Events
News
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Visiting Scholars 2020
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Preparing for Online Teaching in Semester 2
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How the WCLA will continue to provide support
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): managing stress and anxiety
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January 2020 Newsletter
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Teaching in FBE: Induction Pack for New Academics
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December 2019 Newsletter
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Canvas Casual Drop-in Sessions
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Blended Subject Services
The WCLA team is available to work with lecturers wishing to adopt blended teaching strategies.
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Individual Consultations
WCLA staff are available for individual consultations to faculty and to teaching fellows.
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Tutor Training
A practical and useful program for all tutors, focusing on teaching principles, active engagement, practice, peer observation, targeted workshops and the experiences of senior tutors.
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Peer Review of Teaching
Peer evaluation of teaching such as in-class observations is increasingly seen as an important tool for improving learning and teaching quality.
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Teaching our Chinese Students
These seminars seek to provide academics with a deeper understanding of Chinese names and the culture that influences classroom behaviors and levels of engagement.
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Video Services
The WCLA offers video services to help support teaching in the FBE
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COVID19 Support Resources: Transitioning your teaching online
This page provides a range of resources to help academics transition their teaching online given the access difficulties faced by UoM students around the globe.
WCLA Professional Development
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Tutor Training Program Resources
The Centre has produced a series of Tutor Training Guides specifically aimed at new tutors in the Faculty.
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Online Professional Development
The Williams Centre for Learning Advancement has developed four fully online professional development workshops. Once completed, you will receive a certificate and your completion will be recorded in Themis.
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Past Workshop & Seminar Resources
View some of the slides from our past workshops including the domestic and international visitor series.
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Future Academics Support and Training (FAST) Guides
Read the FAST guides to hone the skills that will kick-start your academic career.
Teaching Practice and Career Development
Teaching Online
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Ally, Microsoft and Canvas Accessibility Checkers - Creating Accessible LMS teaching sites.pdf
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Canvas Resources
The resources listed on this page are designed to provide support and information on the transition to CANVAS and teaching in 2020.
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COVID19 Support Resources: Transitioning your teaching online
This page provides a range of resources to help academics transition their teaching online given the access difficulties faced by UoM students around the globe.
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Video Support and Resourcing
This page provides a range of resources to support academics to create their own video works and outlines support services provides by the University
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Image Resources
There are a range of royalty-free resources available to the UoM staff both in the public domain and run by the university. This page collates these resources access type and provides information on accessing Copyright Friendly images
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Online Course Development
Online Course Development is a process that requires a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to work with an expert in Learning Design to re-frame a subject’s offering for the online arena.
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WCLA Report: Learning from our Transition to Online Teaching
Teaching in FBE
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WCLA Guide: Transitioning Traditional Engagement Activities to the Online Classroom
This WCLA Guide provides academics with strategies and resources to present, deliver and manage small classroom teaching and activities in a face-to-face and an online classroom
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WCLA Guide: Preparing Instructions for Online Exams
With students having to take exams in their own homes or personal spaces, there will be different ways in which exams will be delivered. In light of this, the WCLA has compiled this guide to assist you in preparing your online exam instructions in Canvas.
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WCLA Guide: Exams Advice - Communications for FBE
This guide covers advice for academics conducting exams including Playpen expectations, dealing with technical issues, using Turnitin and much more
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Managing and Supporting Tutors in the FBE
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Teaching in FBE: Induction Pack for New Academics
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Guide: Developing and Managing Teams & Team Assignments
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Subject Guide Template FBE 2020
Download the 2020 FBE Subject guide.
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Student Assessment and Feedback
The University of Melbourne Assessment Policy provides guidance on ways to evaluate students and provide feedback to them.
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Exams Office Guide: Guide for Semester 1 Exams - Subject Coordinators
This practical guide compiled by the Exams Office covers the roles and responsibilities for Subject Coordinators with regard to exams and assessments
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WCLA Guide: Online Delivery within FBE
The following document provides FBE academics with guidance on how to set up their online teaching. It reviews ten key principles that staff should follow to provide students with consistent expectations and standards for FBE subjects
Teaching Inspiration
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Podcast Directory
From this page you can navigate a range of podcast series and directories discussing teaching in higher education and research
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Good Teaching Series
The Good Teaching Series showcases innovative teaching practices used by our academics to better engage with students and better teach. Read more and get inspired!
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Reinvention Collaborative: Raising the Bar Videos
Raising the Bar is video series by the Reinvention Collaborative that brings together research university leaders with expertise in the theory and practice of undergraduate education
Resources for Staff and Student Wellbeing
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WCLA Guide to Wellbeing for Teaching Academics Working Remotely
A comprehensive guide to managing personal wellbeing while working remotely. Includes tips, resources and research into promoting wellbeing.
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Enhancing Student Wellbeing
A suite of resources to assist university educators to develop policies, curriculum and teaching and learning environments that better support student mental health.
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UoM Counselling and Psychological Services
The University of Melbourne Counselling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides free, confidential, short-term professional counselling to currently enrolled students and staff
Find out about domestic and international awards on offer.
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Faculty Teaching Awards
The faculty recognises the diverse facets of teaching through five teaching excellence awards.
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University Teaching Awards
The University of Melbourne recognises the outstanding achievements of staff through the Melbourne Teaching Excellence Awards.
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National Teaching Awards
The Australian Government offers various national teaching excellence awards.
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International Teaching Awards
Outstanding teachers are recognised internationally.
Still Need Help? Book an Individual Consultation!
From this page you will be able to navigate the range of teaching support services offered by the Williams Centre for Learning Advancement, Melbourne CSHE, the Learning Management System, Learning Environments and The University Library.
- Pedagogy: Creating a Learning Space
A range of resources designed to assist tutors navigate blended learning and improve teaching quality across tutorials and lectures.
- Providing Assessment and Feedback
Explore resources to support designing subject curriculum as well as structuring, managing and marking assessments.
- Engaging Students
A variety of resources designed to increase student engagement through a range of methods including technology, group assignments and games.
- Utilising Teaching Resources
Access support for online services and software and explore library, media and analytics resources.
- Personal Development and Evaluation
Resources to support academics wellbing and to evaluate and strengthen their teaching.
- Formalised Learning Options
Formalised learning options to improve teaching including tertiary management, clinical teaching and professional development.
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WCLA PD Workshop Calendar
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From this page you can view various workshops run in 2020 by the Williams Centre for Learning Advancement as well as a catalog of previous year's workshops
Download 2020 Calendar PDF here
2020 Workshop Calendar
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February
Date Workshop Register Feb 6 Canvas drop-in session +
Feb 12 Canvas drop-in session +
Feb 13 Authoring & Reviewing (International Visitor - Jeanie Forray) +
Feb 14 Publishing from Teaching (International Visitor - Jeanie Forray) +
Feb 21 Canvas drop-in session +
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March
Date Workshop Register Mar 18 Small Steps for Blending your Subject +
Mar 24 Engaging students using small group teaching in Business Education +
Mar 31 Designing Rubrics for Business Education +
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April
Date Workshop Register 29th April - 20th May Designing Effective Educational Videos for Business Education (Self-paced) +
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June
Date Workshop Register 11th June Evaluating Teaching and Learning (Zoom) +
19th June - 10th July Engaging Students Using Small Group Teaching in Business Education (Zoom) +
24th June Brown Bag Presentation - Gender Gap in Multiple Choice and Free Response questions: an empirical analysis using PISA data +
24th June Setting Yourself up for Success in Online Teaching +
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July
Date Workshop Register 1st July Using Technology to Promote Student Engagement (Teams) +
8th July Designing Online Discussion Boards (Zoom) +
16 July Delivering Large Scale Tutorials Online: The Accounting 'Super-Tute' Experience +
20th July Visiting Scholar - Keeping Learning and Teaching in Business and Economics Education R.E.A.L. (Zoom) +
21st July Induction to Teaching in FBE (Zoom) +
22nd July Brown Bag Presentation - GA simulation video in FNCE90062 Capstone in Finance: An innovative way to teach and assess students' discipline knowledge and employability skills (Zoom) +
23rd July Wellbeing for Teaching Remotely (Zoom) +
24th July Designing Assessment for Business Education (Zoom) +
29th July For university educators: How to embed employability and career-perspectives in the curriculum (Zoom) +
30th July Visiting Scholar - The Inclusive Economist: Celebrating Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Through Pop Culture (Zoom) +
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August
Date Workshop Register 5th August Small Steps for Blending Your Subject (Zoom) +
6th August Active and Engaged Learning Practices +
11th August Active Learning in Person and Online +
12th August Video Assessment with Live Question and Answer Experience in A Large Undergraduate Subject +
20th August Improving Lecture Design and Delivery (Zoom) +
25th August Designing Rubrics for Business Education (Zoom) +
25th August Brown Bag Presentation - Strengthening the research teaching nexus for Master of Management (Finance) Students (Zoom) +
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September
Date Workshop Register 3rd - 24th September Designing Effective Educational Videos for Business (Self-paced) +
3rd - 24th September Integrating Employability Skills (Self-paced) +
3rd - 24th September Rethinking your Teaching Space (Self-paced) +
15th September Evaluating Teaching and Learning (Zoom) +
21st September Creating Authentic Learning and Teaching within ACCT30004: Auditing and Assurance Services +
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October
Date Workshop Register 8th October Questioning for Active Learning +
15th - 29th October Alternative Teaching Resources for FBE (Self-Paced) +
15th - 29th October Managing Team-based Assignments (Self-Paced) +
20th October Delivering your First Lecture +
28th October Brown Bag Presentation - Critical Thinking in Business Education +
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November
Date Workshop Register 2nd - 16th November Case Method in Business Education
(Self-paced)+
2nd - 16th November Blend My Subject (Self-paced) +
4th November Inclusive Business Education: Applying Principles of Universal Design +
5th November Improving Lecture Design and Delivery +
25th November Simulations in Business Studies +
25th November Developing teaching capabilities in FBE through peer review of teaching +
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December
Date Workshop Register N.A
Catalogue of Previous Years Workshops
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2018 Workshop Calendar
Date February Feb 07 Designing Online Discussion Forums Feb 19 Designing Rubrics for Business Education Date March Mar 19 Improving Lecture Design and Delivery Date April N.A N.A Date May May 16 Using Student Data to Improve Teaching May 24 The Basics of Blended Learning May 30 Small Steps to Blending Your Subject Date June Jun 05 Evaluating Teaching and Learning Jun 13 Embedding simulations in lectures using library resources Date September Sep 04 Evaluating Teaching and Learning Sep 06 Designing Online Discussion Forums Sep 10 Using Analytics in Your Teaching: Advanced Techniques Sep 10-12 Pronunciation Proficiency Sep 20 Teaching Innovative Practices (TIPs) Masterclass Sep 25 Managing team-based Assessment Date October Oct 02 Symposium Oct 09 Online Simulations in Business Studies 
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2019 Workshop Calendar
Date March Mar 19 Designing Assessment for Business Education Mar 21 Designing Effective Educational videos for Business Date April Apr 11 Dr Drew Whitworth and Lee Webster (International visitor) Apr 16 Questioning for Active Learning Apr 29 Designing Assessment Rubrics for Business Education Date May May 1, 7, 15 Presenting Like a TED Pro May 02 Engaging Students using small group teaching in Business education classrooms May 10 Intensive Blended Masterclass May 13 Research in management learning and education: How to design and conduct great teaching and learning research May 21 Embedding Simulations in Your Teaching using Library Resources May 23 Designing your First Lecture May 27 Designing Online Discussion Forums Date July Jul 11 Learning Through Business Games Jul 16 Induction to Teaching in FBE Jul 18 Managing Team-Based Assessment Jul 23 - 26 Pronunciation Proficiency Workshop Series Date August Aug 06 Cultures, Languages and History of the Chinese Speaking World Aug 08 Evaluating Teaching & Learning Aug 29 Support Group Assessment Tasks with Online Tools Date September N.A N.A Date October Register 8/10/2019 WCLA Symposium +
10/10/2019 Public Lecture: Dr Cigdem Talgar (International Visitor) +
16/10/2019 Behind the scenes: Thinking of becoming an Associate Editor? +
22/10/2019 Easing the transition to Canvas (Dr Tawnya Means - International Visitor) +
23/10/2019 Getting Ready to Blend (Dr Tawnya Means - International Visitor) +
24/10/2019 Lessons learnt when moving to blend +
Date November N.A N.A
The Williams Centre for Learning Advancement (WCLA) will focus on developing the learning associated with a shift towards new teaching pedagogy for our staff.
Inspired by Professor Williams who was a faculty leader at the forefront of change management and teaching advancement: the centre again hopes to steer the Faculty through major pedagogical changes, including the incorporation of information technology in teaching and learning. Our aim is to have the centre be the first point of call for teaching development needs for FBE staff and provided customised solutions when needed. Our long term aim is to improve the learning experience for the staff and students and maximise student learning outcomes.
WCLA also supports the Faculty of Business and Economics in its Assurance of Learning process that is designed to ensure that student learning outcomes are achieved.