Learning and Teaching at CSU
Professor Garry Marchant
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
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The learning and teaching challenge at CSU
The disengagement compact in higher ed
Performance on national data shows CSU is below
the average for the sector
Retention rates show CSU continues to struggle in
taking students through to the completion of the
degree
These issues are amplified in institutions that have
a high proportion of students who study by
distance
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The objectives for curriculum, learning and teaching at CSU
• Learner centred focussed on advancing learning outcomes with
learners actively constructing their own knowledge. In learner
centred teaching the teacher guides, facilitates and promotes
learning
• Create an engaged active community of learners focussed on deep
learning in each course irrespective of mode
• Reputation for quality learning and teaching using online flexible
learning as the anchor in on-campus, distance and workplace
learning
• Known for innovation and excellence-at-scale in the CLT space with
the development of a unique innovative CSU model of CLT
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The Changing Nature of Academic Work
1. Content is no longer king for learning and teaching
(more is not better)
2. Empowering students and giving up control
3. Focus on knowledge curation
4. Collaborative process of curriculum design and
renewal
5. Academics must be team leaders, managing large
multi-disciplinary teams
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Smart Learning: The model for CLT at CSU
1. Focussed on learning, the learner and the desired
learning outcomes
2. Collaborative, design-focussed curriculum renewal
process
3. Enabled by technology- a set of smart tools that ensure
a consistent CSU approach to learning and teaching and
provide learning analytics that allow for an adaptive
approach to learning and teaching
4. Driven by innovative approaches to learning and
teaching and the spread of that innovation across CSU
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What is Smart Learning
Smart Learning is a five-year organizational
change project to build and implement a sector
leading learning and teaching model and online
learning strategy at CSU.
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Smart Learning Project
1. Building a new way of designing, developing, implementing
and evaluating courses.
2. Creating a software system for learning design, development,
implementation and evaluation.
3. Developing a new regulatory and approval process for
securing and maintaining courses of the highest quality.
4. Developing a new organizational design to support the
learning and teaching model based on the theory of selforganizing systems.
5. The development of a new teaching and learning analytics
system.
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Why Smart Learning
1. Creating a Responsive University in a time of
rapid change
2. Leading with Learning and Teaching
3. Building a genuine “Educational Technology”
4. Distinguishing CSU as a sector leader
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