The Williams Centre for Learning Advancement
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Taking teaching excellence to new heights
Each year the Williams Centre for Learning Advancement recognises and celebrates the valuable contribution of our teachers at the Business and Economics Faculty through the Teaching Excellence Awards.
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Graduate Subject Development Grant Scheme for 2020
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FBE Preparing for Canvas - Workshop Announcement
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Teaching Excellence Awards Winners 2019
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Student-Nominated Teaching Award
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August 2019 Newsletter
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Embedding Employability Skills into the Curriculum
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To teach critical thinking is to understand it
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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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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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Online Professional Development
The Williams Centre for Learning Advancement has developed four fully online professional development workshops. For all courses, registration will be open from 29 August to 5 September. Once registered, users will have access to complete their course from 5 to 26 September. Each course is expected to take 2-3 hours to complete. Once completed, you will receive a certificate and your completion will be recorded in Themis.
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Workshop & Seminar Resources
View some of the slides from our past workshops including the domestic and international visitor series.
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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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Stories of Innovative Teaching Practices
Lecturers from across the Faculty of Business and Economics continue to lead with innovative and engaging teaching practice.
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Managing and Supporting Tutors in the FBE
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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.
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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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Subject Guide Template FBE 2019
Download the 2019 FBE Subject guide.
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Resources for Teaching and Learning
Links to Readings, Software Licences, Assessment Design and Open Education Resources.
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FBE Experimental Research Facility
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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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Organising Quick Polls
Staff have premium access to Poll Everywhere, an online tool that allows users to create and collect responses to poll questions or activities.
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Melbourne CSHE Resources
Resources available from the Melbourne Centre for Higher Education
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Teaching Strategies
Using a range of teaching and learning activities can help to better engage students and encourage a deeper learning approach.
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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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Case-Based Teaching
Case studies are an increasingly important pedagogy in teaching.
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Further Readings
A comprehensive reading list.
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Podcast Directory
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Image Resources
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 Evaluation
Resources to support academics personally 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 Workshop Calendar
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In 2018 The Williams Centre for Learning Advancement ran a range of workshops to support FBE tutors in their role. From this page you can view various workshops run in 2018 and 2019 workshops as they become available.
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2019 Workshop Calendar
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March
Date Workshop Register Mar 19 Designing Assessment for Business Education +
Mar 21 Designing Effective Educational videos for Business +
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April
Date Workshop Register Apr 11 Dr Drew Whitworth and Lee Webster (International visitor) +
Apr 16 Questioning for Active Learning +
Apr 29 Designing Assessment Rubrics for Business Education +
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May
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July
Date Workshop Register 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 +
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August
Date Workshop Register 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 +
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September
Date Workshop Register -
October
Date Workshop 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 +
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November
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2018 Workshop Calendar
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Workshops
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 
Oct 24 Improving Lecture Design and Delivery Oct 30 Case Method in Business Education
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.