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Teaching in a year like no other
Each year, the Williams Centre for Learning Advancement (WCLA) acknowledges the achievements of teachers at the Faculty of Business and Economics.
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WCLA Podcast Series Launch
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2020 Dean's Teaching Award Winners
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2020 Dean's Teaching Award Ceremony
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Final Round of Self-paced Online Professional Development
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UoM membership with the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
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2020 CSS Student-Nominated Teaching Excellence Award
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Round 2 Self-paced Online Professional Development
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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
Teaching Online
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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
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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 Exams and Assessments
The following resources are designed to provide support for academics regarding exams and assessments including structuring assessments, assessing participation, and FBE examination guidelines.
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Small Class Teaching, Tutorials and Case Teaching Online
The following resources provide tips and support for academics wishing to deliver online tutorials or transition traditional face-to-face activities to the online classroom.
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Online Subject Development
The following resources are design to provide academics with support for online course development and to independently produce, record and circulate online lecture content.
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Holding Office Hours Online
This resource page provides support resources for academics wishing to conduct office hours virtually.
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WCLA Guide: Transitioning to Online Teaching to Support our Students in China
This guide has been written to support the transition to online teaching to support UoM students in China. This guide explores challenges and how to overcome them as well as recommendations and examples of how to transition your teaching online
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Learning from our Transition to Online Teaching - Sem 1 2020 FBE
This document presents the challenges identified for FBE and proposes strategies to help us address them
Teaching in FBE
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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 2021
Download the 2021 FBE Subject guide.
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Providing 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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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
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WCLA Guide: Preparing a Statement of Teaching Practice
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FBE Checklist for Semester 2, 2020 Online Delivery
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Classroom Activities (Cornell Economics Education Research)
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Learning Goals (Cornell Economics Education Research)
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Standard Assessments (Cornell Economics Education Research)
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WCLA Guide: Lecturer Roles and Responsibilities
Universal Design
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
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Teaching Talks - WCLA Podcast Series
The WCLA podcast series 'Teaching Talks' considers pedagogy from all angles, interviewing individuals working both in and outside the University of Melbourne. Hosted by the WCLA’s web coordinator Ruby Lowenstein, tune in for teaching anecdotes and tips and tricks to improve your teaching across assessment design, blended learning, case teaching and more.
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
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Beyond Blue: Looking after your mental health during the Coronavirus outbreak
Feeling overwhelmed or just want to explore tips to support your mental health and the well-being of those around you? Check out Beyond Blues guide to looking after your mental health during the Coronavirus outbreak
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UoM Counselling & Psychological Services: Managing stress and Anxiety during COVID-19
This tip-sheet covers understanding common reactions in yourself and others during the COVID-19 pandemic, what you can do to look after yourself and manage feelings of stress, anxiety, or distress associated with COVID-19, and helpful resources and support
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BBC: Coronavirus and how to protect your mental health
Coronavirus has plunged the world into uncertainty and the constant news about the pandemic can feel relentless. All of this is taking its toll on people's mental health, particularly those already living with conditions like anxiety and OCD. So how can we protect our mental health?
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.
WCLA Professional Development
From here you can navigate the range of WCLA professional development and teaching support services offered by the WCLA.
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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 Self-Paced Professional Development
The Williams Centre for Learning Advancement currently has seven fully online, self-paced workshops available. 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.
UoM Teaching Support Service Directory
- 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.
WCLA PD Workshop Calendar
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) +
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) +
26th August Brown Bag Presentation - Strengthening the research teaching nexus for Master of Management (Finance) Students (Zoom) +
27th August International Visiting Scholar - Ethical Decision-Making Workshop
How to do the right thing even if no one is watching+
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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 +
30th September Role of Movies and Economics - Movie Clips are Exponentially More Impactful than "Chalk and Talk" +
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October
Date Workshop Register 8th October Questioning for Active Learning +
13th October Design Thinking in the Classroom +
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 +
20th October Brown Bag Presentation - Using Perusall to get students prepared for class +
30th October Brown Bag Presentation - Assessing critical thinking in business education:
key issues and practical solutions+
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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 +
12th November International Visiting Scholar - Active and Engaged Learning Practices +
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 July Jul 11 Using Analytics in Your Teaching: Advanced Techniques Jul 12 The Flipped Classroom in FBE Jul 19 Learning Through Business Games Jul 31 Using Technology to Promote Student Engagement: Hands-on Workshop 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 
Oct 24 Improving Lecture Design and Delivery Oct 30 Case Method in Business Education -
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.