ULT Course Information

Below is a brief summary of the course. Please see the ULT Course Guide for detailed information.

Contents

Introduction
The Teaching Team
Unit Descriptions
Assessment
Indicative Workshop Program 2006 (.pdf)

Introduction

The University Learning and Teaching (ULT) Course is offered to all University of Wollongong academic teaching staff and casual teaching staff through the Centre for Educational Development and Interactive Resources (CEDIR) at no cost.

The ULT Course is comprised of three units:

Unit 1: The Teaching Skills workshops
Unit 2: The Learning Through Teaching Project (LTTP)
Unit 3: A relevant scholarly project negotiated with the ULT Unit 3 Coordinator

Staff who complete the ULT Course may apply for 8 credit points within the Faculty of Education's Graduate Certificate in Higher Education.

The ULT Course is designed to be completed over one or two sessions. An extension beyond two sessions may be granted where requested.

 The Teaching Team

We welcome you to the University Learning and Teaching (ULT) Course and look forward to working with you. We hope that you will feel the excitement and challenge of exploring the theory and practice of teaching and learning within a supportive professional environment

	ULT Course Coordinator and Unit 1 Coordinator Gordon Joughin Senior Lecturer, Educational Development, CEDIR Level 1, Building 20 Phone (02) 4221 4695 Fax: (02) 4225 8312 Email: gordonj@uow.edu.au
	Unit 2 Coordinator Maureen Bell Senior Lecturer, Educational Development, CEDIR Level 1, Building 20 Phone (02) 4221 3946 Email: maureen_bell@uow.edu.au
	Unit 3 Coordinator Gerry Lefoe Senior Lecturer, Educational Development, CEDIR Level 1, Building 20 Phone (02) 4221 3193 Email: gerry_lefoe@uow.edu.au

General enquiries should be directed to cedir@uow.edu.au or call ext 3140.
Registration forms are available online at:
http://www.uow.edu.au/cedir/ult/UOW013230.html

Unit Descriptions

Unit 1: Teaching Skills Workshops Program

The workshop program is designed to provide immediate and practical assistance to academics new to the University of Wollongong to enable them to start their own exploration of teaching in higher education. Workshops are interactive and include discussion, experiential and interactive learning. The workshop activities culminate in the Teaching Practice session in which each participant plans and facilitates a learning activity for a small group of collegues in the course and is given feedback on the activity.

Attendance at the workshops is required for course completion.

Dubai participants:

Alternative activities may be substituted for some workshops. Information will be provided by the Dubai ULT Course Facilitator.

Unit 2: Learning Through Teaching Project (LTTP)

How are our students experiencing our teaching? Are these experiences helping them to learn effectively? What evidence do we have that our teaching is effective? How can we teach more effectively?

The LTTP provides the opportunity to ask these questions, to find answers and to act. This unit is based on cycles of peer observation, feedback and reflection. It is a career development opportunity to explore the teaching-research nexus and develop a Learning - Teaching Portfolio. Rather than a portfolio of your teaching accomplishments, the Learning - Teaching Portfolio needs to be limited to those reflective tasks undertaken in the unit.

In the LTTP you work with a Support Colleague from your faculty who will:

• observe you teaching over two classes;
• provide an opportunity for you to observe and discuss one of their classes; and
• discuss each of these sessions with you after each class.

Before the session begins we encourage you to identify appropriate colleagues within your Department, School or Faculty and explore their willingness to undertake this role. It is important to choose someone who is a relatively experienced teacher (with at least two years of full time teaching at UOW) and who has the personal skills to be a 'critical friend'.

LTTP Handbook

ULT Unit 2 Report Proforma

Unit 3: Negotiated Project

This project explores the nexus between teaching, learning, assessment and evaluation through a negotiated independent study project of a scholarly nature.

Negotiated Project Handbook (.pdf)

 Assessment

Attendance at workshops is a requirement for course completion. Your participation in the course is required in order to meet the collegial learning aims of the ULT Course. Results are recorded as either 'ungraded pass' or 'fail'.

Assessment task 1: Teaching Practice

Report on Teaching Practice Session

This report comprises your teaching plan for your teaching practice session in which you teach a small group of ULT Course colleagues and a written reflection on feedback received from your colleagues and facilitator. This report must be satisfactorily completed in order to complete Unit 1.

Assessment task 2: Learning Through Teaching Portfolio

A           Interim Report
B           Final Report

Please refer to the LTTP Handbook for detailed information.

Assessment task 3: Negotiated Study Project

Assessment criteria are negotiated with the ULT Unit 3 Coordinator.

Unsatisfactory work may be re-submitted.