ED5301 - Curriculum Design and Assessment Practices in Higher Education
[To be introduced in JCU Brisbane in 2014]
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Education |
Available to Graduate Certificate of Education and other Masters students.
This subject explores a range of teaching and learning approaches for improving student learning outcomes through subject and course design. These include assessment design, problem-based learning, work integrated learning, reflective practice and resource-based learning in contemporary face-to-face and flexible learning environments. A focus is on student-centred learning in response to changing institutional contexts. Assessment in this subject, as for all subjects in the Graduate Certificate of Education, will be graded as satisfactory or unsatisfactory.
Learning Outcomes
- explore the potential of learning design in different contexts, for example, in face to face, e-learning and distance learning;
- apply effective teaching, learning and assessment strategies to the design, delivery and evaluation of teaching in a range of contexts;
- critically engage with institutional and national policy and practice in the context of a rapidly changing educational environment.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think laterally and be original;
- The ability to conceptualise problems;
- The ability to conceptualise and evaluate a range of potential solutions to relevant problems;
- The ability to encompass and use methods and conceptual advances in areas of knowledge cognate to their central area(s) of expertise;
- The potential to lead and contribute to projects effectively and efficiently.
| Prerequisites: | ED5300 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2013 | |
| Non-standard start/end 22-Jul-2013 to 22-Nov-2013 | |
| Face to face teaching (22 to 24 July 2013 intensive plus online participation) | |
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| Assessment: | subject/course design project (60%); e-learning development (40%). |
| Cairns, Limited, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2013 | |
| Non-standard start/end 15-Jul-2013 to 22-Nov-2013 | |
| Face to face teaching (15 to 17 July 2013 intensive plus online participation) | |
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| Assessment: | subject/course design project (60%); e-learning development (40%). |
| JCU Singapore, Limited, Study Period 55 | |
| Census Date 13-Jun-2013 | |
| Face to face teaching (Mandatory attendance at face-to-face 3-day intensive 10, 17 and 24 April 2013, plus online participation.) | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Cecily Knight |
| Lecturer: | Dr Margaret Carter. |
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| Assessment: | e-learning development (40%); subject/course design project (60%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.