Course Summary
This online micro-credential is developed for Higher Education staff involved in unit and course development and provides guidance in the embedding of First Nations cultural content and perspectives across CQUniversity courses in line with the First Nations Curriculum Framework (2025). Within this micro-credential, you will develop the knowledge and skills to successfully embed First Nations cultural content and perspectives both vertically across degree courses, and horizontally across units, and gain an understanding of the minimum recommended volume of First Nations curriculum as per CQUniversity’s First Nations Curriculum Framework (2025). Teachers in Vocational Education and Training programs may also find modules of this micro-credential beneficial.
This micro-credential is aligned with CQUniversity's Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan (2025-2028), Action 10: Continue to integrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges and cultural content and perspectives into the University curriculum, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Upon completion of this micro-credential, you will be awarded a digital badge and certificate of completion, which can be shared to social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio. What is a Digital Badge?
Requirements - To Be Eligible
For your application to be considered, you must meet the following entry requirements.
Entry RequirementsThere are no specific entry requirements. This micro-credential is designed for CQUniversity Staff, and can be accessed via EMPower Learning. Please note it may take up to 48 hours for your micro-credential completion to be reflected in EMPower Learning.
Course Details
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Not Applicable |
Student Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations
Undertaking this micro-credential may enable participants to meet their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the micro-credential, participants will be awarded a non-creditable micro-credential Digital Badge and a Certificate of Completion.
Study Mode Definitions
- Online: Online courses provide the flexibility to study without normally requiring a student to visit a campus. Course content is studied through a number of means including the use of online discussion forums, electronic library resources, by contacting lecturers and teachers, and receiving study materials online/electronically. Work integrated learning, including placements, may be included in some courses.
- On-campus: Students studying in on-campus mode typically are expected to attend and participate in regular, structured on-campus teaching and learning activities throughout the University’s academic term. These activities may include lectures, tutorials, workshops and practice, online or other activities and normally will be timetabled at a CQUniversity campus or approved delivery site.
- Mixed Mode: Students studying in mixed mode will participate in a combination of online learning activities in addition to site-specific learning activities, which may include residential schools, co-op placements and/or work-integrated learning as a compulsory requirement of a unit. The additional site-specific learning activities are what differentiates a mixed-mode unit from an online unit.
*All study modes may include Vocational placement and/or work integrated learning.
Select a course structure below to view the delivery details, including the different study modes offered for each structure.
Course Assessment Information
Credit transfer - If credit for relevant formal qualifications is sought, then the process will be actioned after the student has enrolled in at least one unit of competency as directed by the relevant trainer/assessor. The Trainer/Assessor will work with the student on their credit transfer application, and provide advice and support as necessary.
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- Identify the driving strategies, plans and frameworks to embedding First Nations content across CQUniversity curriculum
- Outline the key design features of CQUniversity's First Nations Curriculum Framework (2025) and its application to the embedding of First Nations cultural content across the CQUniversity curriculum
- Review curriculum options and implications to embedding First Nations cultural content across the CQUniversity curriculum
- Reflect on curriculum possibilities through community engagement
- Identify examples of best practice in embedding First Nations cultural content across CQUniversity curriculum
- Outline the strategic approaches to the embedding of First Nations cultural content across CQUniversity