Services and objectives

The Office of Teaching and Learning provides support for the Teaching and Learning Enabling Plan. The following initiatives will be given priority in 2008:

1. Implement curriculum renewal and course review process through the Curriculum 2010 project and communicate progress to staff and communicate progress to staff.
2. Review and improve student assessment, moderation and the timeliness of feedback.
3. Develop and implement Curtin online learning strategies to enhance flexible learning and improve quality and access to learning materials.
4. Ensure Graduate Employability is the focus of the student experience (from student recruitment to beyond graduation), and particularly a focus for the learning outcomes and assessment of every course. Enhance our focus on our current graduate attributes, and consciously emphasise their employment-related aspects.
5. Enhance, clarify and enable the roles and responsibilities of Deans of Teaching and Learning, Course Coordinators, and Unit Coordinators.
6. Implement strategies to improve the quality of teaching in large classes.
7. Implement strategies to support students 'at risk' of not achieving satisfactory course progress.

Services and support to Curtin staff and students include:

• Curriculum 2010
• eVALUate
• Foundations of Learning and Teaching
• Courses Management
• Centre for Regional Education
• Distance and Open Learning
• Educational/Instructional Design
• Teaching and Learning Resource Production