consistent LMS and collaboration tools.
  • Tools for virtual activities and simulations.
  • Embedded e-portfolios.
  • Inclusive design supporting diverse needs.

Support & Engagement

  • “Virtual campus” experience.
  • Dedicated online wellbeing program with proactive outreach.
  • 24-hour response to student queries.
  • Peer, course-based, and industry mentoring.
  • Virtual social events to counter isolation.

In-Person Immersive

You have to be there

A connected in person learning experience where you learn face to face, build lasting friendships and professional networks, and gain real world experience that prepares you for your career — all in inspiring regional campuses and community settings.

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Course Structure

  • In-person learning across all years and levels of the course.
  • Max. 25% online enrolments (e.g. electives).
  • ESOS/CRICOS compatibility.
  • Single campus location with regional and community focus~3 hours weekly scheduled synchronous activity per subject (more for lab-based subjects).

Assessment & Feedback

  • Aligned assessment across in-person and online components.
  • Authentic, career-linked assessment with attendance incentives.
  • Twice-yearly programmatic assessment with e-portfolio integration.
  • Scaffolded feedback and professional skill documentation throughout the course.

Learning Experience

  • Practical, clinical, and place-based teaching aligned with accreditation requirements.
  • Peer collaboration, cultural safety, and professional skill development prioritised.
  • Experiential learning using specialised facilities and VR/AR/AI technology.
  • Cohort building and onboarding to foster academic skills and belonging.

Staff Experience

  • PD focused on in-person pedagogy and large cohort strategies.
  • Staff–student ratios appropriate to hands-on learning.
  • Analytics used for early intervention and personalised support.

Technology & Access

  • Consistent LMS and ed-tech tools with BYOD support, reliable Wi-Fi, and device charging.
  • Industry-leading facilities designed for sustainability and student-centred learning.
  • E-portfolios embedded for professional development.
  • Lecture recordings used with care, not a substitute for attendance.

Support & Engagement

  • On-campus wellbeing and community-based activities integrated into student life.
  • Library central to support delivery, plus informal learning spaces.
  • Industry mentoring embedded on campus.
  • Social events and community-based activities to foster connection.

Combined

Learn online, connect in person

A balanced and integrated experience that blends flexible online study with immersive in-person learning — supporting your progress, your connections and your career goals, wherever you are.​

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Course Structure

  • In-person during set teaching periods, plus online study (discipline specific).
  • ESOS/CRICOS compatibility as appropriate.
  • Single campus, with options for intensives, fieldwork, remote sites.
  • Blend of async materials,  scheduled face-to-face sessions and workshops.

Assessment & Feedback

  • Aligned assessment across in-person and online components.
  • Authentic, career-focused tasks.
  • Twice-yearly programmatic assessment with e-portfolio integration.
  • Scaffolded feedback and professional skill documentation throughout the course.

Learning Experience

  • Intensive workshops with practical, hands-on learning.
  • Online group work, projects, peer review.
  • Place-based and community-based learning.
  • Specialised facilities and immersive tech (VR/AR/AI).
  • Cohort building and onboarding for in-person elements.

Staff Experience

  • PD in both in-person and online.
  • Staff–student ratios as appropriate.
  • Analytics used for early intervention and personalised support.

Technology & Access

  • Consistent LMS and ed-tech tools.
  • Technologies to support appropriate practical learning in online components.
  • E-portfolios embedded for professional development.
  • Lecture recordings used with care, not a substitute for attendance.

Support & Engagement

  • Wellbeing program for both on-campus and online.
  • 24-hour response to queries.
  • Course mentors for all students.
  • Intensives and industry engagement to build community.
  • Proactive online wellbeing support.

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