Teaching and Learning - Southern Cross University

Support to take your learning and teaching to new heights

Welcome to the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL)

Welcome

Working in partnership with academic staff, Faculties and service areas, we support and cultivate innovative, evidence-based approaches to learning and teaching across the University. Our resources and service links have been collated in the sections below to support academics through the Design, Develop, Teach and Assess process. Further academic professional development opportunities and workshop recordings can be accessed through our Professional Learning section.

Contact CTL

CTL Events

	SCU recorded submissions to the 2023 RUN Learning & Teaching Awards are available here
	2023 Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Symposium - has concluded, you can continue conversations in the 2023 SoLT Symposium MS Teams Greenhouse .
	Friday Free-for-all sessions (login required) - Weekly online sessions focus on troubleshooting technical issues and general technology support. Every Friday at 12 noon (NSW/AEST).

CTL Resources & Services

GenAI in Learning and Teaching

This resource provides SCU academics with recommendations for using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in learning, teaching and assessment within the context of the University’s policies, procedures and guidelines.

GenAI in Learning and Teaching

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Professional Learning

Engage with colleagues through live drop- in sessions, workshops, webinars, the Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Symposium and the Foundations of University Teaching Practice (FUTP).

Professional Learning

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Design

Course design, curriculum design, unit design, teaching resources design, non-unit resources design and Graduate Attributes.

Design

Teach

Academic Integrity, Engaging Students, Focus on Learning, Online Teaching and Learning, Technology Integration, Evaluate your Teaching, Teaching in the Blackboard Environment and New to Teaching.

Teach

Assess

Marking, Feedback and Grading, Designing assessments for learning, Rubrics, Turnitin, Types of Assessment, Designing an Assessment Scheme, Assessing Interaction and Participation of Blackboard Tools.

Assess

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Develop

Teaching Resources, Non-unit resources, video, graphics, interactives, SCU internal promotions and support, using open educational resources.

Develop

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Meet the Team

Meet the Centre for Teaching and Learning Director, Administration, Academic Practice, Digital Technology, Digital Design and Projects teams.

Meet the Team

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Showcase and Innovation

Video Gallery, Graphics Gallery, Online Gallery including Unit Warm-Up and concepts, Examples of Teaching Materials, 360 Development Projects and more innovation to come.

Showcase and Innovation

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Teaching and Learning in the Southern Cross Model

The Southern Cross Model: an overview. Includes Key Features, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Student Feedback, Staff Experiences and Results and Professional Learning support and resources available to staff.

The Southern Cross Model

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Search for Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base Resources

Here you can search our Knowledge Base resources and find further support for what you want to do.