OLTC20001 - Design for Learning

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In Design for Learning, you will study learning design principles and processes within the context of tertiary and adult education. You will critically analyse evidence that will inform ongoing improvements to learning and teaching design. Using constructive alignment, you will develop skills around the characteristics and benefits of writing aligned and meaningful learning outcomes. You will develop a range of learning design artefacts that will help underpin future work in learning design. To enhance your personal learning, you will use reflective practice to examine your experiences to improve future performance.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-req = OLTC20003 - Nature of Learning and Teaching or OLTC20005 - Adult Learning in Practice

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2024

Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 0%
2. Written Assessment 0%

This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 94.29% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 73.47% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Students
Feedback
Some resources are a little old.
Recommendation
Update resources to ensure contemporary literature.
Action Taken
A review was undertaken and additional contemporary literature has been added where appropriate.
Source: Students
Feedback
Unclear assessment tasks.
Recommendation
Redevelop assessment tasks to ensure clarity of communication.
Action Taken
The assessment has been amended to provide more detail and scaffolding for students.
Source: Students
Feedback
There are a lot of readings.
Recommendation
Continue to refine and review reading material.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Critically analyse the constructive alignment of a learning design
  2. Recommend evidence-based improvements to learning design
  3. Create meaningful learning outcomes
  4. Design engaging learning informed by scholarship
  5. Apply the principles of reflective practice to enhance learning

N/A

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Written Assessment • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Knowledge • • • • •
2 - Communication • • • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • • • •
4 - Research • • •
5 - Self-management • •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • •
7 - Leadership • • •
8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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