Academic Staff Development
The CTLC offers a range of opportunities to support your academic, teaching and curriculum development.
See Events and Program calendar for list of all scheduled events.
- Effective Teaching for Higher Learning: Practical, Research-based Strategies (or the 3 day workshop) is an orientation to the principles and practices of curriculum, teaching and learning at La Trobe. The 3 day workshop is held several times, and at different regional campuses, throughout the year.
- Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Curriculum, Teaching and Learning is a two-year part time postgraduate award course for staff interested in learning more about improving student learning.
- Tutors and Demonstrators are supported in their roles and responsibilities through a number of workshops, usually held in the week before each semester begins. In 2011, specific workshops will support the implementation of the first year of Design for Learning.
- LMS Training Sessions (including Respondus and Turnitin) support you with the design and development of a web presence for your subject. In 2011, the university will formally adopt Moodle as its LMS platform.
- Audio-Visual and Lecture theatre Training Sessions (including videoconferencing and Lectopia) provide an orientation to, and hands-on practice of, the various technology and equipment in lecture theatres around the campus.
- The Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Colloquium is held in December each year and provides the university community with an opportunity to share best practice and celebrate its curriculum, teaching and learning achievements each year.
From time to time, the CTLC offers customised workshops to support Faculty, School and Department curriculum, teaching and learning initiatives. Contact the following CTLC faculty liaison for further discussion:
- Faculty of Education: John Hannon
- Faculty of Health Sciences: John Hannon or Dr Judith Lyons
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences: Dr Tai Peseta
- Faculty of Law & Management: Annie Holdsworth
- Faculty of Science, Technology & Engineering: Dr Judith Lyons
Evaluation reports
The CTLC seeks feedback from participants at workshops so that continual improvement is made to programs offered to La Trobe staff. Summaries of the academic staff development workshop feedback forms are updated on this page regularly.
- 2010 Workshops (PDF 271KB)
- 2009 Workshops (DOC 290KB)