Global Utilities

La Trobe University
Curriculum, Teaching and Learning

Curriculum Design

Curriculum design of courses at La Trobe ensures that intended learning outcomes, teaching and learning activities, assessments and learning resources are aligned to promote high quality student learning and academic success.

Teaching Resources & Guides

Effective teaching resources and guides provide an introduction to university teaching, as well as practical teaching hints and tips for the classroom, based on both scholarship and practice.

Flexible & Online Learning

Flexible approaches to teaching and learning use strategies and technologies that meet diverse student learning needs, including the location and time of study.

Assessment & Feedback

Assessment frames student learning and achievements and influences students’ experience in higher education.  Effective teaching guides on assessment and feedback provide strategies for designing effective assessment within the curriculum.

Evaluating your teaching

Evaluation of teaching is a way to understand how teaching has an effect on student learning.  Evaluation requires the gathering of information, analysis and interpretation for the purpose of improving the quality of teaching.

Professional Development

Professional development for teaching and learning is an important aspect to both personal skills development and careers advancement at La Trobe. There is a range of opportunities to engage in professional development for teaching at La Trobe.

Higher Education Scholarship & Research

Higher Education research is a vibrant and active field of study. There are several ways in which La Trobe staff can actively participate in the scholarship of higher education.

Grants & Awards

La Trobe University supports teaching and learning through a range of grants, awards and fellowships. University awards are designed to link with National teaching award and grant programs.