Welcome to La Trobe's teaching and learning website. On this site, you will be able to learn about La Trobe's University-wide program of curriculum review and renewal, access 'Effective Teaching Guides' on a range of topics, and locate information on flexible and online learning, assessment and feedback, higher education scholarship and research and grants and awards. These Effective Teaching Guides were written by the Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Centre.
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.